Dell PowerEdge Web Server- Installation Manual

Page 7 of 59 J2EE and Web Cache Tier The J2EE and Web Cache tier contains the core components that are necessary to develop and deploy Enterprise Java applications. Following is a description of the key components. Oracle HTTP Server – provides the underlying deployment platform for a variety of pro...

Page 9 of 59 Oracle Application Server Forms Services – OracleAS Forms Services enables corporations to develop and deploy forms based applications, similar in functionality to the classic Oracle Forms. One of the key differences is that instead of a heavy client deployment, Forms applications are d...

Page 10 of 59 Authority supports PKI-based (strong) authentication methods and provides assertion services. Other Components There are several other optional components that may be important in some cases, depending on corporate business requirements. These components include: Oracle Integration – O...

Page 11 of 59 o OracleAS Wireless • Business Intelligence and Forms – this install type includes all of the J2EE and Web Cache components, the Portal and Wireless components, and the following components: o OracleAS Personalization o OracleBI Discoverer – includes the following components: ƒ OracleB...

Page 12 of 59 • Infrastructure tier Choosing Oracle Application Server Releases Since OracleAS 10.1.3 is not a complete replacement for OracleAS 10.1.2, Administrators attempting either an upgrade or a fresh install may be confused by the options presented by the two versions. Fortunately, the decis...

Page 13 of 59 Deploying Oracle Application Server 10g Deploying Oracle Application Server10 g isn’t quite as simple as picking a server and placing a CD in the media tray. Rather, a number of decisions have to be made up front that will influence how OracleAS is deployed. The first decision is to ch...

Page 22 of 59 To install and manage OracleAS, a monitor is recommended, whether locally attached or networked through a KVM. The monitor should support at last a 256 color display. If problems are encountered with a monitor, they are more commonly the fault of improper driver settings at the OS leve...

Page 23 of 59 OracleAS Tier or OS Component Disk Requirement J2EE and Web Cache 900 MB Portal and Wireless 1.2 GB Business Intelligence and Forms 2 GB OracleAS Infrastructure 3.7 GB /tmp 400 MB Swap Space 512 MB Table 2 To check free disk space, use the following Linux command: # df -h To check temp...

Page 25 of 59 Post-Installation OS Configuration After the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS operating system is installed; there are several post-installation steps that are required to prepare your servers for OracleAS installation. The first step is to check which version of the OS is installed (3.0 or...

Page 27 of 59 • sysstat-5.0.5-1 • compat-db-4.1.25-9 • control-center-2.8.0-12 • xscreensaver-4.18-5.rhel4.2 The following rpms are required (same version or higher) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4.0 x86_64 (64-bit): • binutils-2.15.92.0.2-13.x86_64.rpm • compat-db-4.1.25-9.i386.rpm (32-bit) • ...

Page 31 of 59 HOSTNAME=node1.domain.com 4. Type: service network restart 5. Type ifconfig to verify that the IP addresses are set correctly. 6. To check your network configuration, ping each public IP address from a client on the LAN outside the cluster. 7. Connect to each node to verify that the pu...

Page 46 of 59 Configuring OracleAS Environment Variables Before attempting any OracleAS administration, the default environment variables for the Oracle OS user need to be setup. Edit the /home/oracle/.bash_profile file. The final result should appear as follows (leaving previous settings in place)....

Page 48 of 59 Figure 8. OracleAS Welcome Page Administering Oracle Application Server There are a variety of tools for managing Oracle Application Server. These include command line tools and web based tools. All of the Oracle Application Server 10 g tools are fully integrated within the Oracle Grid...

Page 50 of 59 Similar to the above, if the Middle tier is located on a different server than the Infrastructure tier, you can issue the following commands from the middle tier Oracle Home to start and stop the instance: $ORACLE_HOME/bin/runstartupconsole.sh start $ORACLE_HOME/bin/runstartupconsole.s...

Page 54 of 59 • Process Management –allows you to monitor OPMN managed processes and sub-processes • All Metrics – links to a page with all performance metrics Figure 9. The Application Server Control Console home page The Topology link presents a page with a graphical view of OPMN, which is particu...

Page 55 of 59 Figure 10. Oracle Application Server Topology View From the main home page, clicking on the host name opens the Host Home page. This page gives a detailed breakdown of host resource usage. Useful links for monitoring Top Processes and Filesystems are included at the bottom of the page....

Page 56 of 59 Figure 12. The All Metrics Page Dell/Oracle Best Practices for OracleAS The following are some Best Practices for deploying Oracle Application Server 10 g with Dell hardware: 1. It is a best practice to distribute functions in middle tiers across OracleAS Farms. For example, you could ...

Page 58 of 59 References “Dell Server Solutions"; 2006, Dell Corporation; http://www.dell.com/servers “Dell Storage Solutions"; Dell Corporation, 2006; http://www.dell.com/storage “Oracle Application Server 10g Administration Handbook”; Authors: John Garmany, Jr., Donald K. Burleson; Oracle ...