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Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Installation on Linux in Virtual Environment - Part 3 of 3

Part - 3: E-Business Suite Installation

9.      Start Installation
[root@ebsr12 ~]# cd /media/StageR12/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/
[root@ebsr12 rapidwiz]# ./rapidwiz

·         Install Oracle Applications -Welcome window appears to install EBS R12 & click “Next”.
·         Select “Install Oracle Applications Release 12.1.1” & click “Next”.
·         Click “Next” on Email entry window.
·         Select “Create a new configuration” & click “Next”.
·         Select “0” as Port Pool as default & click “Next”.
·         Select “Fresh Database” if you want to install fresh installation for Production else Vision Database Demo and enter followings as per requirement.
In my case:
Database Type: Fresh Database
Database SID: PROD
Host Name: ebsr12
Domain Name: soft.com
Operating System: Linux (32-bit)
Database OS User: oraerp
Database OS Group: dbaerp
Base directory: /u01/oraR12
After entering values, click “Next”.
·         Select “Suite Licensing” & click “Next”.
·         Click “Next” in License Additional Products.
·         Click “Next” in Country-specific functionalities.
·         Select “American_English – US” as Selected Languages & click “Next”.
·         Enter followings for Primary Applications Node Configuration:
Host Name: ebsr12
Domain Name: soft.com
Operating System: Linux (32-bit)
Apps OS User: applerp
Apps OS Group: dbaerp
Base Directory: /u01/applR12
Instance directory: /u01/applR12/inst
After entering values, click “Next”.
·         Click “Next” on Node Information window.
It will check the status of System.
·         Click “Next” if this instance passed all of pre-install tests as Validate System Configurations.
·         Click “Next”. Here “Alert” window appears to confirm that do you want to begin the installation now. Click “Yes” to begin installation. It takes 4~5 hours based on your system performance.
·         Post-Install Checks window appears then click “Next” if all are successful.
·         Click “Connect to Oracle Applications Release 12.1.1” to view the application & Click “Finished” on installation wizard window.
In my case, I got http://ebsr12.sof.com:8000/OA_HTML/AppsLogin page opened my Browser.


10.      Post Installation

Set environment for database OS user oraerp:
[root@ebsr12 ~]# ls /u01/oraR12/db/tech_st/11.1.0/PROD_ebsr12.env
/u01/oraR12/db/tech_st/11.1.0/PROD_ebsr12.env
[root@ebsr12 ~]# su oraerp
[oraerp@ebsr12 root]$ pwd
/root
[oraerp@ebsr12 root]$ cd
[oraerp@ebsr12 ~]$ pwd
/home/oraerp
[oraerp@ebsr12 ~]$ vi .bash_profile
Add following at the end of file:
/u01/oraR12/db/tech_st/11.1.0/PROD_ebsr12.env
And Save it.
[oraerp@ebsr12 ~]$ exit
exit
[root@ebsr12 ~]# su - oraerp
[oraerp@ebsr12 ~]$ echo $ORACLE_HOME
/u01/oraR12/db/tech_st/11.1.0
[oraerp@ebsr12 ~]$

Set environment for Apps OS user applerp:
[root@ebsr12 ~]# pwd
/root
[root@ebsr12 ~]# ls /u01/applR12/apps/apps_st/appl/APPSPROD_ebsr12.env

/u01/applR12/apps/apps_st/appl/APPSPROD_ebsr12.env
[root@ebsr12 ~]# su applerp
[applerp@ebsr12 root]$ pwd
/root
[applerp@ebsr12 root]$ cd
[applerp@ebsr12 ~]$ pwd
/home/applerp
[applerp@ebsr12 ~]$ vi .bash_profile
Add following at end of file
/u01/applR12/apps/apps_st/appl/APPSPROD_ebsr12.env
And Save it.
[applerp@ebsr12 ~]$ exit
exit
[root@ebsr12 ~]# pwd
/root
[root@ebsr12 ~]# su - applerp
[applerp@ebsr12 ~]$ echo $ORACLE_HOME
/u01/applR12/apps/tech_st/10.1.2
[applerp@ebsr12 ~]$ echo $ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME
/u01/applR12/inst/apps/PROD_ebsr12/admin/scripts


Here are the default passwords.

Database:
SYS/change_on_install
SYSTEM/manager

Application Schema passwords:
APPS Schema: apps /apps

Application Users:
sysadmin /sysadmin

This completes the last part of Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Installation on Linux in virtual environment.

Part 1 covers the preparation for Download Required Software, Installation of VirtualBox and creation of virtual machine.
Part 2 covers the installation of Linux & preparation of E-Business Suite installation.
Part 3 covers the actual installation of E-Business Suite and basic post-install steps

Hope this will helpful !
All The Best!

Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Installation on Linux in Virtual Environment - Part 2 of 3

Part - 2: Linux Installation

4.      Install Linux
Before installing Linux in virtual machine, unzip V27571-01.zip to get an iso file OracleLinux-R5-U7-Server-x86_64-dvd.iso
Select newly created virtual machine “R12” & click “Start” icon.
Select Media Source as OracleLinux-R5-U7-Server-x86_64-dvd.iso, click “Next” & click “Start”.
Linux installation will be started soon.
·         Select “Skip” under “CD Found” screen.
·         Red screen of Oracle Linux appears then click “Next”.
·         Select “English (English)” as language & click “Next”.
·         Select “U. S. English” as keyboard & click “Next”.
·         Select “Yes” for “Would you like to initialize this drive, erasing ALL DATA?” in Warming window & click “Next”.
·         Select “Create custom layout” & click “Next”.
·         Click “New” to add partition for primary
Mount Point: /
File System Type: ext3
Size (MB): 6000
Force to be primary partition: checked
And click “OK”.
·         Click “New” to add partition for swap
Mount Point:
File System Type: swap
Size (MB): 4096
Fixed size: checked
Force to be primary partition: checked
And click “OK”.

·         Click “New” to add partition for EBS
Mount Point: /u01
File System Type: ext3
Size (MB): 4096
Fill to maximum allowable size: checked
& click “OK” & click “Next”

·         Click “Next”, Network Devices window appear & click “Edit” to add IP address
Enable IPv4 support: checked
Manual configuration: checked
IP Address: 192.168.1.201
Prefix (Netmask): 255.255.255.0
& Click “OK”.
Hostname manually: ebsr12.soft.com
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
And click “Next”.
·         Select “Asia/Kathmandu” as a region & click “Next”.
·         Enter root password & click “Next”.
·         Select “Customize now” & click “Next”.
·         Select followings:
Development > Development Libraries
Development > Development Tools
Development > GNOME Software Development
Development > Java Development
Development > Legacy Software Development
Development > X Software Development
Base System > Base
Base System > Java
Base System > Legacy Software Support
Base System > System Tools
Base System > X Window System
& click “Next”.

It takes time to complete installation of packages

·         Click “Reboot”.
·         Select the agreement of license & click “Forward”.
·         Select “Disabled” for Firewall & click “Forward”, click “Yes” & click “Forward”.
·         Select “Disabled” for SELinux Setting & click “Forward” ”, click “Yes” & click “Forward”.
·         Click “Forward” in Kdump window.
·         Select Date and Time & click “Forward”.
·         Click “Forward” without creating user.
·         Click “Finish”, System will be restarted.
·         Login as root user.
·         Select “Install Guest Additions” from Devices menu to improve graphics and mouse performance. It adds files in media
·         Navigate to media through Terminal to install the guest additions packages.:
      [root@ebsr12 ~]# cd /media/VBOXADDITIONS_4.3.6_91406/
      [root@ebsr12 VBOXADDITIONS_4.3.6_91406]# VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
      After installation reboot the virtual machine.

5.      Prepare OS Environment
Ensure /etc/hosts
[root@ebsr12 ~]# vi /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1       localhost.soft.com      localhost
192.168.1.201   ebsr12.soft.com         ebsr12
:wq!
[root@ebsr12 ~]#

Ensure etc/resolv.conf
[root@ebsr12 ~]# vi /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 192.168.1.1
# R12 Recommendations #
options attempts:5
options timeout:15
:wq!
[root@ebsr12 ~]#

Set kernel parameters (Edit /etc/sysctl.conf file):
[root@ebsr12 ~]#  vi /etc/sysctl.conf
# Oracle Recommendations for Apps  #
kernel.shmall = 268435456
kernel.shmmax = 4294967295
kernel.shmmni = 4096
kernel.sem = 256 32000 100 142
fs.file-max = 327679
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 10000 65000
kernel.msgmni = 2878
kernel.msgmax = 8192
kernel.msgmnb = 65535
net.core.rmem_default = 262144
net.core.wmem_default = 262144
net.core.rmem_max = 262144
net.core.wmem_max = 4194304
# Oracle Recommendations for Apps  #
:wq!
[root@ebsr12 ~]# sysctl –p

Increase user limits:
 [root@ebsr12 ~]# vi /etc/security/limits.conf
 *       hard    nofile 65536
 *       soft    nofile 4096
 *       hard    nproc  16384
 *       soft    nproc  2047
 :wq!

6.      Install Required Packages
Ensure the following RPMs are installed:
[root@ebsr12 ~]# cd /media/OL5.7\ i386\ dvd\ 20110728/Server/
Install following RPM packages:
rpm -ivh unixODBC-2.2.11-7.1.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh unixODBC-devel-2.2.11-7.1.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh libXp-1.0.0-8.1.el5.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh libXp-devel-1.0.0-8.1.el5.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh openmotif22-2.2.3-18.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh libaio-devel-0.3.106-5.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh glibc-2.3.4-2.25
rpm -ivh glibc-common-2.3.4-2.25
rpm -ivh binutils-2.15.92.0.2-21
rpm -ivh compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-132.7.2
rpm -ivh gcc-3.4.6-3
rpm -ivh gcc-c++-3.4.6-3
rpm -ivh libgcc-3.4.6-3
rpm -ivh libstdc++-3.4.6-3
rpm -ivh libstdc++-devel-3.4.6-3
rpm -ivh pdksh-5.2.14-30.3
rpm -ivh setarch-1.6-1
rpm -ivh make-3.80-6.EL4
rpm -ivh gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44.1
rpm -ivh compat-db-4.1.25-9
rpm -ivh control-center-2.8.0-12.rhel4.5
rpm -ivh xscreensaver-4.18-5.rhel4.11

Download and Install patch "6078836" from
https://updates.oracle.com/ARULink/PatchDetails/process_form?patch_num=6078836
Make a, iso file or share to Linux.
[root@ebsr12 ~]# cd /media/6078836
[root@ebsr12 6078836]# pwd
/media/6078836
[root@ebsr12 6078836]# ls
libdb.so.2  README.txt
[root@ebsr12 6078836]# ls -l /usr/lib/libdb.so.2
ls: /usr/lib/libdb.so.2: No such file or directory
[root@ebsr12root@oraerp1 6078836]# cp libdb.so.2 /usr/lib/

[root@ebsr12 6078836]# ls -l /usr/lib/libdb.so.2

7.      Create Required Users
Create OS group and user:
[root@ebsr12 ~]# groupadd dbaerp
[root@ebsr12 ~]# useradd -G dbaerp oraerp
[root@ebsr12 ~]# useradd -G dbaerp applerp
[root@ebsr12 ~]# passwd oraerp
[root@ebsr12 ~]# passwd applerp

Create directories:
[root@ebsr12 ~]# mkdir /u01/applR12
[root@ebsr12 ~]# mkdir /u01/oraR12
[root@ebsr12 ~]# chmod -R 775 /u01/applR12/
[root@ebsr12 ~]# chmod -R 775 /u01/oraR12
[root@ebsr12 ~]# chown -R applerp:dbaerp /u01/applR12/
[root@ebsr12 ~]# chown -R oraerp:dbaerp /u01/oraR12/

8.      Prepare Staging Area
·         Unzip all zip files of E-Business required software files into EBSR12Ins folder.
·         Make this folder as a single iso file (in my case StageR12) using Folder2Iso and attach it to guest machine by navigating Settings > Storage > select this StageR12.iso file on CD/DVD Drive.
·         Or share EBSR12Ins folder to guest machine by adding this folder in Settings > Shared Folders > click “+” icon to share folder. 
     At Linux Terminal to view folder:
     [root@ebsr12 ~]# mount -t vboxsf EBSR12Ins /root/StageR12


This completes the second part of Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Installation on Linux in virtual environment.

Part 1 covers the preparation for Download Required Software, Installation of VirtualBox and creation of virtual machine.
Part 2 covers the installation of Linux & preparation of E-Business Suite installation.
Part 3 covers the actual installation of E-Business Suite and basic post-install steps

Hope this will helpful !
All The Best!

Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Installation on Linux in Virtual Environment - Part 1 of 3

Part - 1:  Preparation


1.      Download Required Software
·         Oracle VM VirtualBox:
Download VirtualBox 4.3.6 for Windows hosts x86/amd64

·         Oracle Enterprise Linux:
Download Oracle Linux Release 5 Update 7 for x86 (32 Bit)
Name: Oracle Linux Release 5 Update 7 for x86 (32 Bit)
Part Number: V27571-01
Size (Bytes): 3.0G

·         Oracle E-Business Suite:
Download required software of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 Media Pack for Linux x86.

2.      Install Oracle VM VirtualBox
Install Oracle VM VirtualBox as per standard windows installation.
Change Default Machine folder:
Open Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager and navigate to File > Preferences
Under General tab, Default Machine folder: select a path where you want to install virtual machine (in my case, D:\VMs) and click OK.

3.      Create virtual machine
Once Oracle VM VirtualBox installed, open it and then do followings:
·         Click “New” icon to create a new Virtual Machine.
Name: EBSR12-32bit
Type: Linux
Version: Oracle
And click “Next”
·         Assign Memory Size: 2048 MB & click “Next”.
·         Select “Create a virtual hard drive now” & click “Next”.
·         Select “VMDK (Virtual Machine Disk)” & click “Next”.
·         Select “Dynamically allocated”, checked “Split into files of less than 2GB” & click “Next”.
·         Select File location (in my case, D:\VMs\R12\R12.vmdk), Size: 120 GB & click “Create”.
·         Select newly created virtual machine “R12” & click on “Settings” icon
Under “Network”, select “Adaptor 1” and do followings:
·         Enable Network Adaptor: Checked
·         Attached to: Bridge Adaptor
·         Name: Select either Wifi link or Network connection whichever you are using
And click OK.
·         (Optional) You can also increase RAM & Processor if your system has more memory & processor.

This completes the first part of Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Installation on Linux in virtual environment.

Part 1 covers the preparation for Download Required Software, Installation of VirtualBox and creation of virtual machine.
Part 2 covers the installation of Linux & preparation of E-Business Suite installation.
Part 3 covers the actual installation of E-Business Suite and basic post-install steps

Hope this will helpful !
All The Best!

Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Installation on Linux in Virtual Environment Series

This article is step by step procedure to install Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.1 on Oracle Linux 5.7 (32-bit) in Oracle VM VirtualBox.

I have installed it on a virtual machine with 2 GB RAM, 120 GB of local hard disk space and 1 Core CPU.

There are following steps to install Oracle E-Business Suite R12 on Linux in virtual environment:

1.      Download Required Software
·         Oracle VM VirtualBox
·         Oracle Enterprise Linux
·         Oracle E-Business Suite
2.      Install Oracle VM VirtualBox
3.      Create virtual machine

4.      Install Linux
5.      Prepare OS Environment
6.      Install Required Packages
7.      Create Required Users
8.      Prepare Staging Area

9.      Start Installation
10.  Post Installation
·          Set environment for database OS user
·          Set environment for Apps OS user


Part 1 covers the preparation for Download Required Software, Installation of VirtualBox and creation of virtual machine.
Part 2 covers the installation of Linux & preparation of E-Business Suite installation.
Part 3 covers the actual installation of E-Business Suite and basic post-install steps.

Hope this will helpful !
All The Best!

Required software for Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.1 Installation on Linux x86

Environment: Oracle Linux x86

Download following files of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 Media Pack for Linux x86:

            Name
Part Number
Size (Bytes)
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 Rapid Install Start Here (Part 1 of 4)
B53824-01 Part 1 of 4
29M
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 Rapid Install Start Here (Part 2 of 4)
B53824-01 Part 2 of 4
97M
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 Rapid Install Start Here (Part 3 of 4)
B53824-01 Part 3 of 4
393M
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 Rapid Install Start Here (Part 4 of 4)
B53824-01 Part 4 of 4
81M
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install RDBMS - Disk 1 (Part 1 of 3)
V15576-01 Part 1 of 3
1.7G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install RDBMS - Disk 1 (Part 2 of 3)
V15576-01 Part 2 of 3
1.2G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install RDBMS - Disk 1 (Part 3 of 3)
V15576-01 Part 3 of 3
658M
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 1 (Part 1 of 3)
V15564-01 Part 1 of 3
1.2G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 1 (Part 2 of 3)
V15564-01 Part 2 of 3
1.6G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 1 (Part 3 of 3)
V15564-01 Part 3 of 3
863M
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 2 (Part 1 of 2)
V15565-01 Part 1 of 2
1.5G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 2 (Part 2 of 2)
V15565-01 Part 2 of 2
1.5G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 3 (Part 1 of 3)
V15566-01 Part 1 of 3
1.2G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 3 (Part 2 of 3)
V15566-01 Part 2 of 3
1.5G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 3 (Part 3 of 3)
V15566-01 Part 3 of 3
1.0G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 4 (Part 1 of 3)
V15567-01 Part 1 of 3
1.7G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 4 (Part 2 of 3)
V15567-01 Part 2 of 3
1.6G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 4 (Part 3 of 3)
V15567-01 Part 3 of 3
501M
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 5 (Part 1 of 3)
V15568-01 Part 1 of 3
1.6G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 5 (Part 2 of 3)
V15568-01 Part 2 of 3
1.6G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 5 (Part 3 of 3)
V15568-01 Part 3 of 3
491M
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 6 (Part 1 of 3)
V15569-01 Part 1 of 3
1.6G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 6 (Part 2 of 3)
V15569-01 Part 2 of 3
1.7G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 6 (Part 3 of 3)
V15569-01 Part 3 of 3
746M
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 7 (Part 1 of 3)
V15570-01 Part 1 of 3
1.5G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 7 (Part 2 of 3)
V15570-01 Part 2 of 3
1.4G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 7 (Part 3 of 3)
V15570-01 Part 3 of 3
784M
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 8 (Part 1 of 3)
V15571-01 Part 1 of 3
1.4G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 8 (Part 2 of 3)
V15571-01 Part 2 of 3
1.7G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 8 (Part 3 of 3)
V15571-01 Part 3 of 3
910M
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 9 (Part 1 of 3)
V15572-01 Part 1 of 3
1.5G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 9 (Part 2 of 3)
V15572-01 Part 2 of 3
1.6G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases - Disk 9 (Part 3 of 3)
V15572-01 Part 3 of 3
490M
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Tools - Disk 1
V15575-01
1.7G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install APPL_TOP - Disk 1 (Part 1 of 3)
V15573-01 Part 1 of 3
1.6G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install APPL_TOP - Disk 1 (Part 2 of 3)
V15573-01 Part 2 of 3
1.7G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install APPL_TOP - Disk 1 (Part 3 of 3)
V15573-01 Part 3 of 3
565M
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install APPL_TOP - Disk 2 (Part 1 of 3)
V15574-01 Part 1 of 3
1.2G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install APPL_TOP - Disk 2 (Part 2 of 3)
V15574-01 Part 2 of 3
1.2G
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 for Linux x86 Rapid Install APPL_TOP - Disk 2 (Part 3 of 3)
V15574-01 Part 3 of 3
1.1G