Upgrading Oracle WebCenter Discussions

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. Upgrading an Oracle WebCenter Environment 7-7

h. Click Save.

3. Restart the WC_Collaboration managed server where your Oracle WebCenter

Discussions 11g is deployed. 4. Log on to Oracle WebCenter Discussions 11g server as an administrator. Use the following URL format: http:host:portowc_discussions. 5. In case the Jive Forums Upgrade Console displays, log on to the console as an administrator. 6. In Jive Forums Upgrade Console, select all the checkboxes to confirm that you have backed up your database and Jive Forum configuration files and to confirm the location of your jiveHome directory. Figure 7–2 Figure 7–2 Jive Forums Upgrade Console

7. Click Start Upgrade to upgrade the database schema for your discussions server.

After all upgrade tasks have been completed, a confirmation message is displayed.

8. Restart the WC_Collaboration managed server where your Oracle WebCenter

Discussions 11g is deployed.

9. Access your newly upgraded Oracle WebCenter Discussions server.

10. Configure Web Services Security WS-Security trust authentication on Oracle

WebCenter Discussions and in your WebCenter applications if you plan to use this discussions server with WebCenter applications. WS-Security establishes a trust relationship between your WebCenter applications and Oracle WebCenter Discussions. For information about how to configure WS-Security, see the Configuring WS-Security chapter in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle WebCenter. 7-8 Oracle Fusion Middleware Upgrade Guide for Oracle SOA Suite, WebCenter, and ADF 11. Reconfigure SSO for Oracle WebCenter Discussions, if required. For information, see the Configuring Single Sign-On chapter in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle WebCenter.

7.6.2 Upgrading Oracle Content Server

Oracle WebCenter 11g supports Oracle Content Server 10.1.3.5.1 and Oracle Content Server 11g as external content repositories. If you already have Oracle Content Server 10g installed, you must upgrade it to either Oracle Content Server 10.1.3.5.1 or Oracle Content Server 11g. Refer to the following links depending on the version of Oracle Content Server you wish to upgrade to: ■ Upgrading to Oracle Content Server 11g: 1. Upgrade your existing Oracle Content Server 10g installation to Oracle Content Server 11g. For information, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Upgrade Guide for Enterprise Content Management. 2. Configure Oracle Content Server 11g for Oracle WebCenter. For information, see the section Oracle Content Server Prerequisites in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle WebCenter. ■ Upgrading to Oracle Content Server 10.1.3.5.1: To patch your existing Oracle Content Server 10g installation to Oracle Content Server 10.1.3.5.1, you must install the latest UpdateBundle and the Folders_g component. For this, you must: 1. Download the latest UpdateBundle, CS10gR35UpdateBundle component from the following location: http:support.oracle.com 2. Install the latest UpdateBundle, and then Folders_g. The update bundle contains zip files for various other components, including Folders_g. When you install the update bundle, the zip files are extracted to the following directory: content_server_install_ home customCS10gR35UpdateBundleextras For installation information, see section Uploading a Component in the Working with Content Server Components guide available here: Note: It is strongly recommended that you use Oracle Content Server 11g as the content repository for Oracle WebCenter 11g to take advantage of the full set of features. If you use Oracle Content Server 10.1.3.5.1, you will have access only to a subset of features. For information, see section Upgrading Oracle Universal Content Management 10g in Oracle Fusion Middleware Patching Guide. Note: If you do not already have Oracle Content Server installed, install Oracle Content Server 11g. For information, refer to Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite.