Installing OAC

Once the Oracle binaries are obtained, the administrator is ready to begin the installation process. The first step is to read the Oracle-supplied installation guide and to ensure that all prerequisites are met. OER/OAC can be installed in 32 or 64 bit environments but generally 64 bit is recommended as the 32 bit architecture is limited to addressing less than 4 GB of RAM. With 64 bit architecture, all system memory can be addressed and there are consequently more options available for JVM tuning.

Tip

For this 12c release, only Oracle DB is certified.

Installing the database

Before installing the middleware components, the installer must create a database that will be used to house the Oracle schemas necessary to support the SOA Governance Suite of products. This book assumes installation into an Oracle 12c database. Once a database is created, the WebLogic installation can be continued followed by the OER/OAC software itself. In 11g, there were some manual steps that had to...