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Oracle® Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Service Bus
11g Release 1 (11.1.1.3)

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4 Performing Common Installation Tasks

This chapter describes tasks that are common to most Oracle Service Bus installations and configurations. It includes the following topics:

4.1 Starting an Installation

This topic explains the steps that are common to starting most Oracle Service Bus installations and configurations. It begins with starting the Installer and ends after you complete the steps on the Prerequisites Check screen.

Note:

Starting the Installer as the root user is not supported.

Perform the following steps to start an Oracle Service Bus installation:

  1. Start the Installer by executing one of the following commands:

    UNIX: <full path to the runInstaller directory>/runInstaller -jreLoc <Middleware_Home>/jrockit_160_17_R28.0.0-670/jre

    Windows: <full path to the setup.exe directory>\ setup.exe -jreLoc <Middleware_Home>\jrockit_160_17_R28.0.0-670\jre

    Note:

    The installer prompts you to enter the absolute path of the JDK that is installed on your system. When you install Oracle WebLogic Server, the jrockit_160_17_R28.0.0-670 directory is created under your Middleware Home. You must enter the absolute path of the JRE folder located in this JDK when launching the Installer. For example, on Windows, if the JRE is located in D:\oracle\Middleware\jrockit_160_17_R28.0.0-670, then launch the installer from the command prompt as follows:

    D:\setup.exe -JRELOC D:\oracle\Middleware\jrockit_160_17_R28.0.0-670\jre

    If Sun JDK is installed instead of Oracle JRockit, you must specify the path to Sun JDK.

    If you are installing Oracle Service Bus on 64-bit UNIX machines, enter the following command to invoke the installer:

    <full path to the runInstaller directory>/runInstaller -jreLoc <Middleware_Home>/<JAVA_HOME>/jre

    After the Installer starts, the Welcome screen appears. Continue by referring to the appropriate procedure in this document for the installation you want to perform.

4.2 Identifying Installation Directories

This topic describes directories you must identify in most Oracle Service Bus installations—it does not describe one particular Installer screen. During installation, you will have to identify other component-specific directories not described in this topic.

The common directories described in this section include the following:

4.2.1 Oracle Middleware Home Location

Identify the location of your Oracle Middleware Home directory. The Installer creates an Oracle Home directory for the component you are installing under the Oracle Middleware Home that you identify in this field. The Oracle Middleware Home directory is commonly referred to as MW_HOME or Middleware_Home.

4.2.2 Oracle Home Directory

Enter a name for the Oracle Home directory of the component. The Installer uses the name you enter in this field to create the Oracle Home directory under the location you enter in the Oracle Middleware Home Location field.

The Installer installs the files required to host the component, such as binaries and libraries, in the Oracle Home directory. The Oracle Home directory is commonly referred to as ORACLE_HOME.

Note:

Avoid using spaces in the directory names, including Oracle Home. Spaces in such directory names are not supported.

A Middleware Home can contain only one Oracle Service Bus Home directory.

4.2.3 Oracle Common Directory

The Installer creates this directory under the location you enter in the Oracle Middleware Home Location field.

The Installer installs the Java Required Files (JRF) required to host the components, in the Oracle Common directory. There can be only one Oracle Common Home within each Oracle Middleware Home. The Oracle Common directory is commonly referred to as oracle_common.

4.2.4 WebLogic Server Directory

Enter the path to your Oracle WebLogic Server Home directory. This directory contains the files required to host the Oracle WebLogic Server. It is commonly referred to as WL_HOME.

4.2.5 Oracle WebLogic Domain Directory

A WebLogic domain includes a special WebLogic Server instance called the Administration Server, which is the central point from which you configure and manage all resources in the domain. Usually, you configure a domain to include additional WebLogic Server instances called Managed Servers. You deploy Java components, such as Web applications, EJBs, and Web services, and other resources to the Managed Servers and use the Administration Server for configuration and management purposes only.

Managed Servers in a domain can be grouped together into a cluster.

The directory structure of a domain is separate from the directory structure of the WebLogic Server home. It can reside anywhere; it need not be within the Middleware home directory. A domain is a peer of an Oracle instance.

The Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Wizard creates a domain in a directory named user_projects under your Middleware Home (MW_HOME).

4.3 Creating and Starting Managed Servers on a Remote Machine

To create and start a Managed Server in your WebLogic domain on a remote machine, complete the following steps:

For more information, see the "Creating and Starting a Managed Server on a Remote Machine" in the guide Oracle Fusion Middleware Creating Templates and Domains Using the Pack and Unpack Commands.

4.4 Completing an Installation

This topic explains the steps that are common to completing most Oracle Service Bus installations and configurations. It begins with the steps on the Installation Summary screen and ends after the Installation Complete screen.

When the Installation Summary screen appears, perform the following steps to complete the installation:

  1. Verify the installation and configuration information on the Installation Summary screen.

    • Click Save to save the installation response file, which contains your responses to the Installer prompts and fields. You can use this response file to perform silent installations. Refer to Performing Silent Installations for more information.

      Note:

      The installation response file is not saved by default—you must click Save to retain it.
    • Click Install. The Installation Progress screen appears.

  2. Monitor the progress of your installation. The location of the installation log file is listed for reference. After the installation progress reaches 100%, click OK. The Installation Complete screen appears.

  3. Click Save to save the installation summary file. This file contains information about the configuration, such as locations of install directories, that will help you get started with configuration and administration.

    Note:

    The installation summary file is not saved, by default—you must click Save to retain it.

    Click Finish to close and exit the Installer.

4.5 Locating Installation Log Files

The Installer writes log files to the ORACLE_INVENTORY_LOCATION/logs directory on UNIX systems and to the ORACLE_INVENTORY_LOCATION\logs directory on Windows systems.

On UNIX systems, if you do not know the location of your Oracle Inventory directory, you can find it in the ORACLE_HOME/oraInst.loc file.

On Microsoft Windows systems, the default location for the inventory directory is C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory\logs.

The following install log files are written to the log directory: