Discoverer 4i Installation and patch 3201601

Hi!
I've installed Discoverer Administration Edition (Admin + Desktop) using the Oracle CD version 4.1.37 for Windows 95/98/NT/2000
Then, I applied the patch 3201601.
I chekced the tnsnames.ora file in C:\ornt\NET80\ADMIN. I reate my required connect string in this file.
However, when I am trying to connect either to the ADmin or the Desktop, getting the following error message:
ORA-12154 - TNS annot resolve service name.
The TOAD too throwing the same error message!!
Any suggestions?
Thanks and regards,
Aparna

Thanks a lot Rod.
Let me summarise all the steps to be followed to install and connect to the Discoverer 4i with Apps 11i:
1) Install Discoverer 4i (4.1.37)
2) Apply patch 3201601. If installing on XP get .dll errors. Metalink note 297750.1 gives the fix for this.
3) Then check tnsnames.ora and create the connect string.
4) Check sqlnet.ora for domain description. Make required changes.
5) To connect as an EUL owner to the Discoverer Admin 4.1.48.08, in tools -. Options -> connection, select 'Connect to both standard and applications EUL' or 'Connect to standard EUL'.
6) to connect as an Oracle apps user, copy .dbc file form the database to the $ORACLE_HOME\secure folder on the standalone PC/laptop.
Did I miss out any step?
Best Regards,
Aparna

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I have fixed the problem by coping files from an older installationed and putting the files back after the ISW installtion finished..
Come on we need a fix or release ISW 6.3....
Thanks
Andrew

And the corresponding patches for Solaris 9 SPARC, 119211-xx, continue to break DS5.2 :(

Adding Index server to existing farm, "Server Farm Product and Patch Status" returned 34 Missing Locally required products and patches

Once I connected my new server to my farm's config db, it returned all of the following missing locally. I stripped out any redundancies and Headings, and I'm left with 43. I'm looking for a efficient strategy. Should I start with the lowest version number
and work my way up? Current DB version is 14.0.7015.1000. IIRC, SP2 is cumulative, so can I ignore the first two (SP1 and Hotfix), install SP2, and then the Language packs and etc on top?
Sorted by version:
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) (14.0.6029.1000)
Hotfix for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (KB2775353) 64-Bit Edition (14.0.6105.5000)
Service Pack 2 for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 (KB2687453) 64-Bit Edition (14.0.7015.1000)
Service Pack 2 for Microsoft 2010 Server Language Pack (KB2687462) 64-Bit Edition (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Office Server Proof (English) 2010 (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Office Server Proof (French) 2010 (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Office Server Proof (Russian) 2010 (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Office Server Proof (Spanish) 2010 (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft SharePoint Portal (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft User Profiles (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft SharePoint Portal English Language Pack (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Shared Components (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Shared Coms English Language Pack (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Slide Library (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft InfoPath Forms Services (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft InfoPath Form Services English Language Pack (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Word Server (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Word Server English Language Pack (14.0.7015.1000)
PerformancePoint Services for SharePoint (14.0.7015.1000)
PerformancePoint Services in SharePoint 1033 Language Pack (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Visio Services English Language Pack (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Visio Services Web Front End Components (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Excel Services Components (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Document Lifecycle Components (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Excel Services English Language Pack (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Search Server 2010 Core (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Search Server 2010 English Language Pack (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Document Lifecycle Components English Language Pack (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Slide Library English Language Pack (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Access Services Server (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Access Services English Language Pack (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Web Analytics Web Front End Components (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Web Analytics English Language Pack (14.0.7015.1000)
Microsoft Excel Mobile Viewer Components (14.0.7015.1000)
Recommendations?
Thanks,
Scott

Thanks guys. I was able to get through all of the patches except for
Language Pack for SharePoint, Project Server and Office Web Apps 2010 - English missing locally
Language Pack for SharePoint, Project Server and Office Web Apps 2010 -
Spanish/Español missing locally
This was my process:
Config Wizard:
Adding Index server to existing farm, "Server Farm Product and Patch Status" returned 34 Missing Locally required products and patches.
SKIP installing the following two, as SP2 is cumulative
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) (14.0.6029.1000) (officeserver2010sp1-kb2460045-x64-fullfile-en-us.exe)
Hotfix for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 (KB2775353) 64-Bit Edition (14.0.6105.5000)
install SP2 oserversp2010-kb2687453-fullfile-x64-en-us.exe
install oslpksp2010-kb2687462-fullfile-x64-en-us.exe
Got "There are no products affected by this package installed on this system."
SO!
Uninstalled Sharepoint 2010 Server
WIll try to install again, without skipping #2, and reorder installation of oslpksp2010-kb2687462-fullfile-x64-en-us.exe
Retry (the long way):
Run SharePointServer.exe, get Missing Locally...
Install oslpksp2010-kb2687462-fullfile-x64-en-us.exe SUCCESSFUL
Install officeserver2010sp1-kb2460045-x64-fullfile-en-us.exe SUCCESSFUL
Reboot
Install oserversp2010-kb2687453-fullfile-x64-en-us.exe SUCCESSFUL
Rerun Config
STILL MISSING
Download oslpksp2010-kb2687462-fullfile-x64-es-es.exe, run, "there are no products affected..."
Uninstall.
Re-retried, only got through the first couple:
Run SharePointServer.exe, get Missing Locally...
Install SP1 officeserver2010sp1-kb2460045-x64-fullfile-en-us.exe, SUCCESSFUL
Install English Lang Pack oslpksp2010-kb2687462-fullfile-x64-en-us.exe, "There are no products affected by this package installed on this system."
Install Spanish Lang Pack oslpksp2010-kb2687462-fullfile-x64-es-es.exe,
Install SP2 oserversp2010-kb2687453-fullfile-x64-en-us.exe, run Config Wizard
I'm now downloading 462150_intl_x64_zip.exe, going to try and install it as step three.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Scott

OEM 10.2.0.1 installation and upgrade to 10.2.0.3

Dear all,
I want to install the latest version of OEM 10.2.0.3 on Linux RedHat 4. However, after downloading the OEM 10.2.0.3 and reading the release note, I realized that the download is just the 10.2.0.3 upgrade patchset. I have to do a fresh base installation of OEM 10.2.0.1 first. Is this correct?
After installing OEM 10.2.0.1 with an existing 10.2.0.1 database, I need to upgrade OEM 10.2.0.1 to OEM 10.2.0.3 using the patchset I downloaded. Because both OMS and AGENT will be upgraded, I am not sure what installation destination I shoud supply? OMS_HOME, or AGENT_HOME, or just a new home for upgrade? What are the required steps to upgrade OEM 10.2.0.1 to OEM 10.2.0.3?
Are there any documentation or articles that I can follow to do the upgrade?
Thanks a lot in advanced.
Xiaoping

There is a README.txt file in the 10.2.0.3 patchset zip file that has the instructions for upgrading 10.2.0.1 OEM to 10.2.0.3.
You download 10.2.0.1 separately which delivers a 10.1.0.4 database. Apply the one-off database patch to the db10g 10.1.0.4 Oracle Home via opatch, then use runInstaller to upgrade to 10.2.0.3 via 3731593. You can optionally create a db10gr2 10.2.0.1 Oracle Home, apply the 10.2.0.3 patchset then run dbua to upgrade the 10.1.0.4 repository database to 10.2.0.3.
You probably would have had fast response posting to the Enterprise Manager Grid Control forum:
Enterprise Manager
2. Fresh Installation of Enterprise Manger 10g Grid Control Release 2 and upgrading it to Release 3
In order to install Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control Release 3, you must install either 10.2.0.1.0 or 10.2.0.2.0 Grid Control environment. This section describes steps to install Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control Release 3 environment starting with 10.2.0.1.0 (10.2.0.2.0 for Windows) install
2.1 Install Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Release 2
Installing 10g Grid Control Release 3 requires any previous releases of Grid Control, that is any 10.2.x.x.x installation, and upgrade to 10.2.0.3.0 release. If you do not have a previous release, but want to have a 10.2.0.3.0 Grid Control environment, then first install 10.2.0.1.0 Grid Control (10.2.0.2.0 for Windows), and then upgrade it to 10.2.0.3.0. Start with the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Release 2 Grid Control media pack (DVD) and install 10.2.0.1.0 (10.2.0.2.0 for Windows)
- Insert DVD into your computer (note: It is better to copy the DVD contents to local hard disk for faster performance)
- Run runInstaller (setup.exe for Windows) to start installation
- When asked for "install type" option, choose "Enterprise Manager using New Database" option
- Complete installation as per install guide
Important: For information about installing 10.2.0.1.0 and 10.2.0.2.0, refer to the installation guides available at:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/oem.html
2.2 Apply required patches
In the case of Grid Control environment installed via "Enterprise Manager using New Database" option, repository database version is 10.1.0.4.0. Before upgrading to 10.2.0.3, apply the patch for bug 4329444 on the Database Home. In order to apply this patch for the Solaris platform:
- Copy the p4329444_10104_<platform>.zip file from the DVD to any directory on the host which has the repository database running on.
- Unzip the file using following command:
$ unzip p4329444_10104_<platform>.zip
- Follow the instruction in 4329444/README.txt to apply the patch
For more detail on this, refer to the release note.
2.3 Install Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Release 3
2.3.1 Copy the p3731593_102030_<platform name>.zip patch set installation archive from the DVD to any directory on the host which has the Oracle Management Service running on it.
2.3.2 Perform the installation
- Enter the following command to unzip and extract the installation files from the downloaded image described in section 1.2:
$ unzip p3731593_102030_<platform name>.zip
This extracts the files to the "3731593" directory.
- Navigate to the 3731593/Disk1 subdirectory
$ cd 3731593/Disk1
- Set the ORACLE_HOME variable to the Oracle Management Service(OMS) oracle home.
- Execute the runInstaller (setup.exe for Windows)
$ ./runInstaller
The upgrades process then upgrades the Oracle Management Service (OMS), Oracle Management Repository and the Management Agent on the same host as the OMS to the latest Enterprise Manager 10g release 3 version.
Important: The same Patch Set can be used for patching OMS,Repository, and Management Agent. For more detail on installing the patchset, refer to the release note.
2.4 Optional: Upgrading Repository Database to 10.2.0.3
If you installed Grid Control 10.2.0.1.0 (10.2.0.2.0 for Windows) via "Enterprise Manager using New Database" option, your repository database version is 10.1.0.4. In order to upgrade your repository database to 10.2.0.3, follow the steps below after upgrading your Grid Control environment to Enterprise Manager 10g release 3.
a. Upgrade the database to 10.2.0.1
b. Install 10.2.0.3 database patchset

Best Practice: SAPGUI Version and Patch Upgrades

Hello -
Does anyone have some thoughts/information on best practices relating to SAPGUI version and patch upgrades.
Obviously, sometimes upgrades are forced upon us (e.g. 7.10 for Vista) and in other cases it may just be considered "nice to have".
Either way - it always signifies regression test and deployment effort. How do we balance the benefit and cost?
Thanks, Steve

Hi Steve,
you're right for the first part, yes, we (usually) patch twice a year.
Now for the rest
An uninstall will only happen on release changes (6.20->6.40->7.10), i. e. about every 4-5 years as SAP releases them.
Patches are applied to the installation server and the setup on the client will only update changed program parts. For example, upgrading 6.40->7.10 took about 10 minutes (incl. uninstall), applying patch 1 less than 5 minutes.
I recommend, you read the "SAP Frontend Installation Guide - 7.10" which you find at SMP alias sapgui. Navigate to Media Library - Literature. It explains setup of the installation server (sounds like a big thing, but ain't much more than creating a share), creating packages, applying updates etc.
Peter
Points always appreciated

DAC and Informatica 8.6.1 installation and configuration on Linux (64 bit)

Hi Hussien,
I saw some very good post by you regarding installing, setting up and configuration R12 , OBIEE, DAC 10.13.4 , Informatica 8.6.1 on Windows. I am looking installation and configuration of Informatica and DAC installation on Linux 64 bit platfrom. I have already running R12 and OBIEE instances on Linux 64 but now need to configure the Informatica and DAC.
I find some starting steps and documentation from the web but your expert advises and reference Notes are awesome so looking for that.
Regards
-Samar-

Samar,
I do not have specific document for DAC installation, but I would suggest the following links/docs:
Oracle Business Intelligence Data Warehouse Administration Console Introduction
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12513_01/doc/index.htm
System Requirements and Supported Platforms Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications 7.9.6.1
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14847_01/bia.796/e14221.pdf
Note: 1082987.1 - ALERT: Required and Recommended Patch Levels For OBIEE 10.1.3.x Versions
Note: 981452.1 - INFORMATICA 8.6.1 CONFIGURATION ISSUE FOR ORACLE BI APPLICATION 7.9.6.1
Thanks,
Hussein

Setups in Database installation or patch application

Hi all,
In the database installation or patch application, in the unzipped directories you have multiple
setup.exe files along with oui.exe.
For example: in 10g
you have one setup.exe under directory 10gR2_server\database
also you have one setup.exe and one oui.ex under directory 10gR2_server\database\install.
I am wondering what are the differences among those setup.exe and oui.exe. Sometimes we tried the setup.ex in one directory it throw some error and tried another one it works. I am kind of confused.
Thanks a lot for your help,
Shirley

Hi Shirley
As far as I know setup.exe is starting the Oracle Universal installer and the oui.exe is called by the setup.exe.
Sometimes your can perform silent install as this:
oui.exe -waitforcompletion -nowait -force -silent -responseFile response_file.rsp
Regards,
Hub

Discoverer Admin installation error

Hi,
I am getting this error when installing Discoverer Admin (Business Intelligence Tools 10g 10.1.2.0.0) on my win XP sp1 workstation. It says that it cannot install onto an existing oracle home where oracle database 9.0 or higher database is installed. I do have 9i client and 10g client installed on my workstation. Is there anyway around this without having to uninstall everything?
Thanks,

Hey.
I finally solved my own problem. It's not exactly the most elegant way, but I had to trick the installer into thinking this was a fresh install. under c:\program files\oracle\inventory there is a install.platform file. I changed the value in it to some other version from 912. The oui then complained that the inventory could not be found and would not move forward. I then went back and changed the value back to 912 and then clicked next in the oui again. This time it thought this was a fresh installation and I was able to specify another inventory directory. which I did. After that, the install went through. But I did not exit the oui when I modified the file.
Hope this helps others.
Thanks,
Piyush

Where to find the latest Service Packs and Patches

AccAD service packs can be downloaded from SAP Service Market Place (SMP), under 'Comprised Software Component Versions'
The process for downloading the package is described below:
1. Go to SAP Support Portal - [https://service.sap.com/swdc]
2. Under Find your Software, see the 2nd bullet titled A-Z Index, and click on the link to Support Packages and Patches
3. Click on the letter A
4. Click on ACCEL. AD FOR SAP NETWEAVER
5. Click on AAD 2.2 FOR SAP NETWEAVER
6. Click on Comprised Software Component Versions
7. Click on AAD APPL DELIVERY ENGINE 2.2
8. Click on the OS version that matches your AccAD landscape
9. Scroll down to the window and find the Downloads window.
10. Look for the latest version by scrolling down further (internal scrollbar) and pay attention to the Last Changed date column.
11. Click on the link to the TGZ package which will start the download
Zeev

Hi Stephan,
I wanted to add onto Zeev's precise answer.
First of all we appreciate your feedback, we will look into why the above mentioned links are not updated as expected.
Regretfully our SDN page is a bit outdated and we are in the midst of updating it.
Currently, AccAD 2.2 SP4 as available for download and has already been adopted by some of the main SAP customers and in addition by new customers.
The release notes indicating the differences can be found as part of the installations but I hope to provide the 2.2 SP4 notes later this week - in a formal SDN announcement.
Further more as for additional updates:
- AccAD 2.3 is currently undergoing validation phase and is expected to enter Ramp Up phase in October of 2011.
- AccAD 2.3 as with every version brings with it new capabilities and increased performance and quality as well as a more up-to-date PAM.
- We are currently in the planning phase of the next AccAD version to begin development very soon and would be very happy to hear the feedback that you or any other of our customer base may have. To do so, I encourage you to contact me directly - as i cannot post an email address here - my details can be found in my business card found in this forum.
- We will be attending and presenting at SAP TechEd Las Vegas and TechEd Sapphire Madrid - we would be happy to meet up in case you will be present.
All the Best,
Smadar
Edited by: Smadar Ludomirski on Sep 11, 2011 9:29 AM

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