R12 Installation Guide

R12 Installation Guide

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Table Of Contents

1. Pre-requisites for Installing ………………………………… 3

Operating System Requirement ………………………………………….. 3 Hardware Requirement …………....….……..…………………………….. 3 CPU’s required………………………..…………………………………….. 5Memory Required…………………………………………………………… 5

2. Creating UNIX users and Groups ……………………………… 6 Creating OS Groups. ……….…………………………………………….... 6 Creating OS Users.………….…………………………………………….… 6

Check the Ownership and Privilege. ….……………………….….... 6

3. Steps for starting the installation …………………….…………. 6 Multi node installation ……..…………………………………….………… 17

4. Post Install Steps ………………………………………………….19

5. References…………………………………………………………. 21


The following Requirements should be met to Install R12 Oracle Applications.

Hardware Requirement:

Linux WindowsDisk Space (min) 150 Gb 150 Gb

Memory 1 Gb 1 GbNumber of CPU’s 1 1

Clock Speed of CPU 1.6 GHz 1.6 GHz

Operating System Requirement:

Linux:

Operating System Kernel version UpdateOracle Enterprise Linux 4 2.6.9-42.0.0.0.1.EL 4 - Update 4 or higher (32-

bit)Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 2.6.18-8.el5PAE 5 - Update 1 or higher (32-

bit)Red Hat Enterprise Linux

AS/ES 32.4.21-27.EL 3 - Update 4 or higher (32-

bit)Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4 2.6.9-42.EL Update 4 or higher (32-bit)Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 2.6.18-8.el5PAE 5 - Update 1 or hgiher (32-

bit)

Windows:

Windows server 2003 (all editions)


Software Requirements:

JDK Requirement: (For Both Linux and Windows)

JDK 5.0 required for R12 Oracle Applications and there is no need to install it separately as it is bundled with Oracle Applications.

For Linux:

Maintenance Tools Required:

• ar • gcc • g++ • ld • ksh • make • X Display Server

For Windows:

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005Install Visual C++ 2005 (also known as Visual C++ 8.0) included in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, which needs to be purchased from Microsoft or resellers of Microsoft products.

Note: Visual C++ 2005 (8.0) must be installed from either the Standard or Professional editions of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.

Note: Visual C++ 2008 (9.0) is not currently certified with EBS Release 12.

MKS ToolkitVersions 9.0 (Patch 3 or higher), 9.1 and 9.2 of the MKS Toolkit are currently certified for use with EBS Release 12. Use any of the Developer series (for Developers, for Professional Developers, or for Enterprise Developers).

GNU Make (Shareware)Version 3.81 is required. Download and unzip patch 5897842. This patch contains the GNU Make source files and the pre-built executable file, gnumake.exe. Copy gnumake.exe (located in make-3.81/WinRel/) to the UNIX Toolkit installation directory, for example, C:\MKS90\mksnt.


Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86)If you have a multi-node Oracle Applications system and do not have Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 on the node hosting the database tier, the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package is required.

CPU Requirement:

For testing Installations we can have a single CPU of 1.6 GHz. The CPU requirements increase with the following aspects.

The size of database. The number of concurrent users. The average growth of database. The type of concurrent processing jobs that needs to be run. The other services the server will host apart from Oracle

Applications. The nodes Planned for the architecture.

Memory Requirement:

For testing installation we can have a RAM of 1 GB. The CPU requirements increase with the following aspects .The memory requirement will also depend upon the concurrent user and the number of users.

1) The size of the database as depending on it we have to calculate the SGA to be. 2) It also depends on the number of concurrent users and sessions connecting to the

database.3) The data processing estimated on the database.4) If it’s a single instance or multi node RAC database.5) Other software planning to install on the server.


2. Creating UNIX users and Groups:

Creating Os Groups: Create a group by name ‘dba’ # groupadd -g 5000 dba To check the group information # cat /etc/group Creating Os Users: Create two Os users one will be the owner for Oracle Database and One will be the owner for Applications. # useradd –g dba -d /home/oracle –m oracle # useradd –g dba -d /home/applmgr –m applmgr Assign Passwords: # passwd oracle # passwd applvis To Check the Users information: # Cat /etc/passwd Check the Ownership and Privileges: #chown –R oracle:dba /disk1 /disk2 /disk3 # chmod –R 775 /disk1 /disk2 /disk3

3. Steps for starting the installation:

Go to the R12 Oracle Applications Software Stage

/StageR12/StartCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/ and execute the following command:

$./rapidwiz

The following screen appears:


Click Next

Select the radio button “Install Oracle Applications Release 12” and Click Next.


Select the radio button “Accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement” if you have metalink details or else select the other and Click Next.

Select the Radio button “Create a new configuration” if you want to use new configurations and Click Next.


Select the port pool or even you can edit the port to be used for different services and Click Next.

Enter the database node information like its SID, Hostname of the server Domain Name, UNIX user who owns the database node and the base directory of the Database node and Click Next.


Give the Application node information where you want to install the applications in case of multimode installations.

If you are doing a single node installation give the same details of the Database node. And Click Next.


Verify the node information and Click Next.

Verify that the pre-install checks are passed and Click Next.

You will be navigated to a Pop up message to verify to continue with installation, if you want to go ahead then click YES.


The installation would be started.

Verify the post install check and click Next.

The Installation wizard shows the components Installed. Click Finish.


Multi Node Installation:

If it’s a multi node installation you have start the installation at the next application nodes.

Copy or mount the R12 Oracle Applications Software stage to Application node.

Go to the /StageR12/StartCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/ directory and execute the following:

$./rapidwiz

Click Next.


Select Radio button “Install Oracle Applications Release R12” and click Next.

Select the radio button “Accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement” if you have metalink details or else select the other and Click Next.


Copy the configuration file created on the database node to application node and load that file during the installation or point the file on the database node.

Click Next.


Verify the check list and click Next.

Click Next.


Installation would progress.

Check the post install tests are passed and click Next.


Click Finish.

Here you will be done with installing R12 Oracle Applications.


4. Post Install Steps:

Log On to Oracle Applications

http://<host name>.<domain name>:<HTTP port>/OA_HTML/AppsLogin

Once the connection has been made, the Applications Login page appears. Enter yourusername and password.

After your credentials have been validated, the E-Business Suite Home Page appears.You can use this page to access responsibilities for any of the individual OracleApplications products that your organization has licensed.

Change Default Passwords

The default passwords for the SYSTEM and SYS Oracle Applications database accountsare manager and change_on_install, respectively. To maintain database security andrestrict access to these accounts, you should change these passwords without delay,ensuring that your choices meet your organization's security requirements.You should also change the default passwords for the Applications product accounts ofthe production and test databases.

Update PL/SQL Log and Out DirectoryThe temporary directory on your database server for log and output files from PL/SQL concurrent programs is set to /usr/tmp (UNIX) or C:\TEMP (Windows) by default. This value is specified in the utl_file_dir parameter of the database initialization file, and assigned to the APPLPTMP environment variable. As the temporary files placed in this directory may contain sensitive information, it should have suitably restricted access, such as read and write access for the account that owns the database.Enter your choice of directory as the new value for utl_file_dir in the database initialization parameter file. Then use the edit AutoConfig parameters feature of OracleApplications Manager to update the APPLPTMP variable in the Applications context file with the new utl_file_dir directory location. Finally, run AutoConfig to recreate the environment files.

Implement Product and Country-Specific FunctionalityDepending on which products or country-specific functionality you plan to use in your installation, you may need to perform additional tasks or apply additional patches.Refer to the individual product or country-specific implementation manuals, user's guides, or OracleMetaLink for details.

Check Client Software For Use With Forms Applet

The connection between the client and the E-Business Suite forms is provided through an applet in the client Web browser.


Instead of using the browser's own JVM, Oracle Applications Release 12 uses the Sun J2SE Native Plug-in, which is invoked when a user chooses to access functions that require it, such as running a form. J2SE replaces Oracle JInitiator, which was used in Release 11i. If the J2SE Plug-in has not been installed, the browser prompts the user to download the required installation executable.

Resize the Database

You will need to increase the size of your database to meet the specific requirements of your system. The increase will in part depend on the products you have licensed and the additional features (such as multiple languages or multiple organizations) youConfigure in your installation.

LD_LIBRARY_PATH Environment Variable

Dynamic libraries are used as part of the relinking and execution processes. The LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable is used by Oracle Applications to locate the required dynamic libraries at runtime. Rapid Install sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH as follows:

On each application tier server node:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set in three places:

• $APPL_TOP/admin/adovars.env • $ORA_CONFIG_HOME/10.1.2/<CONTEXT_NAME>.env, in the 10.1.2 Oracle

home directory • $ORA_CONFIG_HOME/10.1.3/<CONTEXT_NAME>.env, in the 10.1.3 Oracle

home directory

To change the value in any of the application tier locations, use the Edit Parameters function of the OAM AutoConfig tool to update the following fields (as required). Then, run AutoConfig (adautocfg.sh) to implement the changes.

Location Parameteradovars LD_LIBRARY_PATH

10.1.3 Oracle Home LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Tools Oracle Home LD_LIBRARY_PATH


Net Service Listeners in Multi-user Installations

Net Service Listeners use the /var/tmp.oracle directory to store temporary files. To give all users in a multi-user installation write privileges, update /var/tmp/.oracle with 777 permissions:

$ chmod 777 /var/tmp/.oracle

5. References:

Metalink documents:

Doc ID: Note: 402310.1Doc ID: Note: 402311.1


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