Thursday 16 January 2014

Configuration and Extension of a Domain

Steps to Configure a New Domain

1. Login to command prompt. Go <ORACLE_HOME>\common\bin and run config.cmd

2. Select create new Weblogic domain

3.In the next page select all the products you want to configure for the doamin. Like I have selecte SOA Suit, BPM Suit and BAM the other dependent will get selected by itself.


4.In next screen provide Domain Name, Domain Location and Application Location. Click on next

5. Provice Credentials for Admin user in next screen.


6. Select the type of Startup Mode for the domain and select the JDK. Click Next.


7. In the next screen provide the schema details created earlier using RCU. Refer the blog Installation Steps for XE Database and Schema Creation using RCU

8. In the next screen all the Schema Connection will be tested. Click on Next when all the test results are successful.


9. Click Next to select optional configuration page. Do not make any changes to default configurations.


10. Note down the details in provided in Configuration Summary and Click next.

 11. In the next screen note down Admin Server URL and Click Done to complete the installation.



Steps to Extend an Existing Domain

In this part we will  extend the existing domain created above to add OSB product. Below are the steps for same:

1. Run Config.Cmd as show above and  select Extend an existing Weblogic domain. Click Next

2. From the domain select the domain you want to extend. Here we are selecting Development Domain created above.

3. Add the product you want to extend. Here we are selecting Oracle Service Bus.

4. Provide the schema details for the Newly added product. Click Next.

5. In next screen the newly added component will be tested. Click Next when the test is successful.

6. If default configuration is needed. click next. I want to change the port number for OSB server so I selected Managed Servers, Clusters and Machines.


7. In the next screen I changed the OSB port to 8002.

8. In Conigure Clusters screen click next.


9. No Configuration is required for machines. Click Next.


10. Move the required servers under LocalMachine. Click Next.


11. Click Next in Configuration Summary screen.


12. Click Done to complete the Configuration of Domain.

Installation Steps for OSB 11.1.1.7.0

Installation Steps:

1. Open command prompt. Go to the location of OSB Installer and run command shown in below screenshot to start the installation: 

2. Select Skip Software Updates and Click Next.

3.Select the same Middleware Home where Weblogic Server is installed and provide Oracle Home Directory for OSB. Click Next.

3. Selected Custom in Installation Type, since I don't want to install OEPE with OSB. Click Next

4.Select the Components you wants to install. I have not selected Oracle Service Bus IDE (OEPE) in this installation. Click Next.

5. Click Next once all the prerequisites checks are done in next screen.

6. In the next screen select Weblogic Server location already installed. Click Next.

7. Click Install on Installation Summary screen to start the installation

8. Click on Next when installation completes.

9. Note down Directory Details in next screen and click on Finish to complete the installation.

Wednesday 15 January 2014

Installation Steps for Oracle SOA Suit 11.1.1.7.0

Installation Steps:

1. Open command prompt, go to the directory where Installer is present. Run the command shown below to start the installation
setup.exe -jreLoc <JRE Location>


2. The installer will start and it will check for all the Prerequisite. Click Next once all the prerequisites checks are successful.

3. In the next screen Middleware Home path and Oracle Home Directory got populated. change the name of  Oracle Home Directory if you want. Click on Next.


4. Select Weblogic Server as Application Server. Click Next.

5. Click Next in Installation Summary screen to start the installation.


6. Note down Directory Details. Click on Finish to complete the installation.

Installation Steps of Weblogic Server wls1036

Installation Steps:


1. Open command prompt and move to Weblogic Installer location. Installation of JDK is prerequisite for Installation of Weblogic Server. Run the command as shown in below Screenshot to start the installation.



2. The Installer will start once you run the above command. Click on next to welcome page. In the next page provide the Middleware Home Directory as shown below. Click Next.


3. Select Typical as Installation Type. Click o Next.


4. Select the JDK installed already. Click Next.

5. Select the default product directories under Middleware home. Click Next.


6. Click next in the Installation Summary Screen to start the installation.

7. Click Done to complete the installation.

Thursday 9 January 2014

Installation Steps for XE Database and Schema Creation using RCU


Hi Friends,

In this blog we will learn the steps to install Oracle SOA Suit 11g. The blog will describe step by step description to install oracle SOA Suit.

1. For installing Oracle SOA Suit first we need to install Oracle XE database. Below are the steps to install Oracle XE Database:

Installation or Oracle XE Database:


1. Click on XE Database Installer. Fist it will check the if the required space for installation is available or not. Also if you want you can change the location destination folder in this step. From my installation I choose the path as D:\oraclexe\



2. In the next step it will prompt for password for SYS and SYSTEM database users. For my installation I choose the password as welcome1. You can select any other convenient password. 





3. Before stating the installation it will show a summary page with current Installation Settings. Click on Install.


 4. In the middle of  installation I got below error . The error comes because of the missed registry entry by installer. We need to add the Registry Entry for resolving below error.

Refer below blog for resolving this error. In the blog detailed steps are mentioned for the above Error Resolution:


5. After making necessary changes according to above blog the installation will resume as show below.


Once the installation gets complete click on Finish button.


Checking if XE Database is Up and Running:


1. Start the database from Start-->All Programs-->Oracle Database 11g Express Edition-->Start Database



 2. In command prompt connect to database using SQLPLUS command and run commands as shown below:

If all the commands run successfully Database is up and running.


Creation of necessary schemas using RCU

Double click on rcu.bat file at RCU_Home\bin

1. Click next to welcome page and selct Create. Click on Next.



 2. Provide the connection details for the database installed above. Enter the user with DBA or SYSDBA previlages. I used SYS user for my installaion. Provide the password mentioned during installation of database. For my case I used password as "welcome1".

3.Once you click on next RCU will check for necessary Prerequisites. Click OK after all Prerequisites checks are done.



4. In next step select SOA and BPM Infrastructure Component. It will select all other  necessary components also which are required for installation.

5. In the next screen provide the password for each Schema. You can provide either same password or Schema specific passwords. I have provide same password for all the schemas "welcome1"


6. In the next screen it will Map Tablespaces with the Schemas created in above step. Click on Next.


7. It will create the necessary Tablespaces after you click on Next.


8. In the Summay page it will show all the details of the schemas creation. Click on Create


9. In final screen it will show status of all the Schemas Create. Click on Close to complete Schemase using RCU.