Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (12.0) for Solaris

Oracle® Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (12.0) for Solaris Operating System (SPARC) B31578-01 January 2007 This document updates Oracle Applications Installation Guide: Using Rapid Install and Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide: Release 11i to Release 12 with Solaris Operating System (SPARC)-specific information for Oracle Applications Release 12 (12.0). Refer to the information contained here, and to the appropriate manual, when you install or upgrade your system. The Oracle Applications Release Notes and Oracle Applications NLS Release Notes, available on OracleMetaLink, describe additional required tasks, including applying AD patches and any Consolidated Update patches that apply to the products in your system. This document may be updated on a weekly basis. Currently, it contains the following sections: Certification Information Operating Systems Requirements Software Requirements Other Requirements Before Installing or Upgrading After Installing or Upgrading Unsupported Products Current Revisions Log Documentation Accessibility Certification Information The latest certification information for Oracle Applications Release 12 is available on OracleMetaLink (Certify): http://metalink.oracle.com Operating Systems Requirements The operating system requirements for Solaris Operating System (SPARC) are listed in the following sections. Operating System Supported Versions The following table lists the supported operating system versions. Operating System Name Supported Version Solaris SPARC 8 (5.8) - maintenance update 7 or higher (for upgrade customers only) Solaris SPARC 9 (5.9) - maintenance update 6 or higher Solaris SPARC 10 (5.10) Use the following command to check the operating system version: $ uname -r Use the following command to check the maintenance update level: $ cat /etc/release Required Patches The following table lists the required patches and the minimum required versions for Solaris Operating System (SPARC). Unless otherwise noted, the patches must be installed manually. Additional Information: Refer to your vendor's operating system installation manual or the operating system media for information on obtaining and applying patches. Operating System Required Patches Solaris 8 (5.8) 108652-82 or higher: X11 6.4.1: Xsun patch 108921-21 or higher: CDE 1.4: dtwm patch 108940-62 or higher: Motif 1.2.7 and 2.1.1: Runtime library patch 108773-18 or higher: IIIM and X input and output method patch 111310-01 or higher: /usr/lib/libdhcpagent.so.1 patch 109147-28 or higher: Linker patch 111308-04 or higher: /usr/lib/libmtmalloc.so.1 patch 112438-03 or higher: /kernel/drv/random patch 108434-17 or higher: 32-bit shared library patch for C++ 108435-17 or higher: 64-bit shared library patch for C++ 111111-04 or higher: /usr/bin/nawk patch 112396-02 or higher: /usr/bin/fgrep patch 110386-03 or higher: RBAC feature patch 111023-03 or higher: /kernel/fs/mntfs and /kernel/fs/sparcv9/mntfs patch 111317-05 or higher: /sbin/init and /usr/sbin/init patch 113648-03 or higher: /usr/sbin/mount patch 115827-01 or higher: /sbin/sulogin and /sbin/netstrategy patch 116602-01 or higher: /sbin/uadmin and /sbin/hostconfig patch 108987-13 or higher: Patch for patchadd and patchrm 108528-29 or higher: Kernel update patch 108989-02 or higher: /usr/kernel/sys/acctctl and /usr/kernel/sys/exacctsys patch 109326-14 or higher: libresolv.so.2 and in.named patch 110615-11 or higher: sendmail patch 108993-45, SunOS 5.8: LDAP2 client, libc, libthread and libnsl libraries patch 111721-04, SunOS 5.8: Math Library (libm) patch 112003-03, SunOS 5.8: Unable to load fontset ... iso-1 or iso-15 112138-01, SunOS 5.8: usr/bin/domainname patch Solaris 9 (5.9) 112233-11, SunOS 5.9: Kernel Patch 111722-04, SunOS 5.9: Math Library (libm) patch 115675-01, SunOS 5.9: liblgrp API 113471-08, SunOS 5.9: Miscellaneous SunOS Commands Patch 115675-01, SunOS 5.9: /usr/lib/liblgrp.so Patch 113096-03 or higher: X11 6.6.1: OWconfig patch 112785-35 or higher: X11 6.6.1: Xsun patch Solaris 10 (5.10) None Use the following command to retrieve the list of operating system patches already applied: $ showrev -p | sort > patchList Use the following command to check for a specific patch: $ /usr/sbin/patchadd -p | grep patch_number (without version number) For example, to check for patch 123456-01, enter: $ /usr/sbin/patchadd -p | grep 123456 Required Packages The following table lists the required packages for Solaris 8 (5.8), 9 (5.9), and 10 (5.10). Operating System Required Packages Solaris 8 (5.8), 9 (5.9), and 10 (5.10) SUNWarc SUNWbtool SUNWhea SUNWlibm SUNWlibms SUNWsprot SUNWtoo SUNWi1of SUNWi1cs SUNWi15cs SUNWxwfnt SUNWsprox Use the following command to check for existing packages: $ pkginfo JDK 5.0 Requirements JDK 5.0 is bundled with Oracle Applications. Additional Information: Check the Sun Web site for any updates to the JDK 5.0 requirements for the Solaris Operating System: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/install-solaris.html#requirements Software Requirements The following maintenance tools must be installed on all machines, and their locations specified both in the PATH of the account that runs the Rapid Install and in the PATH of the accounts that will own the database tier and application tier file systems. ar ld make X Display Server Other Requirements The following are other requirements for Solaris Operating System (SPARC). ulimit Value Settings Verify that the owner of the Oracle Application Server and Oracle Database server file systems have the following 'ulimit' values: time (seconds) = unlimited file (blocks) = unlimited data (kbytes) = unlimited stack (kbytes) = unlimited memory (kbytes) = unlimited coredump (blocks) = unlimited nofiles (descriptors) = 65536 Use the following command to check the ulimit settings: $ ulimit -a Kernel Settings The following table lists the kernel settings for Solaris Operating System (SPARC). Operating System Parameter Value Solaris 8 (5.8) rlim_fd_max 65536 noexec_user_stack 1 semsys:seminfo_semmni 100 semsys:seminfo_semmns 1024 semsys:seminfo_semmsl 256 semsys:seminfo_semvmx 32767 shmsys:shminfo_shmmax 4294967295 shmsys:shminfo_shmmin 1 shmsys:shminfo_shmmni 100 shmsys:shminfo_shmseg 10 Solaris 9 (5.9) rlim_fd_max 65536 noexec_user_stack 1 semsys:seminfo_semmni 100 semsys:seminfo_semmns 1024 semsys:seminfo_semmsl 256 semsys:seminfo_semvmx 32767 shmsys:shminfo_shmmax 4294967295 shmsys:shminfo_shmmni 100 Solaris 10 (5.10) rlim_fd_max 65536 noexec_user_stack 1 semsys:seminfo_semmni 100 semsys:seminfo_semmsl 256 shmsys:shminfo_shmmax 4294967295 shmsys:shminfo_shmmni 100 Check the /etc/system file to verify the kernel settings. Before Installing or Upgrading Ensure you have the latest Rapid Install patch as described in Oracle Applications Release Notes (OracleMetaLink Doc ID: 405293.1) before you begin your installation or upgrade. Complete all operating system requirements, software requirements, and other requirements before installing or upgrading Oracle Applications. After Installing or Upgrading Perform the following steps after installing or upgrading to Release 12 and before allowing users to access the system. LD_LIBRARY_PATH Environment Variable Dynamic libraries are used as part of the relinking and execution processes. The LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable is used by Oracle Applications to locate the required dynamic libraries at runtime. Rapid Install sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH as follows: On each application tier server node: LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set in three places: $APPL_TOP/admin/adovars.env $ORA_CONFIG_HOME/10.1.2/.env in the 10.1.2 Oracle home directory $ORA_CONFIG_HOME/10.1.3/.env in the 10.1.3 Oracle home directory To change the value in any of the application tier locations, use the Edit Parameters function of the OAM AutoConfig tool to update the following fields (as required). Then, run AutoConfig (adautocfg.sh) to implement the changes. Location Parameter adovars LD_LIBRARY_PATH 10.1.3 Oracle Home LD_LIBRARY_PATH Tools Oracle Home LD_LIBRARY_PATH Additional Information: See AutoConfig in Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities for more information on AutoConfig. On the database server node: LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set in $ORACLE_HOME/.env. Net Service Listeners in Multi-user Installations Net Service Listeners use the /var/tmp/.oracle directory to store temporary files. To give all users in a multi-user installation write privileges, update /var/tmp/.oracle with 777 permissions: $ chmod 777 /var/tmp/.oracle Create DQM Indexes If you installed the Release 12 Vision Demo Database, create DQM indexes using the following steps: Log on to Oracle Applications with the "Trading Community Manager" responsibility. Click Control > Request > Run. Select the Single Request option. Enter "DQM Staging Program" name. Enter the following parameters: Number of Parallel Staging Workers: 4 Staging Command: CREATE_INDEXES Continue Previous Execution: NO Index Creation: SERIAL Click Submit. Unsupported Products The following products are currently not supported on the corresponding Solaris operating system versions: Product Operating Systems Oracle Mobile Field Service Solaris 10 (5.10) Oracle Demand Planning Solaris 10 (5.10) Current Revisions Log The following sections were changed in Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (12.0). Section Summary of Changes January 24, 2007 Initial release of the document. Documentation Accessibility Our goal is to make Oracle products, services, and supporting documentation accessible, with good usability, to the disabled community. To that end, our documentation includes features that make information available to users of assistive technology. 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