Oracle For You

Install Oracle R12 on Ubuntu

2008-07-13T15:49:00.000-07:00

This post describes how to install Oracle Release 12 on Ubuntu ( Hardy Heron ). This follows on the footsteps of a successful Oracle 11g database install described in my previous post.

Specs for my Dell Inspiron 530 were:
1. 3GB RAM
2. 500 GB External HDD ( Western Digital )
3. Ubuntu ( Hardy Heron ).
4. Headless Server ( ie no monitor ).
5. ssh running on server.

1. ssh into server from client machine.

2.Mount external hdd

#fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xea3aae34

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 12748 102398278+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sdb2 12749 60801 385985722+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb5 12749 60801 385985691 83 Linux

#mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb5 /u01/oracle

3. Stage disks from Oracle into staging directory under /u01/oracle

4. Start vncserver as root.
#vncserver :1
#xhost+

5. On the client, vncviewer -via <ip address of host> hostname:1

6. Switch user to Oracle.

7. Set DISPLAY. export DISPLAY=localhost:1

8. Change Directory to <staging directory>/Disk1

9. runinstaller.sh

10. This step is optional. Drink <your favorite beverage>

Install took about 5 hours. Please note that linux clients to view forms are not supported yet in R12.

Install Oracle 11g on Ubuntu

2007-12-10T09:03:00.000-08:00

Installed Oracle 11g on Ubuntu. The detailed instructions at
Installing Oracle 11g were a great help.

For some reason adding Red Hat ( Step 6 ) to /etc/redhat-release didn't work. The installer failed pre-install check. To get around that, I used runInstaller -ignoreSysPrereqs. This worked well.There were no other problems.

Apache, php, mysql continued

2007-11-19T20:23:00.000-08:00

I added ServerName 127.0.0.1 to apache.conf in the /etc/apache2 directory ($APACHE_HOME ).
Changed the default port from 80 to 1080 in ports.conf. Note this is just so that http://localhost:1080 takes me to my home not http://localhost.

Stopping and starting apache

apache2ctl stop
apache2ctl start

Look up DocumentRoot in $APACHE_HOME/sites-available/default.Change the DocumentRoot to a directory that makes sense to you. Create an index.html file in this DocumentRoot directory.
Created a php file test.php in DocumentRoot.
Mine for instance has <?php phpinfo() ?>
Point your browser to http://localhost:1080/test.php to test.

http://localhost:1080/phpmyadmin takes you to the phpMyAdmin home page. Enter your userid and password that you created during the install.

Starting and Stopping mysql
mysqladmin -u root -p shutdown
mysqld & to startup.

How to Install Apache,PHP and Mysql on Ubuntu

2007-11-10T16:24:00.000-08:00

Installing Apache , php and mysql was easy using the synaptic package manager.

Installed the database server mysql
Installed Apache server, apache2
Installed php (php5)
Installed libapache2-mod-auth-mysql
Installed php5-mysql

Next post, I will actually try using php to connect to mysql and build a page.

Oracle Min Max is not creating requisitions

2007-11-07T20:35:00.000-08:00

Problem: Min Max is not generating requisitions. No errors.No data in po_requisitions_interface_all table.

Check the following item setup:

Inventory Item flag enabled
Stockable flag enabled
Transactable flag enabled

Purchased flag enabled
Purchasable flag enabled
Use Approved Supplier disabled

Inventory Planning Method is set to Min-Max
Source Type = Supplier
Make or Buy = Buy
Safety Stock = Non-MRP Planned

Profile : INV: Minmax Reorder Approval=Approved

Check to see if BOM Calendar / Workday Calendar is open for the demand dates in question. If not, open it and rebuild calendar.

Run MinMax with Restock=Yes