Installing Oracle WebLogic Server 11g

This is part of 1Z1-102: Oracle Weblogic Server 11g: System Administration I

* See this post.
* Sample commands:

wls1033_linux32.bin 
wls1033_win32.exe
java –jar wls1033_generic.jar

wls1033_linux32.bin –mode=console

* Net Installer from the web
* Dev-only zip file installer
* Coherence installation (installed by default)
* Server examples
– SIP server
– Medrec

* See this post.
* Create a silent.xml file.
* Install in silent mode:

wls1033_linux32.bin –mode=silent –silent_xml=path_to_silent.xml

* See this page for details.

* It is an environment variable pointing to the Middleware home.
* A Middleware home consists of the WebLogic Server home, and zero or more Oracle homes.

* It is an environment variable pointing to an Oracle home.
* An Oracle home contains installed files necessary to host a specific product, e.g. SOA Suite.
* Resides within Middleware home.
* Each Oracle home can be associated with multiple Oracle instances or WebLogic Server domains.

* registry.dat and registry.xml: record of all Oracle middleware products
* utils directory: additional or utility jar files, such as quickstart
* logs directory: installation logs
* modules directory: module jar files

* It is an environment variable pointing to the WebLogic Server home.
* A WebLogic Server home contains installed files necessary to host a WebLogic Server.
* It is a peer directory of Oracle homes. Both reside within the Middleware home.

* Setting env variables
– $WL_HOME/server/bin/setWLSEnv.sh: sets WL_HOME, JAVA_HOME, PATH, CLASSPATH etc.
– $WL_HOME/common/bin/commEnv.sh: sets ORACLE_HOME, ANT_HOME, DERBY_HOME etc. called by setWLSEnv.sh

* For example, http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17904_01/wls.htm

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