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ERP R12 System Administator

Installation Of ERP

4/30/2013

Hadi Mohammed AL Jamali

Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.1 Standard Installation on RedHat Linux 5.4

http://oracleerpappsguide.blogspot.com/p/oracle-e-business-suite-1211-standard.html

I.       Installation of EBS with Rapid Install

With Rapid Install, you can perform the following tasks:

         Install a new, fully configured Oracle E-Business Suite system, including the latest certified Oracle E-Business Suite technology stack and all patches, product family release update packs, release update packs, and other updates available at the time of this Oracle E-Business Suite release.

         Lay down the file system and configure server processes for an upgraded system.         Install a new database node or Applications node technology stack.

Rapid Install employs a wizard that guides you through the screens used to carry out the selected task. On

the wizard screens, you enter configuration values for your system; these will typically be saved in the

Oracle E-Business Suite database for later use.

New Installation (Standard)

In a new Standard installation, we need to choose where to install the required nodes (database node

and primary Applications node).

New Installation (Express)In an Express installation, you set up a fully configured, single-user/single-machine system

using a few basic configuration parameters, such as database type and name, top-level installation directory, and port pool choice. The remaining directory specifications and mount points are supplied by Rapid Install using default values. An Express installation includes a set of core products and uses the US7ASCII character set.

II.    Requirements

1.      Operating System Supported Version for R12.1.1For Linux Installation Steps we will see in separate document.

Operating System Name Supported Version Minimum Kernel

Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 - Update 4 or higher (32-bit) 2.6.9-42.0.0.0.1.EL

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 - Update 4 or higher (32-bit) 2.6.9-42.EL

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 - Update 1 or hgiher (32-bit) 2.6.18-8.el5PAE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 - GA, SP1 or higher (32-bit) 2.6.16.21-0.8

2.      System Software

Platform-Specific Software Requirements

Operating System Required Maintenance Tools

Linux x86 ar, gcc, g++, ld, ksh, make, X Display Server

Microsoft Windows Microsoft C++, MKS Toolkit*, GNU make

3.      Minimal Hardware

         Memory: At least 2GB of 3GB would be better and 4GB is best choice.         File System Space Requirements for Standard Installation: o   At least 300GB. 350GB will be better

File System Space Requirements for Standard InstallationNode Space Required

Applications node file system (includes OracleAS 10.1.2 Oracle Home, OracleAS 10.1.3 Oracle Home, OMMON_TOP, APPL_TOP, and INST_TOP)

35 GB (50 GB on HP-UX Itanium)

Database node file system (Fresh install) 55 GB

Database node file system (Vision Demo database) 208 GB (210 GB on HP-UX Itanium)

         Temporary directories and files

o   For install time temporary disk space, Rapid Install uses the directory defined by the TMPDIR

variable (on UNIX) or TEMP and TMP variables (on Windows).

o   We should ensure there is at least  1GB of free temporary space before starting an installation.

         Stage Area

o   For a production database install, running Rapid Install from a stage area requires atleast 47 GB to accommodate the file system and database files in the stage area.

III. Preparation of the R12 Installation in RedHat Linux

1.      What is RPM?

The Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) is a toolset used to build and manage software packages on UNIX

systems. Distributed with the Red Hat Linux distribution and its derivatives (CentOS is 100% compatible

rebuild of the Rehat Enterprise Linux). The rpm files represent application or package that you can install

on Linux system.

The naming scheme of RPM files is itself a standardized convention. RPMs have the format (name)-(version)-(build).(platform).rpm.

The location of the documentation for installed packages is:   /usr/share/doc

Note:   We can find them via rpmfind.net and rpm.phone.net

How to see if a package is already installed?

An interesting command for checking if a package is installed or to find out all packages that match a string is: rpm -qa | grep -i <rpm_name>

where: q = query;a = all;              grep=filters content based on certain strings;How to deinstall a package?

From the command above, take the package name (without the architecture and rpm extension) and

perform the following command

rpm -e package where: e = erase

2.      From the RHEL 5 distribution media

The following i386 packages(RPM) are not part of the OS distribution media and must be

downloaded separately from http://oss.oracle.com/projects/compat-oracle/files/EnterpriseLinux

for RHEL 5 and installed manually:

         openmotif21-2.1.30-11.EL5.i386

         xorg-x11-libs-compat-6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.1.i386

The following i386 packages must be installed from the RHEL 5 distribution media. Some rpm

are distributed as part of the 'default' installation of RedHat Enterprise Linux.

compat-glibc-2.3.4-2.26

compat-glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.26

compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61

compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-138

compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5 – Not need to install, still works

gcc-4.1.2-33 – Not need to install, still works

gcc-4.1.2-46.el5

gcc-c++-4.1.2-46.el5

gdbm-1.8.0-26.2.1

glibc-2.5-42

glibc-common-2.5-42

glibc-devel-2.5-42

glibc-headers-2.5-42

libaio-0.3.106-3.2

libgcc-4.1.2-46.el5

libgomp-4.4.0-6.el5

libstdc++-4.1.2-46.el5

libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-46.el5

libXau-devel-1.0.1-3.1

libXp-1.0.0-8.1.el5

make-3.81-3.el5

openmotif21-2.1.30-11.EL5 –After installing libaio-devel-0.3.106

sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5

xorg-x11-libs-compat-6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.1

Additionally, the following RPMs are required for an 11gR1 Database (which is bundled with the 12.1.1 release) on the database tier:

         elfutils-libelf-devel-0.125 – Installed from OS         elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.125 – Installed from OS         libaio-devel-0.3.106         unixODBC-2.2.11 -2nd

         unixODBC-devel-2.2.11 -1st         kernel-headers-2.6 – Installed from OS

Below code is to check whether the required rpm’s are installed in Linux System.rpm -q compat-glibc-2.3.4-2.26 compat-glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.26 compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61 compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-138 compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5 gcc-4.1.2-33 gcc-4.1.2-46.el5 gcc-c++-4.1.2-46.el5 gdbm-1.8.0-26.2.1 glibc-2.5-42 glibc-common-2.5-42 glibc-devel-2.5-42 glibc-headers-2.5-42 libaio-0.3.106-3.2 libgcc-4.1.2-46.el5 libgomp-4.4.0-6.el5 libstdc++-4.1.2-46.el5 libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-46.el5 libXau-devel-1.0.1-3.1 libXp-1.0.0-8.1.el5 make-3.81-3.el5 openmotif21-2.1.30-11.EL5 sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5 xorg-x11-libs-compat-6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.1

After installing these patches (Sets the RPM)

Run

ldconfig –v

3.      Networking - Hosts Name settings

We can do following actions by Terminal itself or by GUI Navigation also.

a.      /etc/hosts

The /etc/hosts file must contain a fully qualified name for the server:

 <IP-address>  <fully-qualified-machine-name>  <machine-name>

 

We must configure the host to resolve hostnames to the loopback IP address by modifying the /etc/hosts

file to contain the following entries:

127.0.0.1 hostname.domainname hostname

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

 

Example with hostname = vision and domainname = r12apps.com

Then the hosts will be like this.

 

[root@vision etc]# cat hosts

# Do not remove the following line, or various programs

# that require network functionality will fail.

127.0.0.1       vision.r12apps.com    vision

127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain localhost

::1             localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6

 

Note: The configuration line must be in first place!

 

After doing so, check that the hostname resolves to the loopback IP address by entering the following

command for verifying that our hostname works or not:

/bin/ping vision.r12apps.com

 

b.      /etc/sysconfig/network

Verify that the /etc/sysconfig/network file is formatted as follows:

HOSTNAME=<node_name>.<domain_name>

Example with the node_name = vision and domain_name = r12apps.com

[root@vision ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network

NETWORKING=yes

NETWORKING_IPV6=no

HOSTNAME= vision.r12apps.com

 

c.       default/network

If the /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/network file exists, remove it.

 

[root@vision ~]# rm /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/network

rm: remove regular file `/etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/network'? y

[root@vision ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/network

cat: /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/network: No such file or directory

4.      Restart of the system

[root@ vision ~]# reboot

Broadcast message from root (pts/2) (Sun May 18 09:42:14 2011):

The system is going down for reboot NOW!

5.      Kernel Setting

Add or amend the following lines in the “/etc/sysctl.conf”

 

Specifying the parameters in the sysctl.conf file causes the parameters to be set upon reboot.

# Append this one in sysctl.conf

kernel.sem = 256 32000 100 142

fs.file-max = 131072

net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 10000 65000

net.core.rmem_default = 262144

net.core.rmem_max = 4194304

net.core.wmem_default = 262144

net.core.wmem_max = 262144

kernel.shmmni = 4096

kernel.msgmni = 2878

kernel.shmmax must have the half size of the physical memory (in bytes), and at least 2147483648

Run the following command to change the current kernel parameters:

/sbin/sysctl -p

6.      The resolver - DNS parameters

The file /etc/resolv.conf is used by the resolver a library that determines the IP address from an

host name. It defines the DNS.

These low values may cause attempted network connections to an Oracle database to fail. If this

happens, add or update the following entries to these minimum settings in the /etc/resolv.conf file

on each server node:

 

[root@vision ~]# cat /etc/resolv.conf

; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script

search r12apps.com

nameserver 192.168.1.1

options attempts:5

options timeout:15

7.      Limiting user processes

To limit the user processes, open the /etc/security/limits.conf file and change the existing values

for “hard” and “soft” parameters as follows. Restart the system after making changes.

*               hard    nofile          65535

*               soft    nofile          4096

*               hard    nproc           16384

*               soft    nproc           2047

8.      Create Operating System Accounts

Before running Rapid Install, you must create the operating system accounts that will be used:          in the installation of the database node: the oracle account

The operating system user that owns the database node file system and starts the database node services is called the oracle user.

         and Applications node file systems: the applmgr accountThe operating system user that owns the Applications node file system and starts the Applications node services is called the applmgr user. The applmgr user is the account that owns the Applications node technology stack (APPL_TOP, COMMON_TOP, OracleAS 10.1.2 Oracle Home, and OracleAS 10.1.3 1-14 Oracle E-Business Suite Installation Guide: Using Rapid Install Oracle Home). The names of these accounts must be the same on all nodes in an Oracle E-Business Suite system. We can perform (Reference - Page 27 –in R12.1.1 documentation):

         a single-user installation: one user for the two account         An Multi-user installations: one user by account.

The default name for the oracle user is ora<SID>. For example, for a production (PROD) environment, the default Oracle OS username might be oraprod. For the applmgr user, the default name is appl<SID>. For example, for a Vision Demo (VIS) environment, the default Apps OS username might be applvis. Note:   Two common groups that are defined in installations are:

         the oinstall group (which owns the Oracle Inventory information)          And the dba group whose members have SYSDBA privileges of the database.

[root@vision ~]#       groupadd dba

[root@vision ~]#         useradd -m -g dba oracle

[root@vision ~]#       passwd oravis

[root@vision ~]#       useradd -m -g dba applmgr

[root@vision ~]#       passwd applvis

 

Where:          the –m flag indicates that a new home directory should be created,          -g specified the primary group

o   Once the user is created, the password is immediately reset using the passwd

command.

9.      Maintenance tools

To verify that they are installed, just run the version command and see if you have an answer. Required Maintenance

ToolsDescription Version command

ar create, modify, and extract from archives ar V

gcc GNU project C and C++ compiler gcc –version

g++ gcc - GNU project C and C++ compiler g++ –version

ld The GNU linker ld –version

ksh KornShell, a standard/restricted command and pro-gramming language

ksh –version

make GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs make –version

X Display Server Linux - X Windows System (commonly X or X11) X -version

10.  Directories

a.      Inventory Directory - oraInst.loc

As per note 405293.1, on all platforms except Windows, oraInst.loc must exist and point to a valid

inventory directory. Specifically:

         oraInst.loc must be located in /etc (for Linux)          oraInst.loc must point to a valid central inventory location         the central inventory location must be writable by the owner of the oracle files and the

application filesIf oraInst.loc does not exist, create it in the proper directory. The contents should look like this:      

inventory_loc=/d01/oracle/oraInventory

Where: /d01/oracle/oraInventory points to the directory where the central inventory is to be

located and must be writable by the owner of the oracle files and the application files. Installation

directories

Allow the users to actually create files in the directory, so we need to give permission for oravis

in /d01

[root@vision ~]#   mkdir -p /d01/oracle/VIS

[root@vision ~]# mkdir -p /d01/oracle/VIS/inst

[root@vision ~]# chown -R oracle:dba /d01

[root@vision ~]# chmod -R 775 /d01

11.  Setting Up the Stage Area

As preparation for running Rapid Install, you must run a Perl script that creates the install directory and copies the contents of the Release 12.1.1 software bundle to the appropriate location in the file system, known as the stage area (or staging area).

You must have perl 5.0053 or higher installed, and it must be in PATH. Verify software version (perl).        Perl –v

Give permission for Staging Folder (StageR12) as 777 using chmod.

Unset the ENV environment variable prior to installing installation, as it can alter variables that are set by the Oracle installation scripts. The command unset ENV can be used to unset the variable if necessary.

[root@vision ~]# unset ENV

 

12. PatchesOracle HTTP Server Patch (RHEL 5)Download and apply the patch 6078836 from OracleMetaLink to fix an issue with the Oracle HTTP Server bundled with the E-Business Suite technology stack. Perform the following command as root:

[root@vision ~]# cd /d01/StageR12[root@vision StageR12]# unzip p6078836_101330_LINUX.zipArchive:  p6078836_101330_LINUX.zip   creating: 6078836/  inflating: 6078836/libdb.so.2  inflating: 6078836/README.txt[root@vision StageR12]# cd 6078836[root@vision 6078836]# cp libdb.so.2 /usr/lib

13.  Link to Motif library for Oracle Application Server 10.1.2 (on RHEL 5)

Perform the following command (as root on your system) to update a required link to a Motif library prior

to re linking or patching the 10.1.2 Application Server Oracle Home:

[root@vision ~]#  unlink /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6

[root@vision ~]# ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libXtst.so.6.1 /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6

IV.  Starting the installation

For Unix:

[root@vision ~]# cd /d01/StageR12/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/

[root@vision  ~]# ./rapidwiz

Rapid Install Wizard is validating your file system......

 

4 dvd labels found

 

Rapid Install Wizard will now launch the Java Interface.....

 

 

  It will open the Install Oracle Applications - Welcome screen. Click Next

 

  Wizard operation. Choose Install Oracle Application Release 12.1.1. Click Next

  Oracle Configuration Manager Details. Click Next

  Configuration Choice. Create a new configuration. Click Next

  Global System Settings. Select the port Pool anything Click Next

  Database Node:Path Variable Value Example

CONTEXT_NAME $SID_$HOSTNAME VIS_vision

INSTALL_BASE /d01/oracle/VIS/

INST_TOP $INSTALL_BASE/inst/apps/$CONTEXT_NAME d01/oracle/VIS/inst/apps/VIS_vision/

  Primary application Node information. Click Next

  Node information. Click Next

  System check. Click Next

  Component Installation Review. Next

  Install wizard Alert Click Yes

  Install in progress

  Post install checks Click Next

  Post install checks succeed and you can click on the next button to see the finish screen

The database usernames and their respective default passwords are:

APPS Username (APPS), APPS password (APPS), GWYUID username (APPLSYSPUB), GWYUID Password (PUB), Guest username (GUEST), and Guest password (ORACLE).

V.  Post-installation tasks

1.   Change Default PasswordsThe default passwords are:

Database SYSTEM SYS

Vision Demo manager manager

Default Database manager change_on_install

To maintain database security and restrict access to these accounts, you should change these passwords. To get the correct environment variable, you can call the following env environment configuration file /d01/oracle/VIS/db/tech_st/11.1.0/VIS_vision.env

2.      Database tier scripts (Login as oravis)

         addbctl.sh to start the database (p40}

./addbctl.sh start

         addlnctl.sh to start the listener

./addlnctl.sh start VIS

They can be found under $ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/scripts/<CONTEXT_NAME> directory.

/d01/oracle/VIS/db/tech_st/11.1.0/appsutil/scripts/VIS_vision/

3.      Application tier scripts (Login as root)

         adstrtal.sh - start all application tiers         adstpall.sh - stop all application tiers

They can be found under $INST_TOP/admin/scripts directory.

/d01/oracle/VIS/inst/apps/VIS_vision/admin/scripts

 

 

Labels: Comments Leave a comment

1. Pradeep Sharma

28 January 2013 17:20

Hi,

I have installed oracle ebs rel 12 on linux with oracle(db user) and applprod(application user) under the /u01/oracle/PROD with the PROD database instance name.

I am trying to find out all the top and .bash_profile parameters for both(oracle and applprod) user.

Kinldy help me to set these parameter for both the user.

you can revert back on pradies@gmail.com

2. Oracle ERP

30 January 2013 22:41

Hi Pradeep,

I hope your SID Name as PROD, So environment values will be as below,

Please Change 'YOURHOSTNAME' into your linux hostname.

In .bash_profile, for applprod. /u01/oracle/PROD/apps/apps_st/appl/APPSPROD_YOURHOSTNAME.env

In .bash_profile, for oracle

. /u01/oracle/PROD/db/tech_st/11.1.0/PROD_YOURHOSTNAME.env

Then you can able to access Application Top's.

Happy Learning.

3. U'r Life

9 April 2013 13:35

Thanks for your post.This post will helpfull for who ever going to install the R12 and or new bi to the installation.

And you can also check for any issues and tips and trouble shooting related to appsdba 11i and R12 on http://www.appstier.blogspot.in/