Can't install Portal in a 9i Database

Question

Hi
I can get PORTAL to install in an 8.1.7R3 database with no problems. However, when I give the Portal Installer the SYS Password and HOST:PORT:NAME the installer can't log into the database.
Originally, I assumed that it may have to do with SYS must login as SYSDBA requirement and I set O7_DICTIONARY_ACCESSIBILITY=TRUE, bounced the database and restarted the Portal Installer. Still the installer can't login to a 9i database as SYS.
Thank you for your time.

Answer 1

I have 9ias and Portal 3.0.9 running on 9i db on RedHat 7.2.
It was really no problem. The first key is to downgrade your
binutils until the entire install is finished and stable. Then
the 9i install goes in great. Next do the
07_dictionary_accessibility=TRUE thing....
After that, don't even try to let the portal config assistant
run. Even if you get past the can't log in as sysdba thing,
You'll NEVER get past the insufficient pool size thing. So, just
do the install: If enterprise, do not allow Portal to install at
all, do it in another install after. Otherwise, what I did, was
a minimal install. You'll need jdk 1.2.2 from blackdown for this
(even though you need 1.1.8 for 9i and the rest of 9ias). once
the install is finished, the Portal config assistant will kick
off, it WILL error, so just cancel it and do execute the silent
version of the installs (linstall, winstall). After that, it
will run slow and or timeout CONSTANTLY, so, all I did to
finally fix that was to delete or comment out anything that had
to do with the MTS dispatchers.... once that was done, my portal
runs like a shot.
Now if I could only figure out how to bulk load users from a
table from an old system...
Bryancan