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Reference:
Oracle® Fusion Middleware Installation Guide
for Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2 (11.1.2.1.0) E23960-03
Oracle Forms and Reports Components
Oracle Forms
Oracle Forms is a component of Oracle Fusion
Middleware used to develop and deploy Forms applications. The Forms
applications provide a user interface to access Oracle Database in an efficient
and tightly-coupled way. The applications can be integrated with Java and web
services to take advantage of service oriented architectures (SOA).
Oracle Forms
consists of the following: –
Oracle Forms Builder -
used to develop and compile Forms applications.
Oracle Forms Server - a
server component used to deploy the applications.
Note: During the installation, you will have the
option to install only Oracle Forms Server or both Oracle Forms Server and
Oracle Forms Builder (Oracle Forms Builder cannot be installed without Oracle
Forms Server).
Oracle Reports
Oracle
Reports enables businesses to give immediate access to information to all
levels within and outside
of the organization in a scalable and secure environment.
You can rapidly develop and deploy sophisticated
Web and paper reports against any data source (including an Oracle database,
JDBC, XML, and text files).
You can publish your reports in a variety of
formats (including HTML, XML, PDF, etc to to any destination (including e-mail,
Web browser, Oracle Portal, and file system)
Oracle
Reports consists of the following: –
Oracle
Reports Builder - used to develop and compile your applications.
Oracle
Reports Server - a server component used to deploy the applications.
Oracle Forms and Reports, Oracle Enterprise
Manager and Oracle HTTP Server are also included and can be installed and
configured if you choose
Oracle Forms and Reports Installation Types
Install and Configure
·
Installs the product binaries
in an Oracle home directory
·
Creates and configures a
working instance in an Oracle instance directory.
·
The common product binaries are
also copied to the oracle_common
directory.
If you choose
to install and configure OEM during the installation and configuration process,
you should be able to begin managing your products using the Administration
Console or EM after the installation and configuration are completed.
Install Software - Do Not Configure
·
Installs the software binaries
in an Oracle home directory.
·
Common product binaries in the
oracle_common directory.
·
You must then manually run the
Configuration Tool from the bin directory inside your Oracle home to configure
your components before you can use them.
This option
is commonly used to quickly create multiple instances of the software that
share a common disk, or to install the software and immediately apply a patch
set to the installation before the software is configured.
Oracle Forms and Reports Configuration Types
Configure For
Deployment
·
Install and configure all
components.
·
"Oracle Forms and Reports
Components" by creating a new WebLogic Server domain, extending a domain,
or expanding a cluster.
This option
allows you to secure your Oracle Forms and Reports installation with Identity
Management.
Configure For
Development
·
Install and configure all
components except for Oracle HTTP Server and OEM.
Securing
Oracle Forms and Reports With Identity Management
If you want
to have your Oracle Forms and Reports installation protected by an Identity
Management tier, you must choose one of the following:
·
"Securing Oracle Forms and
Reports With Oracle Access Manager 11g
·
"Securing Oracle Forms and
Reports With Your Existing Oracle Single Sign-On 10g
·
"Integrating Oracle Forms
and Reports With Identity Management".
To install and configure Oracle Internet Directory
with Oracle Access Manager:
1. Install Oracle Identity and Access
Management
2. Configure a WebLogic Server domain for
Oracle Access Manager.
3. Integrate Oracle Access Manager with Oracle
Internet Directory
Securing Oracle Forms and Reports With Your Existing
Oracle Single Sign-On 10g
Oracle Forms
and Reports can be protected with an existing Oracle Internet Directory (OID)
with Oracle Single Sign-On (SSO) 10g.
Integrating Oracle Forms and Reports With Identity
Management
After your
Oracle HTTP Server instance is configured, it is automatically integrated with
your Oracle Internet Directory/Oracle Single Sign-On 10g or Oracle Internet
Directory/Oracle Access Manager 11g automatically configured.
Road Map: Oracle Forms and Reports Installation and
Configuration Flowchart
Install
Oracle Forms and Reports configured for development instead of deployment, the
topology would be slightly different. OEM and Oracle HTTP Server are not
installed, and no Managed Servers are created; your products are deployed
directly into the Administration Server.
Installing and Configuring
Oracle Forms and Reports
Preparing to
Install Before you begin
·
Reviewing System Requirements
and Specifications
·
Reviewing Certification
Information
·
Reviewing Interoperability and
Compatibility
Before performing
any upgrade or installation you should read the Oracle Fusion Middleware
Interoperability and Compatibility Guide for Oracle Forms and Reports.
·
Understanding Oracle Fusion
Middleware Concepts
·
Obtaining the Oracle Fusion
Middleware Software
The installer for a certified version
of Oracle WebLogic Server.
The installer for Oracle F-R.
Secure your Oracle F-R installation with Identity Management, you can also download Oracle Internet
Directory with Oracle Access Management
·
Installing Oracle Forms and
Oracle Reports on Separate Servers
Oracle
F-R must be installed inside a Middleware home directory, which
is created when Oracle WebLogic Server is installed.
Oracle
F-R must be installed in its own Middleware home directory that
it does not share with any other Oracle Fusion Middleware products.
·
Installing Oracle Forms and
Reports in a New Middleware Home
·
Installing Oracle Forms and
Reports as a Non-Default User
On
Windows operating systems, the user must be a member of the Windows
"Admin" group. This gives the user the proper permissions required to
start and stop processes after the installation, including the Builders.
Installing Oracle WebLogic
Server
Oracle F-R requires
Oracle WebLogic Server, which creates the Middleware home directory during
installation.
Planning Your Middleware Home Location for Oracle
Reports (Windows Only)
If you are
going to install Oracle Reports on a Windows operating system, make sure the
path to your Middleware home directory is not too long.
Downloading the Correct Installer for your Operating
System
Finding Oracle WebLogic Server Installation
Instructions
Stopping Node Manager Before Installing Oracle Forms
and Reports (Windows Only)
If you are installing
Oracle F-R on Windows OS, you must make sure that the Node Manager utility that
was installed with Oracle WebLogic Server is stopped before you begin the
installation.
1. Verify the Oracle WebLogic Server Node Manager utility is stopped.
If it is running, kill the process.
2. Determine if the nodemanager.properties file is present in the
WebLogic_ Home\common\nodemanager directory.
3. If the nodemanager.properties file is not
present, continue installing Oracle Forms and Reports.
Installing Oracle Identity and Access Management
Your Oracle
F-R installation can be protected with Identity Management
If you choose
to secure your Oracle F-M with Oracle Internet Directory and Oracle Access
Manager, you must download and install these products if you do not already
have them.
Oracle
Identity and Access Management must be installed in a separate Middleware home
directory from your Oracle Forms and Reports installation.
For
performance reasons, Oracle recommends that Oracle Forms and Reports is
installed on a separate machine from your Oracle Identity Management product.
Installing Oracle Forms and Reports
1-
Starting the Oracle Forms
and Reports Installer
On Windows OS, double-click on the setup.exe file in the Disk1 directory.
On UNIX OS, use the runInstaller command: cd unpacked_archive_directory/Disk1
./runInstaller
2-
Viewing the Installation
Log Files
The installer writes logs
files to the Oracle_Inventory_Location/log (on UNIX OS) or
Oracle_Inventory_Location\logs (on Windows OS) directory
3-
Configuring Your Oracle
Inventory (UNIX Only)
Inventory Location Confirmation Run the createCentralInventory.sh
script as root.
4-
Following the Installation
Screens and Instructions some important are as follows.
Running the Configuration Tool for Oracle Forms and
Reports
If you
selected the Install Software - Do Not Configure option on the Installation
Type screen, you must manually run the configuration tool to configure your
components after they have been installed.
Starting the Configuration Tool
The
configuration tool is located in the bin directory inside your Oracle home.
On UNIX
operating systems: ORACLE_HOME/bin/config.sh
On Windows
operating systems: ORACLE_HOME\bin\config.bat
Verifying Oracle Forms and
Reports Installation and Configuration
Verifying the Installation Logs
On UNIX OS,
Inventory file loc: $ORACLE_HOME/oraInst.loc
On Windows
OS, the location for the inventory directory is C:\Program
Files\Oracle\Inventory\logs.
Verifying the Domain Server Logs
Check the
domain server logs in the servers directory inside the domain home directory.
UNIX OS: DOMAIN_HOME/servers/server_name
Windows OS:
DOMAIN_HOME\servers\server_name
Verifying the Installed Products and Product Versions
Check the
products and product version numbers by running the opatch lsinventory -detail command from the $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch directory.
cd
$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch
opatch
lsinventory -detail
Verifying OPMN Status
(on UNIX OS)
From the INSTANCE_HOME/bin Run the opmnctl status command
(on Windows
OS) or INSTANCE_HOME\bin directory in
your instance home location.
$ ./opmnctl status
This information shows the components configured for this
installation. The status "Alive" means the component is up and
running.
$ opmnctl status -l : to obtain a list of ports
used by the components.
Checking Browser URLs
Administration
Server Console http://host:port/console
Enterprise
Manager Console http://host:port/em
EMAgent http://host:port/emd/main
Oracle Forms http://host:port/forms/frmservlet
Oracle
Reports http://host:port/reports/rwservlet
Verifying the Administration Console
In Administration Console, Notice the domain name you
created in the upper-right corner, immediately following the words
"Connected to".
Verifying Oracle Fusion Middleware Control
Oracle
Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control
Deinstalling
Oracle Forms and Reports
Oracle F-R
deinstaller gives you the following software removal options, which should be
performed in the order shown
Deinstall Unmanaged ASInstances
It removes
instances of your system components not associated with a WebLogic domain.
Deinstall ASInstances managed by WebLogic Domain
It removes
instances of your system components that are managed by a WebLogic domain.
Administration
Server must be up and running in order to remove managed instances;
Note: You should choose this option if you have
configured any Oracle Forms and Reports components, either by using the
installer or the configuration tool.
Deinstall Oracle Home
It removes
everything under the Oracle home from which the deinstaller is started and also
gives you the option to remove the Oracle home directory.
Be sure that
you have removed all unmanaged and managed instances of your system components
and also stopped all the servers before you remove the Oracle home
deinstaller only removes
the Oracle home directory from where it was started and does not remove any
associated managed instances.
If you want
to also remove Oracle WebLogic Server from your system, you must run the Oracle
WebLogic Server uninstaller to do so.
Deinstalling the Software
1-
Removing Oracle Forms and
Reports
2-
Removing Oracle WebLogic Server
and WebLogic Server Domains
3-
Removing the Program Groups
(Windows Only)
4-
Rebooting Your System
(Windows Only)
Steps of Removing Oracle Forms and Reports
1)
Starting the Deinstaller
2)
Removing Your Managed Oracle
Forms and Reports Instances
3)
Stopping Oracle Fusion
Middleware
4)
Removing Your Oracle Forms and
Reports Oracle Home
5)
Removing Your Oracle Common
Home
Starting the Deinstaller
UNIX OS
cd ORACLE_HOME/oui/bin
./runInstaller.sh
-deinstall
Windows OS
cd $ORACLE_
HOME\oui\bin
setup.exe
–deinstall
you can also
start the deinstaller from the Start menu by selecting Programs > Oracle
Home - Home1 > Uninstall.
Removing Your Managed Oracle Forms and Reports
Instances
All managed
Oracle Instances must be removed from the system before you remove the Oracle
home do above steps
Stopping Oracle Fusion Middleware
After you have removed all managed instances of your
system components, you should stop all servers and processes before proceeding
to remove the Oracle home
Removing
Your Oracle Forms and Reports Oracle Home
After you have removed your
managed instances and stopped the Administration Server, start the deinstaller
again
Removing
Your Oracle Common Home
deinstaller only removes the Oracle home
from where it was started, removing the Oracle Forms and Reports Oracle home
does not remove the Oracle Common home.
Oracle Common home directory contains
its own deinstaller in oui/bin
To start the deinstaller
On UNIX
$ cd
MW_ HOME/oracle_common/oui/bin
./runInstaller –deinstall –jreLoc
<JRE_LOCATION>
On Windows
MW_ HOME\oracle_common\oui\bin
setup.exe -deinstall
-jreLoc <JRE_LOCATION>
Note:
specify the absolute path to your JRE_LOCATION
When you installed Oracle WebLogic
Server, a JRE was installed on your system. You can use this location (the
location of the jre directory) to start the installer.
The default location for the JRE is
MW_HOME/jdk160_ 24 on UNIX OS or MW_HOME\jdk160_24 on Win OS.
Removing
the Oracle Home Directory Manually
On a Windows OS, if your Oracle Common
home directory was C:\Oracle\Middleware\oracle_common,
goto C:\Oracle\Middleware directory,
delete oracle_ common folder
UNIX operating system:
cd /home/Oracle/Middleware
rm -rf oracle_common
Removing
Oracle WebLogic Server and WebLogic Server Domains
On a Windows operating system, if your
Middleware home directory was
C:\Oracle\Middleware,
Goto C:\Oracle directory, delete
Middleware folder
Removing
Your Domains
On a Windows operating system, if your
Domain home directory was C:\Oracle\Domains\FRDomain,
Goto C:\Oracle directory, Delete Domains
folder
Removing
the Program Groups (Windows Only)
On Windows OS, you must also manually
remove the program groups from the Start Menu\Programs folder. Goto -
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs:
Rebooting
Your System (Windows Only)
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