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Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Intended Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Installation Recommendations

• 1.1 Before You Begin
• 1.2 Alternative Oracle Solutions for Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports, and Discoverer 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7.)
  • 1.2.1 Alternative Oracle Solutions for Oracle Portal 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7.0)
  • 1.2.2 Alternative Oracle Solutions for Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.7.0)
• 1.3 Considerations When Installing a New Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports, and Discoverer Environment

2 Installing Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer

• 2.1 Preparing to Install
  • 2.1.1 Verifying Your System and Network Environment
  • 2.1.2 Running the rootpre.sh Script on IBM AIX Operating Systems
  • 2.1.3 Upgrading Oracle Web Agent (OWA) for Oracle Portal
  • 2.1.4 Installing Oracle Forms and Oracle Reports on Separate Servers
  • 2.1.5 Installing in a New Middleware Home
• 2.2 Obtaining the Software
• 2.3 Installing and Configuring a Database and Database Schemas
• 2.4 Installing Oracle WebLogic Server
  • 2.4.1 Planning Your Middleware Home Location for Oracle Reports (Windows Only)
  • 2.4.2 Finding Oracle WebLogic Server Installation Instructions
  • 2.4.3 Stopping Node Manager Before Installing Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer (Windows Only)
• 2.5 Installing Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer
  • 2.5.1 Starting the Installer
    • 2.5.1.1 Start the Installer
    • 2.5.1.2 Installation Log Files
  • 2.5.2 Configuring Your Oracle Inventory (UNIX Only)
  • 2.5.3 Following the Installation Screens and Instructions
• 2.6 Patching Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer
• 2.7 Configuring Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer
  • 2.7.1 Manual Configuration for Oracle Discoverer (Windows Only)
• 2.8 Verifying the Installation
  • 2.8.1 Verifying the Installation Logs
  • 2.8.2 Verifying the Domain Server Logs
  • 2.8.3 Verifying OPMN Status
  • 2.8.4 Checking Browser URLs

3 Installing Oracle Discoverer Desktop

• 3.1 Verifying Your System and Network Environment
• 3.2 Installation Instructions
  • 3.2.1 Starting the Installer
  • 3.2.2 Finding the Installation Log Files
  • 3.2.3 Following the Installation Screens and Instructions
• 3.3 Starting Your Products

4 Deinstalling Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer

• 4.1 Understanding the Deinstallation
• 4.2 Deinstalling the Software
  • 4.2.1 Removing the Oracle Portal and Oracle Discoverer Schemas
  • 4.2.2 Removing Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer
    • 4.2.2.1 Starting the Deinstaller
    • 4.2.2.2 Removing Your Managed Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer Instances
    • 4.2.2.3 Stopping Oracle Fusion Middleware
    • 4.2.2.4 Removing Your Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer Oracle Home
    • 4.2.2.5 Removing your Oracle Common Home
    • 4.2.2.6 Removing the Oracle Home Directory Manually
  • 4.2.3 Removing Oracle WebLogic Server and WebLogic Server Domains
  • 4.2.4 Removing Oracle JDeveloper
• 4.3 Post-Deinstallation Tasks for Windows Operating Systems
  • 4.3.1 Removing the Program Groups
  • 4.3.2 Rebooting Your System
• 4.4 Reinstalling the Software

5 Deinstalling Oracle Discoverer Desktop

• 5.1 Removing Your Oracle Discoverer Desktop Software
• 5.2 Removing the Oracle Home Directory Manually

A Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer Installation and Configuration Screens

• A.1 Flowchart of Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer Installation Screens - Install Only Option
• A.2 Flowchart of the Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer Configuration Screens
• A.3 Descriptions of the Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer Installation and Configuration Screens
  • A.3.1 Specify Inventory Directory
  • A.3.2 Inventory Location Confirmation
  • A.3.3 Welcome
  • A.3.4 Configuration Tool Welcome
  • A.3.5 Select Installation Type
  • A.3.6 Prerequisite Checks
  • A.3.7 Select Domain
    • A.3.7.1 Create Domain
    • A.3.7.2 Extend Domain
    • A.3.7.3 Expand Cluster
  • A.3.8 Specify Security Updates
  • A.3.9 Specify Installation Location
    • A.3.9.1 Install and Configure Option
    • A.3.9.2 Install Only - Do Not Configure Option
    • A.3.9.3 Configuration Tool Option
  • A.3.10 Configure Components
  • A.3.11 Configure Ports
  • A.3.12 Specify Proxy Details
  • A.3.13 Specify Schema
  • A.3.14 Specify Portlet Schema
  • A.3.15 Specify Application OID
  • A.3.16 Installation Summary
  • A.3.17 Installation Summary (Install Only Option)
  • A.3.18 Installation Progress
  • A.3.19 Configuration Progress
  • A.3.20 Installation Complete

B Oracle Discoverer Desktop Installation Screens

• B.1 Welcome
• B.2 Prerequisite Checks
• B.3 Specify Installation Location
• B.4 Select Components
• B.5 Installation Summary
• B.6 Installation Progress
• B.7 Installation Completed

C Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer Deinstallation Screens

• C.1 Welcome
• C.2 Select Deinstallation Type
• C.3 Deinstall Oracle Home
• C.4 Specify WebLogic Domain Detail
• C.5 Select Managed Instance
• C.6 Specify Instance Location
• C.7 Deinstallation Summary (Managed Instance)
• C.8 Deinstallation Summary (Unmanaged Instance)
• C.9 Deinstallation Progress
• C.10 Deinstallation Complete

D Oracle Discoverer Desktop Deinstallation Screens

• D.1 Welcome
• D.2 Deinstall Oracle Home
• D.3 Deinstallation Progress
• D.4 Deinstallation Complete

E Silent Installation and Deinstallation

• E.1 About Silent Installation and Deinstallation
• E.2 Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer Response Files
  • E.2.1 Silent Installation Response Files
    • E.2.1.1 Contents of the configure_only.rsp File
    • E.2.1.2 Contents of the install_only.rsp File
    • E.2.1.3 Contents of the install_and_configure.rsp File
  • E.2.2 Patch Set Installer Response Files
  • E.2.3 Silent Deinstallation Response Files
    • E.2.3.1 Contents of the deinstall_managed_instances.rsp File
    • E.2.3.2 Contents of the deinstall_unmanaged_instances.rsp File
    • E.2.3.3 Contents of the deinstall_oh.rsp File

F Troubleshooting

• F.1 General Troubleshooting Tips
• F.2 Installation and Configuration Log Files
  • F.2.1 Installation Log Files
  • F.2.2 Configuration Log Files
• F.3 Verifying Environment Variable Lengths for Oracle Reports (Windows Only)
• F.4 Granting Access to rwbuilder
• F.5 Errors Accessing the Discoverer Plus and Discoverer Viewer URLs
• F.6 Need More Help?