Task 4: Install and Configure the Oracle WebCenter Middle Tiers

Upgrading an Oracle WebCenter Environment 7-5 Table 7–2 lists the tasks involved in upgrading Oracle WebCenter Discussions 10.1.3.x to Oracle WebCenter Discussions 11g. This section describes how to upgrade from Oracle WebCenter Discussions 10.1.3.x to Oracle WebCenter Discussions 11g. To prepare your Oracle WebCenter Discussions 10.1.3.x server for upgrade: 1. Back up your Oracle WebCenter Discussions database schema. 2. Remove the SSO-related system properties, if configured. To remove the SSO-related system properties: a. Log on to the Oracle WebCenter Discussions Admin Console as an administrator by using the following URL format: http:host:portowc_discussionsadmin Where host and port refer to the server and port number where your Oracle WebCenter Discussions 10g server is deployed. Table 7–2 Tasks for Upgrading Oracle WebCenter Discussions Step MandatoryOptional Back up Oracle WebCenter Discussions database schema Mandatory Delete SSO-related system properties Required only if SSO is configured Install Oracle WebCenter Discussions 11g, if not already installed Mandatory Modify the database connection of Oracle WebCenter Discussions 11g server to read data from the data store used by Oracle WebCenter Discussions 10.1.3.x Mandatory Use Jive Forums Upgrade Console to upgrade the discussions server Mandatory Configure WS-Security Required only if SAML is enabled Reconfigure SSO Required only if SSO needs to be enabled Tip: To find out the path to your database schema, log on to the Oracle WebCenter Discussions Admin Console as an administrator. From the System link at the top of the console, navigate to the System Information page. On this page, the Datasource Info section displays various details of your database schema, including the connection URL and the user name. Note: In Oracle WebCenter Discussions 11g, Single Sign-On SSO configuration has changed from Oracle WebCenter Discussions 10.1.3.x. If SSO is configured for Oracle WebCenter Discussions 10.1.3.x server and SSO-related system properties have been set to Oracle-specific SSO custom classes, then to avoid any SSO-related errors, you must disable the SSO configuration before you install Oracle WebCenter Discussions 11g. After upgrading your discussions server, you must reconfigure SSO if you require SSO authentication. 7-6 Oracle Fusion Middleware Upgrade Guide for Oracle SOA Suite, WebCenter, and ADF

b. On the System page of the Jive Forum Admin Console, in the navigation panel

on the right, click System Properties. c. On the Jive Properties page, under All Properties, delete the AuthFactory.className system property if it is set to the Oracle-specific custom class for SSO, oracle.jive.sso.OracleSSOAuthFactory. d. Remove the UserManager.className system property if it is set to the Oracle-specific custom class for SSO, oracle.jive.sso.OracleSSOUserManager. To upgrade Oracle WebCenter Discussions 10.1.3.x server to Oracle WebCenter Discussions 11g: 1. Ensure that Oracle WebCenter Discussions 11g is installed. You can choose to install Oracle WebCenter Discussions Server 11g while installing Oracle WebCenter 11g or you can extend your WebCenter domain later to install this component. For information, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle WebCenter. 2. Modify the database connection of your Oracle WebCenter Discussions 11g server to read data from the data source used by your Oracle WebCenter Discussions 10.1.3.x server. To edit the database connection, either use the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console or exportimport your Oracle WebCenter Discussions 10.1.3.x servers database schema. To use the database export and import commands to configure your database connection, export your Oracle WebCenter Discussions 10.1.3.x servers database schema to a dump file. Then, import the contents of the dump file into the database schema installed during the RCU installation for Oracle WebCenter Discussions server 11g. To edit the database connection by using the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console: a. Log on to Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console as an administrator. Use the following URL format: http:host:portconsole Where host and port refer to the host name and port number where your Oracle WebLogic Server is installed. By default, the port number is 7001.

b. In Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console, under Domain Structure,

navigate to Services DataSources. c. On the Summary of Data Sources page, in the Data Sources table, click the OWC_DiscussionsDS connection link.

d. On the Settings for DiscussionsDS page, click the Connection Pool tab.

Modify the database connection of your Oracle WebCenter Discussions 11g server to read data from your Oracle WebCenter Discussions 10.1.3.x server data store.

e. In the URL field on the Connection Pool tab, change the JDBC URL to point to

the database used by Oracle WebCenter Discussions 10.1.3.x.

f. In the Properties field, change the user name to the one used for connecting to

the database of Oracle WebCenter Discussions 10.1.3.x.

g. In the Password field, change the password to the one used for connecting to

the database of Oracle WebCenter Discussions 10.1.3.x.