Step-by-step installation of an

EBS 12.2

Revision History

Author

Ramesh S Raj

Source

Revision

Date

Release
Number

Installation & Configuration

02/10/2014

1.0

Install steps
1. Download the EBS install media.

The 12.2 Media Pack (edelivery.oracle.com) has a long list of

large files to download. Some of them are not needed for a
Vision install. These are the ones youll need.

V29764-01: Oracle Fusion Middleware Web Tier Utilities 11g

Patch Set 5 (11.1.1.6.0) for Linux x86-64
V29856-01: Oracle WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.6) Generic
and Coherence
V35215-01_[123]of3: Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0
Rapid Install StartHere
V35230-01_[12]of2: Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0
for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Oracle Database 11.2.0.3.0
Disk 1
V35231-01_[1-5]of5: Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0
for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Oracle Database 11.2.0.3.0
Disk 2
V35802-01: Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0 for Linux
x86-64 Rapid Install AS10.1.2
V35803-01_[123]of3: Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0
for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install APPL_TOP Disk 1
V35804-01_[12]of2: Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.0
for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install APPL_TOP Disk 2
V35807-01 V35813-01: Oracle E-Business Suite Release
12.2.0 for Linux x86-64 Rapid Install Databases VISION
V37515-01_[1-6]of6: Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.2
Update Pack for Linux x86
V39571-01: Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.2
Documentation Library (or skip it and use the online docs;
I like local copies)
V39615-01: Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2
Supplemental Media
V39664-01: Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2
Supplemental Documentation REVIEW FIRST (contains copies
of important install notes on My Oracle Support. Useful as
a local reference, but check the live docs for updates!)

2. Linux server.
Server is running on 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
release 5.10.

a. Adjust /etc/sysctl.confm as mentioned in Note

1330701.1.
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Adjust limits.conf
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soft
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nofile 65536
nofile 4096
nproc 16384
nproc 2047
stack 16384
stack 10240

3. Staging (buildStage.sh): Unlike earlier installs of Oracle

Applications, staging is not as simple as unzipping all of
the install media yourself. Use of the Oracle-supplied
script to build a staging area is required.
When the buildStage.sh run is complete, look for a Stage
area verified message.
If directories are listed as invalid, or if you see a
message indicating that the stage area is incomplete,
youll need to identify the missing files and add them to
your zip file location.
Hint: if you need to run buildStage.sh again, move the
already-unzipped files out of the zip file stage location,
and only add the new files for the next build Stage run.
[root@shivalik biz]# cd stage
[root@shivalik stage]# ls
V35215-01_1of3.zip V35215-01_2of3.zip V35215-01_3of3.zip
[root@shivalik stage]# pwd
/stage/biz/stage
[root@shivalik stage]# cd /remote2/stage
[root@shivalik stage]# unzip -q 'V35215-01*.zip' -d .
[root@shivalik stage]# cd startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/
[root@shivalik bin]# pwd
/remote2/stage/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin
[root@shivalik bin]#
[root@shivalik stage]# ./buildStage.sh
[root@shivalik bin]# ./buildStage.sh
Build Stage Menu
------------------------------------------------------

1.
Create new stage area
2.
Copy new patches to current stage area.
3.
Display existing files in stage TechPatches.
4.
Exit menu
Enter your choice [4]: 1
Rapid Install Platform Menu
-----------------------------------------------------1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Oracle Solaris SPARC (64-bit)

Linux x86-64
IBM AIX on Power Systems (64-bit)
HP-UX Itanium
Exit Menu

Enter your choice [5]: 2

/remote2/stage/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../jre/Linux_x64/
1.6.0/bin/java /remote2/stage/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin
Please enter the directory containing the zipped
installation media:
/remote2/stage/
Unzipping V35803-01_2of3.zip
Unzipping V18772-01_4of4.zip
Applying one-off patches
All files have been unzipped.
Stage area is complete.
Done Unzipping shiphome ...
StageBuilder will now stage the tech patches for
Linux_x64...
Copying one-off patches to shiphome
creating:
/remote2/stage/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechP
atches/MiddleTier/11669923/
extracting:
/remote2/stage/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin/../../../../TechP
atches/MiddleTier/11669923/p11669923_10123_GENERIC.zip

Done Copying additional patches

Verifying stage area...
Directory
Directory
Directory
Directory
Directory
Directory
Directory
Directory
Directory
is valid

/remote2/stage/TechInstallMedia is valid
/remote2/stage/TechPatches/DB is valid
/remote2/stage/TechPatches/MiddleTier is valid
/remote2/stage/EBSInstallMedia/AppDB is valid
/remote2/stage/EBSInstallMedia/Apps is valid
/remote2/stage/EBSInstallMedia/AS10.1.2 is valid
/remote2/stage/TechInstallMedia/database is valid
/remote2/stage/TechInstallMedia/ohs11116 is valid
/remote2/stage/TechInstallMedia/wls1036_generic

Stage area verified.

Press enter to continue...
Build Stage Menu
-----------------------------------------------------1.
2.
3.
4.

Create new stage area

Copy new patches to current stage area.
Display existing files in stage TechPatches.
Exit menu

Enter your choice [4]:4

4. EBS Installer
I ran my installer via VNC, Login to the Server via vnc and
as root and launch the installer.
Start EBS 12.2.x Installer from root user

Fill in the email and password fields if you wish to be

informed of security issues. This should be done for
production installs. I will skip this for the purposes of
this install. Click Yes/Next.

Select the check Box Create a New Configuration

Select Port Pool

Select port pool for services as you used to do in previous
versions 12.1.x or 11i
Note: Oracle Apps 12.2 uses dual file system

Select Database Type

a) Fresh Database: Use this for production or where you dont
need vision environment.
b) Vision Database: Use this option if you need vision data in
R12.
Note: Base directory (/remote2/oracle/AB1220O) mentioned above
should already be created and owned by Database user (oracle:dba)
defined above.

Provide Application Tier details

Note: Apps OS user (applmgr:dba) should be able to create
directory under Base directory (/remote2/oracle/app) .
Note: I created application tier user applmgr and database tier
user oracle using same group i.e. dba

Provide Application Tier & database user password .

Note: WLS Admin User is WebLogic Server Administrator user used
to login to WebLogic Console . WebLogic Server is newly
introduced in Oracle Apps 12.2

If you plan to deploy application tier on multiple nodes then

click on Add Server button at bottom.
Note: I am doing single node installation i.e. Application Tier
and Database Tier on single host/machine, click Next.

Installer will validate system configuration and if check fails

then validate and click Next.

When the validation checks are all green, you can launch
the install

Installation takes quite a long time. Relax yourself.

You can also watch for output from the terminal where you
launched rapidwiz, and tail the log files there:
Database Log:
[root@shivalik ~]# tail -f
/remote2/oracle/app/AB1220O/fs2/inst/apps/AB1220O_shivalik/
logs/02101000.log

Confirm that you have all green checkmarks in the postinstall verification window.

Verify by clicking on Connect to Oracle E-Business suite

Release 12.2 button
Click Next.

Log in to the instance:

Hope this has been helpful!