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4 Oracle Database Companion CD Postinstallation Tasks

This chapter describes the following tasks that you might need to complete after you install the software:

4.1 Installing the Latest Patch Set Release

Oracle recommends installing the latest patch set release after you have successfully installed the Oracle Companion CD components. Doing so ensures that you have the latest update of Oracle Database Companion CD.

You must register online before using OracleMetaLink. After logging in to OracleMetaLink, select Patches from the left-hand column.

To find and download patches:

  1. Go to the OracleMetaLink Web site

    http://metalink.oracle.com/
    
    
  2. Log in to OracleMetaLink.

    Note:

    If you are not an OracleMetaLink registered user, then click Register for MetaLink! and follow the registration instructions.
  3. On the main OracleMetaLink page, click Patches.

  4. Select Simple Search.

  5. Specify the following information, then click Go:

    • In the Search By field, choose Product or Family, then specify the Companion CD product.

    • In the Release field, specify the current release number.

    • In the Patch Type field, specify Patchset/Minipack

    • In the Platform or Language field, select your platform.

  6. Under Results for Platform, find the latest patch set for Oracle Database using OracleMetaLink.

  7. From the list of available patches, click the number of the patch you want to download.

  8. Click View Readme to review the README before proceeding with the download.

    Each patch has a README file with installation requirements and instructions. Some patches install with Oracle Universal Installer; others require special procedures. Oracle recommends that you always read the README before proceeding.

  9. Return to the Patch Set page and click Download to download and save the file on your system.

  10. Use an unzip utility to uncompress the patch zip file.

4.2 Postinstallation Tasks for Oracle HTTP Server

If you installed Oracle HTTP Server, complete the tasks described in the following sections.

This section contains these topics:

4.2.1 Backing Up the Files

Oracle recommends that you back up the Oracle HTTP Server configuration and log files. The configuration and log files are located in the following locations:

ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\opmn\conf
ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\opmn\logs
ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\Apache\Apache\conf
ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\Apache\Apache\logs
ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\Apache\modplsql\conf

Oracle recommends that you back up the entire Oracle home directory before applying a patch.

4.2.2 Migrating from a Previous Release of Oracle HTTP Server

If you are using a version of Oracle HTTP Server that was installed with a previous release of Oracle Database on this system, you can migrate the configuration of that HTTP server to the current release.

There are two parts to the migration process:

4.2.3 Migrating the httpd.conf Configuration File from an Earlier Oracle HTTP Server

To migrate the configuration of an earlier release of Oracle HTTP Server to the current release, you must copy and modify the httpd.conf file used by that release.

The following sections describe how to complete this task:

4.2.3.1 Step1: Copying and Opening the httpd.conf File

Copy the Oracle HTTP Server configuration httpd.conf file used by the previous release to the current release configuration file directory.

To copy and open the http.conf file:

  1. Change directory to the configuration file directory for the current release of Oracle HTTP Server:

    c:\> cd ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\Apache\Apache\conf
    
    
  2. Back up the httpd.conf file:

    c:\> copy httpd.conf httpd.conf.orig
    
    
  3. Back up the configuration file directory for the current release of Oracle HTTP Server:

    c:\> copy ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\Apache\Apache\conf ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME
    
    
  4. Change directory to the configuration file directory:

    c:\> cd ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\Apache\Apache\conf
    
    
  5. Copy the httpd.conf file used by the previous release to the current directory, for example:

    c:\> copy \OLD_ORACLE_HOME\Apache\Apache\conf\httpd.conf
    
    
  6. Open the httpd.conf file in any text editor.

4.2.3.2 Step 2: Making Global Changes

To make the following global changes to the httpd.conf file:

  1. Search for all occurrences of the old Oracle home directory path and replace them with the current Oracle home directory path.

  2. Change all occurrences of mod_ssl.c to mod_ossl.c.

    Note:

    Oracle recommends that you change the SSL related directives in the httpd.conf file, even if SSL is not used.

4.2.3.3 Step 3: Modifying the List of LoadModule Directives

To modify the list of LoadModule directives:

  1. Remove the following directives:

    LoadModule oprocmgr_module    libexec\liboprocmgr.so
    LoadModule rewrite_module     libexec\mod_rewrite.so
    
    

    Note:

    You must add a LoadModule directive for the mod_rewrite module later in the file.

  2. Add the following directive, which loads the onsint module, immediately before the <IfDefine SSL> section:

    LoadModule onsint_module      libexec\mod_onsint.so
    
    
  3. In the LoadModule directive in the <IfDefine SSL> section, change ssl_module to ossl_module and change mod_ssl.so to mod_ossl.so, as follows:

    LoadModule ossl_module      libexec\mod_ossl.so
    
    

4.2.3.4 Step 4: Removing Directives and Sections for Unsupported Features

To remove all directives and sections for unsupported features:

  1. Remove the following directives from the <IfModule mod_alias.c> section:

    Alias /jservdocs/ "\ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\Apache\Jserv\docs\"
    Alias /soapdocs/ "\ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\soap\"
    
    
  2. Remove the following directive from the <IfModule mod_fastcgi> section:

    FastCGIServer fcgi-bin/echo -initial-env ORACLE_HOME \
                                 -initial-env NLS_LANG
    
    
  3. Remove the following include directive:

    include "/ORACLE_BASE/ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Jserv/etc/jserv.conf"
    
    
  4. Remove the <IfModule mod_oprocmgr.c> section.

4.2.3.5 Step 5: Modifying Port Numbers

The httpd.conf file is used by previous releases of Oracle HTTP Server that were installed with Oracle HTTP Server or Oracle Database. This file specifies different ports for non-SSL (HTTP) requests depending on whether you started an SSL-enabled server. These ports are shown as port1 and port2 in the following example:

Port port1
Listen port1

<IfModule mod_ossl.c>
  Port port2
  Listen port2
  Listen SSL_port
</IfModule>

To modify the port numbers:

  1. If you did not use SSL, remove the following directives:

    Port port2
    Listen port2
    
    

    Oracle HTTP Server listens for HTTP requests on port port1.

  2. If you used only the ports defined for SSL, change the directives as shown in the following example:

    Port port2
    Listen port2
    
    <IfModule mod_ossl.c>
      Listen SSL_port
    </IfModule>
    
    

    Oracle HTTP Server listens for HTTP requests on port port2 and for HTTPS requests on port SSL_port.

  3. If you intend to continue using the previous version of Oracle HTTP Server concurrently with this release, change the ports specified by the Port and Listen directives to unused ports.

  4. If you changed SSL_port in the previous step, complete the following steps:

    1. Locate the <VirtualHost _default_:SSL_port> directive and ensure that the value of SSL_port matches the value specified by the Listen directive in the <IfModule mod_ossl.c> section.

    2. In the <VirtualHost _default_:SSL_port> section, ensure that the port number specified by the Port directive is the same as SSL_port.

4.2.3.6 Step 6: Modifying Existing Sections and Directives

To modify the following sections and directives in httpd.conf:

  1. In the default directory section, <Directory />, add the MultiViews option to the Options directive. For example:

    <Directory />
        Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
    </Directory>
    
    
  2. In the <IfModule mod_alias.c> section, create a new <IfModule mod_perl.c> section and move the Alias directive that defines the /perl/ alias into this section. For example:

    <IfModule mod_alias.c>
    ...
        <IfModule mod_perl.c>
            Alias /perl/ "\ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\Apache\Apache\cgi-bin\"
        </IfModule>
    ...
    </IfModule>
    
    
  3. Modify the <IfModule mod_dms.c> section as shown in the following example, substituting the appropriate values for the hostname and domain variables:

    <IfModule mod_dms.c>
      <Location /dms0>
        SetHandler dms-handler
        Order deny,allow
        Deny from all
        Allow from localhost hostname.domain hostname
      </Location>
    </IfModule>
    
    
  4. In the directive that sets the PERL5LIB environment variable, edit the Perl directory location and version, as shown in the following example:

    SetEnv PERL5LIB "\ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\perl\5.6.1\lib:\ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\perl\site\5.6.1\lib"
    
    

    Enter this setting on one line.

4.2.3.7 Step 7: Adding New Sections and Directives

To add the following new sections and directives to the http.conf file:

  1. Add the following section to protect the WEB-INF directories:

    #Protect WEB-INF directory
    
    <DirectoryMatch /WEB-INF/>
     Order deny,allow
     Deny from all
    </DirectoryMatch>
    
    
  2. Add the following lines before the line that includes the oracle_apache.conf file:

    # Include the configuration files needed for mod_oc4j
    include "\ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\Apache\Apache\conf\mod_oc4j.conf"
    
    # Loading mod_rewrite module here as it loads before mod_oc4j
    LoadModule rewrite_module     modules/ApacheModuleRewrite.dll
    

4.2.3.8 Step 8: Migrating Your Server Certificate and Private Key

If you use SSL and have an existing server certificate and private key, you must migrate them to the format required by mod_ossl before using them with this release of Oracle HTTP Server.

To migrate an existing server certificate and private key:

  1. Enter a command using the following syntax in a separate terminal window:

    \ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\Apache\Apache\bin\ssl2ossl -cert cert_file \
                                                        -key key_file \
                                                     {[ -chain chain_file] |
                                                      [ -cafile CA_file] |
                                                      [ -capath CA_path] }\
                                                        -wallet wallet_path \
                                                      [ -certpass key_file_pwd] 
                                                      [ -wltpass wallet_pwd] \
                                                      [ -ssowallet yes] \
                                                      [ -validate yes]
    
    

    The following table lists the recommended value for each option available with the ssl2ossl command:

    Note:

    You must specify at least one of the following options: -chain, -cafile, or -capath.
    Option Recommended Value
    -cert Use the value specified by the SSLCertificateFile directive in the httpd.conf file for the previous release.
    -key Use the value specified by the SSLCertificateKeyFile directive in the httpd.conf file for the previous release.
    -chain Use the value specified by the SSLCertificateChainFile directive in the httpd.conf file for the previous release, if that directive is not preceded by the comment character (#).

    Note: If the SSLCertificateChainFile directive is not specified or is preceded by a comment character, do not specify the -chain option.

    -cafile Use the value specified by the SSLCACertificateFile directive in the httpd.conf file for the previous release.

    Note: If the SSLCACertificateFile directive is not specified or is preceded by a comment character, do not specify the -cafile option.

    -capath Use the value specified by the SSLCACertificatePath directive in the httpd.conf file for the previous release.

    Note: If the SSLCACertificatePath directive is not specified or is preceded by a comment character, do not specify the -capath option.

    -wallet Specify the path to the directory in which you want to create the wallet. The default value is:
    \ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\Apache\Apache\conf\ssl.wlt\default
    
    -certpass Specify the password for your private key file, if it is encrypted.
    -wltpass Specify a password for your new wallet.

    If you do not specify this option, the ssl2ossl utility prompts you to enter and verify the wallet password.

    -ssowallet Specify the value yes to create a wallet that is compatible with Oracle Single Sign-On.
    -validate Specify the value yes to verify that the wallet will be converted successfully. If you specify this option with the value yes, the wallet is not created.

  2. Optionally, enter a command similar to the following to generate an encrypted version of the wallet password you specified in the ssl2ossl command:

    ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\Apache\Apache\bin\iasobf -p wallet_pwd
    
    

    Note:

    If you specify the -ssowallet option in the ssl2ossl command, you do not need to complete this step. Otherwise, because the password must be specified in the httpd.conf file, Oracle recommends that you encrypt it.

    The output from this command is the encrypted version of the password specified by the -p option. In the following section, you must specify this value for the SSLWalletPassword directive.

4.2.3.9 Step 9: Modifying the Secure Socket Layer Sections and Directives

Note:

Oracle recommends that you change the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) related sections and directives in the httpd.conf file, even if SSL is currently not used.

Make the following changes to the directives contained in the <IfModule mod_ossl.c> sections:

  1. Change the setting for the SSLSessionCache directive as follows:

    SSLSessionCache shmcb:/ORACLE_BASE/ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/logs/ssl_scache(512000)
    
    
  2. Change the setting for the SSLCipherSuite directive as follows:

    SSLCipherSuite SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5:SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA:SSL_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:SSL_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA:SSL_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_MD5:SSL_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA
    
    
  3. Remove the following directives and their associated comments:

    SSLRandomSeed
    SSLCertificateFile
    SSLCertificateKeyFile
    SSLCertificateChainFile
    SSLCACertificateFile
    SSLCACertificatePath
    SSLVerifyDepth
    
    
  4. In the <VirtualHost _default_:SSL_port> section, add the following lines:

    #   Server Wallet:
    #   The server wallet contains the server's certificate, private key
    #   and trusted certificates. Set SSLWallet at the wallet directory
    #   using the syntax:  file:<path-to-wallet-directory>
    SSLWallet file:\ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\Apache\Apache\conf\ssl.wlt\default
    
    #   Server Wallet Password:
    #   Both clear text wallet password and obfuscated password are allowed
    #   here. An obfuscated one is recommended.
    #   Examples:
    #   SSLWalletPassword <clear_pass>
    #   SSLWalletPassword <obfuscated_pass>
    #SSLWalletPassword ...
    
    
  5. If you migrated a server certificate and private key, complete the following steps:

    1. Change the value specified by the SSLWallet directive to specify the wallet path, if it is different from the default value.

    2. If you did not create a wallet that is compatible with Oracle Single Sign-On (using the -ssowallet yes option in the previous section), remove the comment from the SSLWalletPassword directive and specify the clear-text or encrypted wallet password as its value.

4.2.3.10 Step 10: Copying or Moving the Required Files to New Directories

Copy (or move) any scripts for files from the document root and script directories to the equivalent directories for the new release.

You need to copy or move only files that are located in subdirectories of the previous release Oracle home directory. Alias directories in other locations continue to be accessible, as long as the permissions on these directories and their contents allow the server to read them. If you changed the User or Group directive, you might need to change these permissions.

Copy the following files, as appropriate

  • Files and subdirectories in directories specified by a DocumentRoot or Alias directive

  • CGI, Perl, and FastCGI programs and scripts and their associated files in directories specified by a ScriptAlias directive

4.2.4 Migrating Database Access Descriptors Used by mod_plsql

If you used mod_plsql to access a database with the previous release of Oracle HTTP Server, you must migrate the database access descriptors (DADs) to the format required by mod_plsql in the current release. You can use the dadTool.pl Perl script to complete this migration.

To run the dadTool.pl script:

  1. Set the ORACLE_HOME environment variable to specify the path to the Oracle home directory for the current release and set the PATH environment variable to include the directory containing the perl executable and the location of the dadTool.pl script.

    For example:

    c:\> set PATH=%ORACLE_BASE%\%ORACLE_HOME%\Apache\modplsql\conf;
      %ORACLE_BASE%\%ORACLE_HOME%\perl\5.6.1\bin\MSWin32-x86;%PATH%
    
    

    Enter this setting on one line.

  2. If ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\bin is not already in your PATH, include it in the PATH statement.

    For example:

    c:\> set PATH=c:oracle\product\10.1.0\Db_1\bin;%PATH%
    
    
  3. Change directory to the mod_plsql configuration directory for the current release of Oracle HTTP Server:

    c:\> cd ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\Apache\modplsql\conf
    
    
  4. Copy the DAD configuration file (wdbsvr.app) used by the previous release to this directory:

    c:\> copy OLD_ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\Apache\modplsql\cfg\wdbsvr.app
    
    
  5. Enter the following command to run the dadTool script:

    c:\> perl dadTool.pl -m
    
    

    The dadTool script reads the DAD information from the wdbsvr.app file and creates new equivalent DADs in the dads.conf file.

4.2.5 Enabling the High Availablity Features of Oracle HTTP Server

If you want to enable the high-availability features of Oracle HTTP Server, you must use Oracle Process Manager and Notification server (OPMN) with Oracle HTTP Server. To use OPMN, you must first start the OPMN service. To start the OPMN service and the Oracle HTTP Server processes together, enter the following command:

ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\opmn\bin\opmnctl startall

Note:

The apachectl script is not supported for starting and stopping Oracle HTTP Server in this release.

When the OPMN service is running, you can start, stop, or restart Oracle HTTP Server.

To stop the OPMN service and the Oracle HTTP Server processes, enter the following command:

ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\opmn\bin\opmnctl stopall

4.3 Postinstallation Tasks for Oracle HTML DB

If you installed Oracle HTML DB, complete the following tasks:

4.3.1 Restarting Processes

Restart the processes that you stopped before you began the installation, such as listener and other processes. In addition, restart Oracle HTTP Server.

4.3.2 Configuring Oracle HTTP Server for an Oracle HTML DB Upgrade

If you are upgrading Oracle HTML DB from release 1 (10.1) and the password you provided during your initial installation differs from the one you specified during this installation, you need to modify the file that contains the Database Access Descriptors (DADs). The following sections describe the parameter you need to modify depending upon the type of Oracle HTTP Server in your environment.

Topics in this section include:

Note:

Only perform the tasks that follow if the password you provided during your initial installation differs from the one you specified during the installation.

4.3.2.1 Oracle HTTP Server Release 9.0.3

If you are upgrading Oracle HTML DB and are running the version of Oracle HTTP Server included with Oracle Database release 9.2.0.x, you must modify the parameter password in the wdbsvr.app file.

To modify the parameter password in the wdbsvr.app file:

  1. Use a text editor and open the wdbsvr.app file.

    ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\Apache\modplsql\cfg\wdbsvr.app
    
    
  2. Find the DAD settings for Oracle HTML DB by searching for the following:

    DAD_htmldb
    
    
  3. Edit value next to the parameter password to match the password you provided during the installation.

  4. Save your changes.

  5. Stop and restart Oracle HTTP Server:

    • Stop Oracle HTTP Server: From the Start menu, select Programs, Oracle - OraHome, Oracle HTTP Server, and Stop HTTP Server.

    • Restart Oracle HTTP Server: From the Start menu, select Oracle - OraHome, Oracle HTTP Server, and Start HTTP Server.

See Also:

Oracle HTTP Server Administration Guide

4.3.2.2 Oracle HTTP Server 10g Release 1

If you are upgrading Oracle HTML DB and are running Oracle HTTP Server 10g release 1, you must modify the parameter PlsqlDatabasePassword in the marvel.conf file.

To modify the parameter PlsqlDatabasePassword in the marvel.conf file:

  1. Use a text editor and open the marvel.conf file:

    ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\Apache\modplsql\conf\marvel.conf
    
    
  2. Find the DAD settings for Oracle HTML DB by searching for the following:

    /pls/htmldb
    
    
  3. Modify the value of the parameter PlsqlDatabasePassword to match the password you provided during installation.

  4. Save your changes.

  5. Stop and restart Oracle HTTP Server:

    ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\opmn\bin\opmnctl stopproc ias-component=HTTP_Server
    ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\opmn\bin\opmnctl startproc ias-component=HTTP_Server
    
    

See Also:

"Obfuscating PlsqlDatabasePassword Parameter" and Oracle HTTP Server Administration Guide

4.3.3 Obfuscating PlsqlDatabasePassword Parameter

The PlsqlDatabasePassword parameter specifies the password for logging in to the database. You can use the the dadTool.pl script to obfuscate passwords in the dads.conf file.

You can find the dadTool.pl script in the following directory:

ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\Apache\modplsql\conf

4.3.3.1 Obfuscating Passwords in a New Oracle HTML DB Installation

In a new Oracle HTML DB installation, the PlsqlDatabasePassword parameter is found in the dads.conf file. To obfuscate passwords in a new installation, run the dadTool.pl utiity by following the instructions in the dadTool.README file.

4.3.3.2 Obfuscating Passwords if Upgrading Oracle HTML DB

If you have upgraded from a previous release of Oracle HTML DB, the DAD information is in the file marvel.conf. Before you can run the the dadTool.pl script, you must copy the DAD entry from the marvel.conf file to the dads.conf file.

To obfuscate passwords when upgrading:

  1. Use a text editor and copy the entry for /pls/htmldb from the marvel.conf file into the dads.conf file, located in:

    ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\Apache\modplsql\conf\dads.conf
    
    
  2. Run dadTool.pl by following the instructions in the dadTool.README file.

  3. Copy the entry for /pls/htmldb from the dads.conf file back into marvel.conf.

  4. Remove the entry for /pls/htmldb from the dads.conf file.

4.3.4 Installing and Configuring Oracle HTML DB on a Remote Oracle Database

You can use the htmldbca command-line tool to perform the following activities:

  • Install and configure Oracle HTML DB onto a remote Oracle database.

  • Upgrade an existing Oracle HTML DB in a remote Oracle database.

  • Add languages to an existing Oracle HTML DB in a remote Oracle database.

4.3.4.1 Requirements for Running htmldbca

To use htmldbca, you must have the following requirements in place:

  • A local Oracle Database Companion CD installation that has HTML DB installed. The htmldbca executable is in the bin directory in the same Oracle home as Oracle HTML DB.

  • A remote Oracle database. This database can be on the same computer as the Oracle HTML DB home or on an Oracle database installation on a remote computer. You must have a valid connection to this remote Oracle database installation.

  • Connection privileges to the remote Oracle database. You need to be able to connect as SYS using the SYSDBA role. htmldbca will prompt you for the password for user SYS.

    See Also:

    Oracle Database Net Services Administrator's Guide for information on connecting to another Oracle database

4.3.4.2 Syntax for htmldbca

The syntax for htmldbca is as follows:

htmldbca [options]

where options are:

  • -oracle_home string: Enter the location of the Oracle home where Oracle HTML DB is installed. If you do not specify this Oracle home, htmldbca tries to use the ORACLE_HOME environment variable setting. If ORACLE_HOME is not set or is unusable, and if you do not specify the oracle_home option, htmldbca prompts for the Oracle home. Required. For example:

    htmldbca -oracle_home c:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_2
    
    
  • -db_host string: Host name of the remote Oracle Database. Required, but if you do not specify it, htmldbca prompts for it. For example:

    htmldbca -db_host shobeen
    
    
  • -db_servicename string: Oracle Database service name. Required, but if you do not specify it, htmldbca prompts for it. For example:

    htmldbca -db_servicename welcome
    
    
  • sys_password | -sys_obfuscatedPassword string: Remote password or obfuscated password for SYS. Required, but if you do not specify either of these parameters, htmldbca prompts for the sys_password. In that case, sys_obfuscatedPassword becomes optional. For example:

    htmldbca -sys_password welcome
    
    
  • -htmldb_password | -htmldb_obfuscatedPassword string: Oracle HTML DB password | obfuscated password . Password or obfuscated password for Oracle HTML DB. Required, and if you do not specify either of these passwords, htmldbca prompts for the htmldb_password. (If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Oracle HTML DB, enter the password you had created for that version of the HTMLDB_PUBLIC_USER schema.) For example:

    htmldbca -htmldb_password htmldb_welcome
    
    

    After the installation, you can use this password to connect to Oracle HTML DB as the administrative user. The password that you specify is also used for the HTMLDB_PUBLIC_USER schema, which is used by mod_plsql to connect to the database, and for the FLOWS_010600 and FLOWS_FILES schemas.

    If you want to obfuscate the password after installation, see "Obfuscating Passwords in a New Oracle HTML DB Installation" for more information.

  • -ts_htmldb string: Specifies the name of the HTML DB tablespace to be created for the remote HTML DB. Required, but if you do not specify it, htmldbca prompts for it. For example:

    htmldbca -ts_htmldb sysaux
     
    
  • -ts_files string: Oracle HTML DB Files tablespace. By default, htmldbca uses the ts_htmldb value. Optional, but if you enter an invalid value, htmldbca prompts for a valid one. For example:

    htmldbca -ts_files sysaux
    
    
  • -ts_temp string: Oracle HTML DB Temporary tablespace. The default value is set to use temp tablespace. Optional, but if you enter an invalid value, htmldbca prompts for a valid one.

  • -load_lang string [,string[,string[...]]]: Specifies one or more additional languages to install. Optional, but if you enter an invalid value, htmldbca prompts for a valid response. (In this case, you can only enter one language.) If you do not enter a value, English is selected. For example:

    htmldbca -load_lang de, fr, it
    
    

    Language choices are as follows:

    • de: German

    • en: English, which is the default. If the English version of Oracle HTML DB is already installed in the remote Oracle database, htmldbca displays a notification message and exits.

    • es: Spanish

    • fr: French

    • it: Italian

    • ja: Japanese

    • ko: Korean

    • pt-br: Brazilian Portuguese

    • zh-cn: PRC Chinese

    • zh-tw: Taiwan Chinese

    Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide provides information about language support for Oracle Database.

  • -DAD_name string: Creates a new Database Access Descriptor Name for Oracle HTML DB. The default value is htmldb. htmldbca will update the ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\Apache\modplsql\conf\marvel.conf file with the new DAD value. Optional, but if you enter an duplicate value, htmldbca prompts for a valid one. In order for the changes to take effect, you must restart Oracle HTTP Server, in which case you can use the -restart parameter, described in the next section. For example:

    htmldbca -DAD_name my_htmldb -restart
    
    

    Alternatively, after you run htmldbca, you can enter the following command at a command prompt to restart Oracle HTTP Server:

    ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\opmn\bin\opmnctl restartproc ias-component=HTTP_Server
    
    

    Afterward, users can access this instance by entering a URL using the following syntax:

    http://host:port/pls/DAD_name
    
    

    For example:

    http://mycompany:7778/pls/my_html
    
    
  • -restart: Restarts Oracle HTTP Server after the configuration completes. Optional and will not be prompted. For example:

    htmldbca -restart
    
    
  • -interactive on|off: Turns interactive mode on or off. When interactive mode is on, htmldbca prompts for missing or incorrect parameter values. When off, no prompts appear; hence, you need to specify all the required prompt values at the command line when you run htmldbca. By default, htmldbca runs in interactive mode. Optional and will not be prompted. For example:

    htmldbca -interactive off
    
    
  • -help: Displays brief usage description for htmldbca. Optional and will not be prompted. For example:

    htmldbca -help
    

4.3.4.3 Running htmldbca

To run htmldbca, open a Windows command prompt and either run htmldba by itself or run it using any combination of the options described in the previous section. For example:

c:\> htmldbca

Unless the -interactive mode is set to off, htmldbca will prompt you for any required information that you do not specify in the command line.

4.4 Postinstallation Tasks for Oracle Workflow Server

This section contains these topics:

4.4.1 Checking Initialization Parameter Values

Verify that the initialization parameters listed in the following table are set to the values shown or higher, and if necessary, change those values:

Note:

If a current value is higher than the required value, do not change the current value.
Parameter Required Value
AQ_TM_PROCESSES Greater than 1
JOB_QUEUE_PROCESSES 10 or greater

To check the values of these initialization parameters and change them if necessary:

  1. Log in to the database as the SYS user:

    c:\> sqlplus sys/SYS_password as sysdba
    
    
  2. To determine the current value for all initialization parameters, enter the following command:

    SQL> SHOW PARAMETER parameter_name
    
    
  3. To alter the value of an initialization parameter, enter a command similar to the following:

    SQL> ALTER SYSTEM SET parameter_name=value
    
    
  4. If the database is not using a server parameter file, edit the value specified for the parameter in the initialization parameter file (initsid.ora).

4.4.2 Compiling Invalid Objects

Log into the Oracle database and run the utlrp.sql script to compile any invalid objects in the SYS schema. For example:

c:\> sqlplus sys/SYS_password as sysdba
SQL> @C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\rdbms\admin\utlrp.sql 

4.4.3 Configuring Oracle Workflow HTML Help

Oracle Workflow provides access to context-sensitive HTML help from the Help button on each of its Web pages. Before you can view the Oracle Workflow HTML help, you must extract the doc directory tree from the ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\wf\wfdoc.zip file to your file system.

To extract the wfdoc.zip file:

  1. Use an unzip utility to extract the doc directory tree from the zip file within the Workflow directory in your middle-tier Oracle home.

    This extraction requires at least 5 MB of free disk space. After extracting the doc directory tree, you can optionally remove the wfdoc.zip zip file.

  2. Click the Help button on any Oracle Workflow Web page to access the HTML help.

    You also can access any HTML help file directly by appending its virtual path to your Web listener base URL. The path for the contents page of the Oracle Workflow help is:

    http://hostname:portID/OA_DOC/lang/wf/toc.htm
    
    
  3. Optionally, if you want to add custom help, you can replace the placeholder file in the ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\wf\doc\lang\wfcust directory, wfcust.htm, with your own help material.

    The HTML file that is the main entry point for your custom help must be named wfcust.htm and must contain an anchor named contents. Your custom help will be accessible through the Custom Help link on the contents page of the Oracle Workflow help, or you can access your custom help directly through the following path:

    http://hostname:portID/OA_DOC/lang/wfcust/wfcust.htm
    

4.4.4 Completing Additional Set-up Tasks

After you complete the Oracle Workflow server and middle tier installation process, you must perform some additional steps to set up Oracle Workflow for your site.

See Also:

"Setting Up Oracle Workflow" in Oracle Workflow Administrator's Guide for instructions on completing these tasks