Hi Barb, Don't know if the following helps any but I went through an install of this beast a few months back. Here are my notes:
hth mohammed > -----Original Message----- > From: mkb [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 12:49 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Re: A DBA looks at OAS > > No books or tips. Just my recent experience *trying* > to install 9iAS R2 (I hope that's what you meant when > you wrote OAS). > > I downloaded 9iAS J2EE and Web Cache for Solaris and > HP-UX. > > Oracle recommends about 1GB ram, 1GB swap and lots of > free disk space. Anyway, my target Solaris box had > 500MB swap, 256MB ram and a 400 MhZ SparcII CPU. Not > the ideal platform. On the HP-UX box, I had 3GB ram, > a 2 CPU L class machine, lots of swap and lots of > disk. > > In any case, what I learned is that root privs are > vital. Had them on the Solaris box but not on the > HP-UX machine. The installs in both cases where > fairly standard. I had ran through them quite a few > times on both servers. On Solaris becuase of resource > issues and HP-UX because of root permission issues. > > There are two types of installs. A mid-tier (less > config, easier, fewer components) and an > infrastructure (more config, more components, needs a > database repoistory). I did the mid-tier install in > both cases. > > Make sure you have JDK 1.3 or later installed. > > Before the install for mid-tier in particular, export > ORACLE_SID=iasdb even if you do not intend to use a > repository or have a database. > > I created a separate ORACLE_HOME for my install. > > Also, Oracle recommends that you use hostnames, so > naming methods should reflect hostname.com instead of > 123.45.67.8. > > During the install, you will be asked for a password > for the Eterprise Manager website. NOTE IT DOWN!!! > You'll need it to start and stop the EM website. > Oracle recommends that you start and stop services via > the EM website and not the command line and I'll go > along with this since I had trouble shutting down > services via the command line (sometime it worked and > sometime it did'nt). > > Also, during the install when prompted to run the > root.sh script, run as root since this script starts > the Apache httpd daemons. These need to be started as > root. It does a bunch of other config things aswell. > See root.sh. This is vital since after the install is > complete, the installer then configures the components > such web cache, OC4J components, Apache config etc. > This is the problem I was having on HP-UX, late in the > day, govt client, sysadmin has left the building. > > Ok, after the install has completed and started all > the services (hoepfully), you need to apply all > relevant patches. For the mid tier install, install > the patch in the following order: > > 9.0.1.3 patch set > RDBMS bundled patch > Oracle Internet Directory path > Oracle HTTP server patch > > You'll see this in the install notes for the patch. > Note that the RDBMS bundled patch is slightly > different on HP-UX versus Solaris. Just read the > instructions carefully if you are on HP-UX. Solaris > was a little easier. > > After the patch, you can login to the EM website at > http://myhostname.com:1810. If the website does not > come up, you can start it from the prompt using emctl > start|stop|status. Stopping requires password which > was entered earlier during install. Password can also > be changed using emctl set password <pwd>. > > Using the website, you can/start stop other services > such as web cache, BC4J, OC4J containers etc. > > The default website can be accessed (hopefully) at > http://myhostname.com:7777 > > Also, you can start|stop the httpd daemons from the > command line from $ORACLE_HOME/dcm/bin/dcmctl > start|stop -ct ohs if the EM website is inaccessible > for some reason. Again, Oracle recommends that you do > all admin through EM the website. > > Similarly, web cache can be started/stopped from the > prompt by webcachectl start|stop|status. > > Finally, just a couple days ago, we seemed to have > trouble starting 9iAS. Seems like some log files had > their ownership changed. Don't know how this > happened. My guess is some sort of bug. The way I > tracked this is tailing the logs while trying to start > the server. Since I could'nt get the EM website up, I > had to use $ORACLE_HOME/dcm/bin/dcmctl start -ct ohs. > > Useful logs were: > $ORACLE_HOME/opmn/logs/ons.log and ipm.log > $ORACLE_HOME/dcm/logs/emd_logs/ and dcmctl_logs/ > and of cource > $ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/logs/error_log and > access_log > --- Jeff Herrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Barb, > > I've been deploying forms over the web since OAS > 4.07 and I had > Oracle WebServer experience going back to version 2. > What I found > was that knowing all of that stuff made it worse for > trying to > figure out 9IAS Rel 2 (9.03). What further > complicates it (web > forms that is) is that if you read the documents on > Metalink > regarding the forms listener 'Servlet' > implementation then you > will be lost trying to set it up using 9.0.3 > > 9IAS Rel 2 uses OC4J (Oracle Container 4 Java) to > run the forms > listener servlet so most of the config is done for > you already. > Your point of contact with the app server is the > > IAS_HOME\forms90\server\formsweb.cfg > > file which contains most of the variables that I > used to hand-code > in the static html JInitiator file. What you need to > do to get a > form up is > > 1) install the 9IAS Rel2 Infrastructure in its own > home > 2) intall the 9IAS Rel2 BI Forms and Reports install > in its own home > 3) install Forms9i/Reports9i in its own home > 4) add a section called 'barb' to the IAS_HOME (not > the infrastructure > or forms home) \forms90\server\formsweb.cfg like > the following > > [barb] > form=your_main_menu.fmx > separateFrame=True > lookandfeel=Generic > otherparams=others parms your forms might need > > 5) Add your forms path to the FORMS90_PATH variable > in the > file IAS_HOME\forms90\server\default.env > > 6) bring up the IAS instance in the OEM brower and > stop and > start the BI_FORMS OC4J instance > > 7) point your browser at > > http://yourserver:yourport/forms90/f90servlet?config=barb > > and your form should come up > > Note all of the port numbers that the install > assigns. On a fresh > install I got port=1810 for the OEM console and > port=7778 for the > first website. > > In comparison to OAS/OWS it's easy, that's why I say > that knowing > the earlier architectures can be even more confusing > =8-) > > HTH > > Jeff Herrick > > > > > On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Barbara Baker wrote: > > > List: > > I'm touching iAS for the first time ever. I don't > > understand even basic stuff about it. > > > > The install I have includes 9.0.2 and 9.0.3. The > > install says "9.0.3 is the first J2EE 1.3 > compatible > > release of Oracle9iAS. ..blah blah.. Oracle9iAS > > 9.0.3 contains only the J2EE and Web Cache > > Installation Type of Oracle9iAS and is compatible > with > > Oracle9iAS 9.0.2 infrastructures for clustering, > > management, and security." > > > > Do I need to install 9.0.2 and then install 9.0.3 > on > > top of it to get everyting I need? > > > > We're currently in an evaluation phase. > Developers > > want iAS to deploy forms, portal, and build apps > with > > java. > > > > I have 9.0.3 installed, but don't really > understand > > what I have, and we're not able to launch a form. > > > > Thanks for any help! > > (This is the most frustrating, confusing product > I've > > ever seen!!!!) > > Barb > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. 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