Forms and Reports Services Installation Document

Table of Contents

1.       Introduction
2.       Pre-requisites
2.1     Download Software
2.2     Unpack Files
2.3     Hosts File
2.4     Set Kernel Parameters
2.5     Setup
2.6     Installation
2.7     Post Installation


1. Introduction

This article explain about Forms and Reports Standalone installation document on RedHat Linux 4.0.

Pre-requisites:

The article assumes you've performed the standard advanced server installation including the development tools.

• Download Software of Forms and Reports Services Standalone
• Unzip the Files
• Hosts File
• Modify Kernel Parameters
• Installation
• Post Installation

1.1 Download Software

Download the following software:

• Oracle 10g Forms and Report Service 10.1.0.2 Standalone. http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/ias/htdocs/101202.html
• JDeveloper

1.2 Unzip Files

Unpack the contents of the file:
cpio -idmv < as_linux_x86_core_101200.cpio
You should now have a directory (Disk1) containing installation files.

1.3 Change Hosts entry File

The /etc/hosts file must contain a fully qualified name for the server:
<IP-address> <fully-qualified-machine-name> <machine-name>
Add the following lines to the /etc/security/limits.conf file:
* soft nproc 2047
* hard nproc 16384
* soft nofile 2048
* hard nofile 65536

Add the following line to the /etc/pam.d/login file.
session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so

1.4 Set Kernel Parameters
Add the following lines to the /etc/sysctl.conf file:

Run the following command to change the current kernel parameters:
/sbin/sysctl -p
shmall=2097152
msgmnb=65535
semmns=32000
semopm=100
msgmni=2878;
shmmax=4294967295;
hardnofiles=1024;
file-max=206173;
semmsl=256
semmni=142
msgmax=8192
shmmni=4096
softnofiles=1024

VERSION=2.6.9-11.EL (Very important)

Recommendation: Perform operating system specific instructions to update the kernel parameters, namely BIT_SIZE and noexec_user_stack.
/sbin/sysctl -p
Add the following lines to the /etc/security/limits.conf file:
Recommended operating system packages
Installation of packages;

Rpm –q packages (to find out the rpm’s are existing or not?)
Rpm –Uvh rpmpackagename (if rpm’s are not there, install the same,ftp these rpm’s to server and run rpm –Uvh rpmpackagename, example rpm –UVH gcc-3.4.3-22.1)

These rpms’s are available on rpm sites.

gcc-3.4.3-22.1
gcc-c++-3.4.3-22.1
openmotif21-2.1.30-11.RHEL4.4
setarch-1.6-1;
pdksh-5.2.14-30;
sysstat-5.0.5-1
gnome-libs-1:1.4.1.2.90-44.1
libstdc++-3.4.3-22.1
libstdc++-devel-3.4.3-22.1
compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-132.7.2
compat-db-4.1.25-9
control-center-2.8.0-12
glibc-common-2.3.4-2.9
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-13
make-1:3.80-5
xscreensaver-4.18-5.rhel4.2

Recommendation: You may actually have installed packages which have been obsolete, in that case you can successfully continue with the install. If you have not, it is recommended that you do not continue. Refer to the readme to find out how to get the missing packages.

glibc installed on the system
Expected result: 2.3.4-2.9

Create the new groups and users:
groupadd oinstall
groupadd dba
groupadd oper

useradd -g oinstall -G dba -s /bin/ksh oracle
passwd oracle
Create the directories in which the Oracle software will be installed:
mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/j2ee_10_1_2
chown -R oracle.oinstall /u01
Login as root and issue the following command:
xhost +<machine-name>
Login as the oracle user and add the following lines at the end of the .profile file:
# Oracle Settings
TMP=/tmp; export TMP
TMPDIR=$TMP; export TMPDIR
ORACLE_BASE=/oracle/home; export ORACLE_BASE
ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/OraHome_1; export ORACLE_HOME
ORACLE_TERM=xterm; export ORACLE_TERM
PATH=/usr/sbin:$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH; export PATH
PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/dcm/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/opmn/bin; export PATH
PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/bin; export PATH

if [ $USER = "oracle" ]; then
    if [ $SHELL = "/bin/ksh" ]; then
        ulimit -p 16384
        ulimit -n 16384
    else
        ulimit -u 16384 -n 16384
    fi
fi

PS1="`hostname`> "
set -o emacs
set filec

1.5 Installation
Log into the oracle user. If you are using X emulation then set the DISPLAY environmental variable:
DISPLAY=<machine-name>:0.0; export DISPLAY
Start the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) by issuing the following command in the Disk1 directory:
./runInstaller
During the installation enter the appropriate ORACLE_HOME and name then continue with the installation.

1.6 Post Installation
With the installation complete you can perform any administration tasks using Enterprise Manager:

• Connect to the Enterprise Manager Website (http://<fully-qualified-machine-name>:1810) using the username "ias_admin" and the password you assigned during the installation. If EM is not available start it with the "emctl start iasconsole" command.
• Stop enterprise manager by issuing the "emctl stop iasconsole" command.
  
  
   

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Seventeen years of experience in the IT Industry in Software, MIS,development, design and database administration. Worked for more than 12 years as Oracle Database Administrator. Working with FunDtech India Ltd as Asst. Vice President - ORACLE TECHNOLOGY and DBA for the last six years. Strengths Include: Database Administration on 11g,10g,9i,8i, 8.0 and 7.x in Unix, Windows NT and Novel Netware Environment. Conducted design reviews with an aim to enhance performance in production scenario. Has also carried out Design and Development in Oracle and Developer 2000 and Forms Reports 10g.