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Dear Experts,

I currently have a Linux 64 bit server with Oracle Apps R12 running the VIS sample database.
Unix users: oracle, and applmgr. Both part of group: dba.

My next task is to put OBIEE on this same server as well, and understand that OBIEE also requires weblogics.

I've been reading a number of blogs and posts about this and have some questions, because the answers haven't been obvious.

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Unix users:
1) What are the typical names of the unix users/owners of the install?

Are both weblogics, and OBIEE, both installed as unix user: oracle?
If not, what are the typical names for the unix user/owner of weblogics, and OBIEE?

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Database and schema names:

In this case, the database software is already on the server. It seems the OBIEE install is therefore not typical, and there is a prerequisite for a database to be up and running for both OBIEE, and Weblogics. Correct? (I've decided to make a separate database from R12 VIS.)

2)
On this single server, can/Should there be two different databases? Or, is one database and two different schemas ok?

3)
What are the typical database schema names for weblogics, and OBIEE?

4)
If there are typical names for the database(s), what are they?


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java/jdk:

After reading a number of posts, I installed the 64 bit java jdk:
jdk-6u26-linux-x64-rpm.bin
but not the 32 bit version.

I currently have the java and jdk packages installed:


rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}_%{ARCH}.rpm \n " | grep "jdk" | sort

jdk-1.6.0_26-fcs_x86_64.rpm
ldapjdk-4.18-2jpp.3.el5_x86_64.rpm


rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}_%{ARCH}.rpm \n " | grep "java" | sort

bsh-javadoc-1.3.0-9jpp.1_x86_64.rpm
gcc-java-4.1.2-48.el5_x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-40jpp.115_x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-devel-1.4.2.0-40jpp.115_i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-devel-1.4.2.0-40jpp.115_x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-src-1.4.2.0-40jpp.115_x86_64.rpm
sun-javadb-client-10.6.2-1.1_i386.rpm
sun-javadb-common-10.6.2-1.1_i386.rpm
sun-javadb-core-10.6.2-1.1_i386.rpm
sun-javadb-demo-10.6.2-1.1_i386.rpm
sun-javadb-docs-10.6.2-1.1_i386.rpm
sun-javadb-javadoc-10.6.2-1.1_i386.rpm
xmlrpc-javadoc-2.0.1-3jpp.1_x86_64.rpm

rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}_%{ARCH}.rpm \n " | grep "jdk" | sort

jdk-1.6.0_26-fcs_x86_64.rpm
ldapjdk-4.18-2jpp.3.el5_x86_64.rpm


java --fullversion
java full version "gcj-1.4.2"

java --version
java version "1.4.2"
gij (GNU libgcj) version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-48)


which java
/usr/bin/java

Turns out that if I run the command
file /usr/bin/java
and continue resolving, I get to:

file /usr/bin/gij
/usr/bin/gij: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.9, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.9, stripped


/usr/bin/gij --version
java version "1.4.2"
gij (GNU libgcj) version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-48)


5)
Are the java package and pre-requisites ok?


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Order of Operations:

I've downloaded the weblogics file: wls1035_generic.jar, and the OBIEE files, starting with: bi_linux_x86_111130_64_disk1_1of2.zip



I'm assuming that the databases and schemas need to be created first.


6) Subsequently, what is the order of operations for the install?

Weblogics first, then OBIEE?
Vice versa?
Something else?


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7) Where are docs for a good big picture overview of what I need to do?


Sorry for the seemingly dumb questions, but the answers have not been obvious.

Thanks a lot!