4 Administration of Oracle E-Business Suite Certified Configuration

4.1 Introduction to On Demand Utilities

This section introduces the features supported by Oracle E-Business Suite On Demand utilities. The Oracle E-Business Suite Certified Configuration On Demand utilities enable the following features on an Oracle E-Business Suite Certified Configuration:

Administration Features

• Installing an environment from a shiphome

• Cloning from a source environment to a target environment

Applications Support Features

• Supporting BigIP

• Customizing applications

4.2 Using the Oracle E-Business Suite Certified Configuration Utility Pack

The Oracle E-Business Suite Certified Configuration Utility Pack contains the wizard.sh script which is the user interface for performing all administrative tasks.

The following is the complete command summary for the wizard.sh script:

wizard.sh mode=install/config/valid
        dest_mntpt=Destination mntpt
        {src_host=Source host
         src_mntpt=Source mntpt}   
- For mode install, config, or valid
        {apps_serv_host=Apps db hostname apps_mntpt=Apps mount point}
        [ dbype=prod/vision/bfal ]
- For mode=install, with either Oracle or Application Tier
           [ bigd=true|false,Url ] 
           [ porttype=mntpt for new port range]
           [ dbtype=vision/prod/bfa]

In the preceding syntax, text in brackets [ ] is optional, and text in braces { } is mandatory. Note the following syntax terminology:

• bigd: BigIP details. By default, the value is false. If you specify true, then you need to provide the BigIP URL. The URL should include the protocol. For example, bigd=true, http://machine.

• mnode: Multinode. For multinode support, specify all hostnames.

• mode: Type of operation or task.

• porttype: Allows users to specify a different port range from the one associated with the destination mount point. Only the port range is affected. Directory structures remain unchanged. Typically the first letter of the value of porttype is used to determine the new port range. An exception is when the second to the last character in the value is a number. In this case, the number will replace the second digit of the new port range. For example, if porttype=igoldi, the first letter (i) will determine the new port range, as the second to last character (d) is not a number. In this example, the new port range is 106. On the other hand, if porttype=igold5i, the second to last character (5) will replace the second digit (0) of the new port range (106). Therefore the new port range is 156. A number in any other position of the porttype value has no effect.

• dbtype: This argument is only for mode=install. Specify the type of database to install. Valid values are bfa (Business Flow Accelerator), prod (production), and vision (Vision Demonstration).

In addition, the syntax contains the following variables:

• Admin host: Administration-tier host

• Apps db hostname: Applications database host name

• Apps mount point: Applications mount point

• CM host: Concurrent Manager host

• DB host: Database host

• Forms host: Forms-tier host

• Destination mntpt: Destination mount point

• Source mntpt: Source mount point

• Source host: Source host

• Url: URL of tier

• Web host: Web-tier host

To prevent accidental termination because running the wizard.sh script might take a long time, Oracle recommends running the wizard.sh script in the background with the UNIX nohup command as follows:

$ nohup wizard.sh arguments &

4.3 Installation of an Environment from the Stage Location

This section describes the steps required to install Oracle Applications Release 11i (11.5.10) from a stage directory. Installation is the action of creating a new instance from the stage directory. The installation process has four phases. Each phase is controlled by a separate script. The following list describes each phase:

• Phase 1: Creation of partitions, mount points, and associated users.

• Phase 2: Creation of file copies from the stage area using an unzip utility.

• Phase 3: Configuration of the new environment to a new identity.

• Phase 4: Validation of the new environment to a new identity.

The wizard.sh script enables the following tasks for installation of the components:

• Installation of the Oracle applications-tier and database-tier

• Installation of the Oracle database-tier

• Installation of the Oracle applications-tier

4.4 Configuring a New Environment

This section describes the steps to configure the Oracle Applications Server 11i. Configuration is the process of making all of the services available for a given environment.

The configuration process has two phases:

• Phase 1: Configuration of the new environment to a new identity.

• Phase 2: Validation of the new environment to a new identity.

The wizard.sh script enables the following tasks for cloning the components:

• Configuration of applications-tier and database-tier

• Configuration of database-tier

• Configuration of applications-tier

If the database-tier and the applications-tier are not on the same node, then you need to specify the value of the mnode parameter.