Oracle WebLogic and Forms 11gR2 Setup Prerequisites for Solaris

1.     Minimum System Requirements

1.1.    Supported Solaris Platform:

1.1.1. Solaris 10 64-bit Update 9+

1.1.2. Solaris 10 SPARC Update 9+

1.1.3. Solaris 11 64-bit: All levels supported

1.1.4. Solaris 11 SPARC: All levels supported

Note: For more information on supported platforms, please refer to: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/ias/downloads/fusion-certification-100350.html

1.2.    *RAM: 8GB+

1.3.    HDD Partitioning:

*Software Mount: One file system mount with at least 50GB of free space to store the software and temporary file storage for servers.

TEMPFS Space: 4GB+ (Minimum: 1GB+)

*SWAP: 8GB+

1.4.    OS User Access Requirements:

1.4.1. OS User will need to own the software mount.

1.4.2. Root user access must be accessible for the installation.

*RAM and File System Mount Specifications: For production systems, please consult PITSS or Oracle on sizing recommendations. The amount of RAM, HDD Space for SWAP and Software Mounts will vary depending on end-user usage and application characteristics. If you will be running reports heavily, use at least 20GB of SWAP.

2.     Other Solaris OS Requirements

2.1.    The operating system needs to set Native POSIX Threads Library (NPTL) as the default threads-implementation. To check for us, run the following command:

getconf GNU_LIBPTHREAD_VERSION

The expected results should be: NPTL 2.3.4 or higher.

2.2.    Open File Limits:

“soft nofile” should be atleast 4096
“hard nofile” should be atleast 4096 (65535 is recommended)

3.     Required Packages

3.1.    Below is a list of packages/libraries that need to be installed prior to installing 11g Forms and Reports. Please note the difference between the processor and release types

For Solaris 11 (SPARC or x86_64), the following fonts will need to be installed:

• system/font/daewoo-misc
• system/font/gnome-fonts
• system/font/isas-misc
• system/font/jis-misc
• system/font/misc-ethiopic
• system/font/misc-meltho
• system/font/sun-ja-bitmap
• system/font/sun-ja-bitmap-unicode
• system/font/truetype/arphic-ukai
• system/font/truetype/bh-luxi
• system/font/truetype/bitstream-vera
• system/font/truetype/fonts-core
• system/font/truetype/gentium
• system/font/truetype/google-droid
• system/font/truetype/hanyang-ko
• system/font/truetype/ipafont-mincho
• system/font/truetype/sil
• system/font/truetype/unfonts-ko-core
• system/font/truetype/unfonts-ko-extra
• system/font/truetype/unifont
• system/font/truetype/wqy-zenhei
• system/font/xorg/cyrillic
• system/font/xorg/iso8859-10
• system/font/xorg/iso8859-11
• system/font/xorg/iso8859-13
• system/font/xorg/iso8859-14
• system/font/xorg/iso8859-15
• system/font/xorg/iso8859-16
• system/font/xorg/iso8859-2
• system/font/xorg/iso8859-3
• system/font/xorg/iso8859-4
• system/font/xorg/iso8859-5
• system/font/xorg/iso8859-7
• system/font/xorg/iso8859-8
• system/font/xorg/iso8859-9

After the fonts are installed, the following environment variables must be set in your profile:

• Solaris x86_64: export NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8ISO8859P15 or set the DISPLAY variable to any 64-bit Linux machine
• Solaris SPARC:
  • export LC_ALL=C
  • export NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8ISO8859P15 or set the DISPLAY variable to any 64-bit Linux machine

For more information from Oracle on required package information please go to: http://download.oracle.com/docs/html/E18558_01/fusion_requirements.htm#BABGBCIG

4.     Database Requirements

4.1.    Supported Database Versions:

10.2.0.4+

11.1.0.7+

11.2.0.1+

12.1.0.1+

4.2.    A database user with DBA/SYS privileges accessible.

4.3.    The file tnsnames.ora containing the SID of the database will need to be placed in the server/client in the same location as the other prerequisites.

5.     Software Requirements

5.1.    Java JDK 1.7.0_45

5.1.1. Go to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html

5.1.2. Click on “jdk-7u45-solaris-x64.tar.gz for 64-bit” or “jdk-7u45-solaris-sparcv9.tar.gz for SPARC”

NOTE: This is the page to download the latest JDK version.

NOTE: Java JDK  1.7.0_40 is the minimum required for Forms 11.1.2.2, but we recommend the latest version of JDK (1.7.0_45+ as it is more current and contains critical security updates.

For UNIX-Based systems we recommend to install this prior to the WebLogic and Forms installation.

5.2.    Webutil and JACOB

5.2.1. Please contact PITSS at 248-740-0935 or pitssam-support@pitss.com for download instructions.

5.3.    For an 11g Forms installation you will need to download the following software:

5.3.1. WebLogic 10.3.6

5.3.1.1.              Can be downloaded from: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/ias/downloads/wls-main-097127.html

5.3.1.2.              After accepting the license agreement, scroll down to Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3.6. Do NOT install 12c. You will see a plus box next to “Oracle Weblogic Server 10.3.6”. Click the plus box next to “See all files” and more options will be available.

5.3.1.3.              The “Oracle WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.6) + Coherence Package Installer” is the recommended installer of choice.

5.3.1.4.              Please download the file that corresponds to your system OS.  Note for 64-bit Solaris, the “Generic” Installer will need to be downloaded.

5.3.2. Forms 11.1.2.2

5.3.2.1.              Can be downloaded from:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/forms/downloads/index.html

5.3.2.2.              After accepting the license agreement, please download the setup files that correspond to your system OS.

If you have any questions on the above, please contact PITSS for questions.