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Contents Preface Audience xiv Related Documents xiv Documentation Accessibility xiv 1 OSM Production Installation Overview Overview of OSM Installed Components 1-1 Overview of the OSM Production Installation Procedure 1-1 Installation Options 1-2 Installing OSM with Dual Stack Enabled (IPv4/IPv6) Linux System 1-2 Ensuring a Successful OSM Installation 1-2 Directory Placeholders Used in This Guide 1-2 2 OSM System Requirements Software Requirements 2-1 About Critical Patch Updates 2-3 Oracle Application Integration Architecture for Communications Alignment 2-3 Design Studio Installation and Version Compatibility 2-3 Oracle VM Support 2-4 Information Requirements 2-4 Oracle Database Information 2-4 WebLogic Server Information 2-5 OSM Server Information 2-6 3 Planning Your OSM Production Installation Overview of Planning Your OSM Production Installation 3-1 Types of Systems 3-1 High Availability Architecture 3-1 Initial Sizing Based on Order Complexity and Performance Needs 3-3 Planning the Solution Architecture, System Deployment, and Maintenance 3-4 iii Planning the Physical Architecture 3-4 OSM COM Hardware Sizing Guidelines for RODOD Orders 3-5 Sizing Guidelines for Simple RODOD COM Orders 3-5 Sizing Guidelines for Complex RODOD COM Orders 3-6 OSM SOM Hardware Sizing Guidelines for RSDOD Orders 3-7 Simple Order Hardware Sizing Guidelines (Neither RODOD nor RSDOD) 3-8 General Hardware Sizing and Configuration Recommendations 3-9 OSM Installer and Application Server System Sizing 3-9 Application Server Hardware Sizing 3-10 Running Multiple WebLogic Servers on the Same System 3-10 Shared Storage for the WebLogic Server 3-10 Database Hardware Sizing 3-11 Shared Storage for the Database 3-11 RAID Recommendations for the Database 3-11 Understanding Order Affinity 3-12 About Order Affinity and Ownership in an OSM WebLogic Cluster 3-12 About Load Balancing for OSM and Order Affinity 3-13 About the Performance Differences Between JMS and HTTP or HTTPS 3-14 About Order Affinity and Ownership in an Oracle RAC Database 3-14 Planning the Network Infrastructure 3-15 Planning Network IP Addresses 3-15 Planning Bi-Directional Network and Firewall Access 3-15 Network Latency Between WebLogic Server and the Database 3-15 Network Latency and NFS Configuration for WebLogic Server Shared Storage 3-16 Operating System Planning 3-16 Database Planning 3-16 Oracle RAC Database Active-Active Deployments 3-17 Database Partitioning 3-17 Database Failover with Oracle RAC 3-17 Database Failover with Oracle RAC One Node 3-18 Listener Considerations for Oracle RAC 3-18 Remote Listener Considerations 3-19 Local Listener Considerations 3-19 WebLogic Server Planning 3-19 Understanding the WebLogic Cluster Configuration 3-20 About Cluster Domain Management 3-20 About the WebLogic Messaging Mode and OSM Cluster Size 3-20 About Coherence and Unicast 3-21 Understanding the Administration Server 3-21 Understanding Node Manager Configuration 3-22 Understanding JMS Messaging 3-22 iv JMS Distributed Destinations 3-23 Cluster and Single-Server Queues 3-24 About WebLogic Server JMS T3 and T3S Load Balancing 3-24 About JMS Load Balancing Schema Options 3-25 Understanding Whole Server Migration for High Availability 3-26 Managing WebLogic Transactions 3-27 Persistent Store: JMS File Store and JDBC Store 3-28 Understanding Hardware or Software HTTP and HTTPS Load Balancing Options 3-28 About HTTP and HTTPS Load Balancing and Session ID Configuration 3-29 About Oracle Coherence 3-30 4 Installing and Configuring the Oracle RAC Database Database Information You Should Record 4-1 Creating the Oracle Database for OSM 4-1 Setting Up the Database and Clusterware for Oracle RAC 4-2 Memory Settings for the OSM Database 4-3 Character Sets 4-3 Database Parameters 4-3 Configuring Time Zone Settings in the Database 4-5 Preventing Stuck Orders Due to Inactive Database Sessions 4-5 Tablespace and Schema Considerations for OSM Production Systems 4-6 Sizing the OSM Database Schemas 4-6 Tablespaces 4-7 5 Installing and Configuring the WebLogic Server Cluster Preparing WebLogic Server for an OSM Cluster Installation 5-1 Preparing the Operating System 5-1 Installing WebLogic Server Software 5-2 Creating Database Schemas Using RCU 5-3 Creating the WebLogic Server Domain 5-4 Replicating the Domain on Other Machines 5-10 Starting and Configuring Credentials on the First Machine 5-10 Creating a Domain Template for Use on Other Machines 5-11 Replicating the Domain Template on Other Machines 5-12 Starting the Administration Server 5-12 Configuring the Domain and Managed Servers 5-12 Configuring Oracle Coherence for an OSM Cluster 5-12 Increasing Buffer Sizes to Support Coherence 5-13 Preventing Unnecessary Use of Swap Space 5-13 v Securing Coherence 5-14 Configuring Coherence for Load Balancing 5-14 Configuring Node Manager on All Machines in the Domain 5-14 Configuring Node Manager for Starting and Stopping Managed Servers 5-14 Configuring Node Manager for Whole Server Migration 5-14 Configured Whole Server Migration Floating IP Controls 5-15 Enrolling Each Machine with the Domain 5-17 Starting Node Manager on Each Machine 5-17 Configuring a Multicast IP Address for the Cluster Messaging Mode 5-17 Preventing Connection Timeout when Using a Remote Database 5-19 Recommended Configuration for WebLogic Servers for Production Systems 5-20 Configuring Managed Server Startup Parameters 5-22 Configuring Cluster Settings 5-23 Configuring Server Settings 5-24 Starting and Verifying all Machines in the Cluster 5-25 Configuring Whole Server