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Contents Send Us Your Comments .................................................................................................................. vii Preface............................................................................................................................................................ ix 1 System Requirements for ADI 1.1 ADI Components................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 CD-ROM Contents and Directory Structure ..................................................................... 1-2 1.3 System Requirements ........................................................................................................... 1-3 1.3.1 Client Requirements ...................................................................................................... 1-3 1.3.2 Server Requirements...................................................................................................... 1-7 1.3.3 Configuration Files for 16-bit Oracle Technology Components ............................. 1-7 1.4 Online Help ............................................................................................................................ 1-8 2 Installing ADI 2.1 Determining Installation Configuration ............................................................................ 2-1 2.2 Before Installing ADI ............................................................................................................ 2-2 2.3 Uninstalling Earlier Versions of ADI.................................................................................. 2-3 2.3.1 Making the Products Unavailable for Shared Installations ..................................... 2-4 2.4 Installing Oracle ADI ............................................................................................................ 2-4 2.4.1 Installing ADI Online Help........................................................................................... 2-8 iii 3 ADI Post-Install Tasks 3.1 Overview of Post-Install Tasks............................................................................................ 3-2 3.2 Configuring SQL*Net or Net8 ............................................................................................. 3-2 3.2.1 Configuring SQL*Net or Net8 for the Applications Server ..................................... 3-2 3.2.2 Configuring SQL*Net or Net8 for the ADI Client PC............................................... 3-3 3.3 Running the ADI Diagnostic Wizard ................................................................................. 3-3 3.4 Defining Databases................................................................................................................ 3-4 3.5 Applying Server Side Patches.............................................................................................. 3-4 3.5.1 Applying Release 10.7 Patches ..................................................................................... 3-5 3.5.2 Applying Release 11.0 Patches ..................................................................................... 3-5 3.5.3 Applying Release 11i Patches....................................................................................... 3-6 3.6 Displaying the Tip Wizard................................................................................................... 3-6 3.6.1 Before Enabling Tip Wizard ......................................................................................... 3-7 3.6.2 Enabling the Tip Wizard in ADI .................................................................................. 3-8 4 Configuring Your Network 4.1 Configuring the Network Using Oracle Network Manager ........................................... 4-2 4.1.1 Installing Network Manager ........................................................................................ 4-2 4.1.2 Using the Network Manager Walk-through .............................................................. 4-2 4.2 Configuring UNIX Network................................................................................................ 4-3 4.2.1 Configuring the Oracle Applications Database Server as a Node .......................... 4-3 4.2.2 Registering the Oracle Applications Database........................................................... 4-4 4.2.3 Registering the Report Review Agent......................................................................... 4-4 4.2.4 Generating and Copy Configuration Files ................................................................. 4-6 4.3 Configuring Windows NT Network................................................................................... 4-8 4.3.1 Configuring the Oracle Applications Database Server as a Node .......................... 4-8 4.3.2 Registering the Oracle Applications Database........................................................... 4-9 4.3.3 Registering the Report Review Agent....................................................................... 4-10 4.3.4 Generating and Copying Configuration Files.......................................................... 4-11 4.4 Configuring OpenVMS Network...................................................................................... 4-13 4.4.1 Configuring the Oracle Applications Database Server as a Node ........................ 4-14 4.4.2 Registering the Oracle Applications Database......................................................... 4-14 4.4.3 Registering the Report Review Agent....................................................................... 4-16 4.4.4 Generating and Copying Configuration Files.......................................................... 4-17 iv 4.5 Sample Files.......................................................................................................................... 4-19 4.5.1 Sample TST107_TNS.COM File ................................................................................. 4-20 4.5.2 Sample FNDFS.COM File ........................................................................................... 4-21