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Monday, 2 September 2013
Installing Oracle Applications E-Business Suite R12 (12.1.1) on Windows XP / Windows 2003
Server and same works with windows 7 :););)
Installing Oracle Applications E-Business Suite R12 (12.1.1) on Windows XP / Windows 2003
Server same work's with windows 7 ;);):0
Minimum Hardware Requirements:
1. Windows XP (professional or Home) Service Pack 2/Windows7 / Windows 2003 Server with 2
GB RAM and make sure you have NTFS file system.
2. Hard Disk 300 GB where 233 GB space is required for vision installation (excluding media
pack; which needs around 37 GB space). You can use external hard drive too. Dont listen to
those who advise you to install EBS R12 without vision database. I know you are installing all this
for learning etc.
Very Important Note:
1. Make sure there is no oracle product installed on your system. No entry of oracle should be in
windows registry except system default by windows itself. So it is recommended to use fresh
system for this purpose. If you tried a failed installation before on your PC then reinstall the
Operating System again otherwise you will waste your time. You can check how to clean up
windows for verfication if any oracle installed Metalink Note ID 567507.1
2. There should be !!!!NO!!! JDK installed on your machine. EBS will install JDK version on
your machine otherwise you will get errors I dont want to discuss all this here. Just NO JDK on
your machine.

Create nessecary directory and add the following entry's in environments

(In this case C drive)Create the following directory in the Windowss root(c) directory.
C:\Cygwin
C:\VC2008
C:\temp
C:\tmp. temp
C:\tmp.
Directory C:\tmp must be created even if C:\ is not the windows root.
Pre-requisites; Utilities:

1. Microsoft VC++
Make sure that it must be VC 8 or above because VC 6 was valid up to 11i. If you do it with
VC 6 then utilities check will not give error but you will stuck at 13% or 66% installation.
While installing VC++ make sure it is done in C:\MSVS\VC. No spaces in any directory
structure of any software you install as pre-requisite for Oracle Apps.
Copy cl.exe from C:\MSVS\VC\bin to C:\WINDOWS\System32
2. Perl http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/
Version 5.8 or more and use MSI package type.
Perl is only needed if you are using Oracle Media Pack. If you are downloading from oracle
site then you can skip this installation.
3. CYGWIN http://cygwin.com/
Download setup.exe to your machine.
Run setup.exe and click Next, which will bring up the Choose Installation Type screen.
Select ; Install from Internet and Click Next
Select ; Root Directory C:\cygwin and select radio button
Install for ; All Users and Default Text File Type ; DOS / text ; Next Local Package Directory
can be any but C:\cygwin is recommended. ; Next Direct Connection.
Click on Next again to get to the Select Packages screen, and select the following packages
(click on to toggle):
a. All Default
b. Archive Default, plus manually select the zip package
c. Base Default, plus manually select the following extra packages: ash, coreutils, diffutils,
findutils, gawk, grep, sed, tar and which
d. Devel Default, plus manually select binutils, gcc, gcc-core, gcc-g++, make and mktemp
e. Doc Default, plus manually select cygwin-doc and man
f. Editors Default, plus manually select vim
g. Interpreters Default, plus manually select gawk
h. Shells Default, plus manually select ash and tcsh
i. Utils Default, plus manually select cygutils and file
Click on Next again to download the selected files. It will take some time depending upon
mirror site you selected and after download cygwin setup will be automatically starts.
After installation completed, Open folder C:\cygwin\bin and rename followings:
gawk.exe to awk.exe
grep.exe to egrep.exe
make.exe to gnumake.exe
gcc.exe to cc.exe
You can override the name if system says that awk or egrep or cc already exits just remove or
move to some other place.
4. Set the Path to include the C:\cygwin\bin
C:\> set PATH = %PATH%;c:\cygwin\bin
And then check your PATH to see that it include C:\cygwin\bin
C:\> echo %PATH%

Oracle Media:
You should be having Lasted available Oracle media pack (recommended) or Software download
from oracle site and follow the unzipping instruction as per oracle documentation. I have
downloaded it from: https://edelivery.oracle.com/

Domain Name Configuration:

5. Open file c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts. Enter a domain next to localhost entry you
will be using this domain while installing Oracle Applications. I used mydomain so you can
replace what ever you want. 198.168.*.* is IP Address of my PC you should enter your
machines IP. If you dont know it you can find it.
Host entry will be like

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.

# 127.0.0.1
localhost
# ::1
localhost
127.0.0.1
localhost.localdomian
192.168.*.* apps.oracle.com apps

Step 6 Loop Back Adaptor Setup

(Recommended over Step 7, even if your system is connected to network)
Loop Back Adaptor Installation
Disconnect the network cable from the system.
Navigate to Control Panel Add hardware Yes, I have connected hardware Add a new
hardware Install a hardware I manually choose Network Adaptors Microsoft Micro
soft Loop Back Adaptor and continue to install. Then go to Start Control panel Network
Connections and open the new connection that has been just installed.
Ensure that the Loop Back adaptor is mentioned in the Connect Using Box.
Then navigate to Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties Use the following IP address for
loopback
IP address 10.10.10.10,

Subnet mask 255.255.255.0,

Use the following DNS sever
Preferred DNS server 10.10.10.10.

C:\>ipconfig --It will show all the three value and should return value when you ping all the IP
and Systemname.domainname
Example
127.0.0.1 localhost
198.168.*.* SystemName.mydomain.com
10.10.10.10 SystemName.mydomain.com
Host name Verification
Verify your hostname Start Run - cmd > hostname. It must return apps
Ping your host > ping apps.oracle.com --when with out lan or wireless installation and also you
can see media disconnected other than Loopback.
It will now return loop back ip address 10.10.10.10 for the read write operation
7. Go to Control Panel > Systems > Computer Name Tab > Click on Change > Click on More >
Enter Primary DNS Suffix as mydomain.
8. Open Network connections, Select your Connection on which your machine is connected (You
will find Wireless or LAN) and right click and select properties. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
and click on to properties. Click on Advanced button and go to DNS tab. Enter DNS suffix for this
connection as mydomain.
9. Restart the PC.

Step 10 Setup Printer

Install a Laser printer (even if it is not connected to the server). Make that as the default printer.
This step is required for the smooth running of your Concurrent Manager.
Step 11 Staging the Oracle:
If you have Oracle Media Pack then:
Insert the Start Here DVD in DVD Rom and go to folder:

StageR12\startCD\Disk1\rapidwiz in DOS Prompt and type:

D:\StageR12\startCD\Disk1\rapidwiz\adautostg.pl
And follow the wizard.
Finally you must have these five folders in StageR12 Directory:
1. oraAppDB
2. oraApps
3. oraAS
4. oraDB
5. startCD
Note: If you have downloaded the media from oracle site, then you just need to put the
downloaded and extracted folders in the proper directories No need to do staging.
Recommended (Not necessary):
There steps are only if your installation fails due to any reason so you can restore your registry and
system to pre-installation state:
1. When Staging is done successfully then export the registry and save it on a file.
Start > Run > regedit > File > Export and select the location where you want to store it .
2. Take a Computer Restore Point.
Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore > Create a Restore Point >
Enter name of restore point for example PreOra and Press the Create.
3. Restart the PC.
Install winrar so that installation will be faster while unzip stage
Installing the the EBS R12
So far you have done a great job. Now time to get the job done.
1. Go to folder E:\StageR12\startCD\Disk1\rapidwiz or where you have done your staging on hard
drive or external hard drive and just click RapidWiz
2. On welcome screen > Next and Select Install Oracle Applications E-Bussiness R12 Check on
Use Express Installation > Next
3. In Express Configuration Information screen change the following (Leave all to default):
a. MKS directory = C:\cygwin\bin or where cygwin\bin is OR C:\mks\mksnt
b. MSDEV directory = C:\MSVS\VC\bin or where VC++ was installed
c. Oracle Base directory =E:\oracle or where ever you want to install oracle applications
4. Follow the wizard and you should pass all the Pre-Install Checks. If not then you did not follow
instructions above and help yourself.
5. If you passed all the checks then just Click Next and follow the Wizard and installation will be
done in 5 steps and take about 2-3 hrs depends upon the system.
6. After the installation is completed successfully (it should be) then Post-Installation Checks will
be preformed. If you passed all the checks It is really a Wonderful and You Rocks

7. If your system dont pass the Post-Installation Checks even then dont worry just smile coz
installation is successful you need to restart your PC and Open Command Prompt open to staging
directory: d:\StageR12\startCD\Disk1\rapidwiz
And now just type rapidwiz restart
8. Follow the Wizard and Enter all the info as you enter before Now This time it will take few
minutes and you should pass Post-Installation Checks
9. If still a problem just repeat above step again you will get to it . Restart the PC and enter the
URL in web browser
http://hostname.mydomain.com:8000/
10. E-Bussiness Login Username = operations Password = welcome

Optional Steps for Remote Access

gpedit.msc
Computer Config > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > User Rights
Assignment
--> Allow log on through Terminal Services
Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs > Install Terminal Server
Terminal Services Configuration
Server Settings > Restrict each User to one session

Other Useful links and References:

http://oraclepitstop.wordpress.com/2007/04/14/step-by-step-installation-of-r12-on-windows/
http://myappsdba.com/oracle-apps-r12-installation-on-windows-server-2003-and-2008/
http://rodgersnotes.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/installing-oracle-applications-r12-on-windows-7/
http://oraclecyborg.blogspot.in/p/step-by-step-installation-of-oracle.html
http://everythingoracle.com/ebswins.htm
http://dgoins.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/installing-oracle-ebs-on-windows-2008-and-windows-7/
http://rodgersnotes.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/installing-oracle-applications-r12-on-windows-7/
http://appsdbaworkshop.blogspot.in/2011/11/installation-of-oracle-applications.html
http://www.idbasolutions.com/en/oracle-ebusiness/install-e-business-12-on-windows-7.html
http://www.oracleport.com/how-to-install-oracle-r12-in-pc/
http://r12-install.blogspot.in/
[1] Oracle E-Business Suite Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (12.1.1) for Microsoft
Windows Server (32-bit) (Doc ID 761567.1)

[2] Note: 405293.1 (Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12)

[3] Note: 402311.1 (Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (12.0) for
Microsoft Windows)
[4] Note: 414992.1 (Using Cygwin to Maintain Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Windows)
[5] Oracle Applications Installation Guide: Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No. B31295-02)
[6]Statement of Direction: Oracle Database 11g Release 2 - Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows
Server 2008 R2 (Doc ID 867040.1)
How to migrate from Cygwin to MKS Toolkit (Doc ID 733303.1)
ID 414992.1
Metalink Note ID 567507.1 for How to Remove an Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Windows
Environment

Interesting links around EBS Installation (Doc ID 958644.1) very important link for EBIZ
Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (12.0.4) for Microsoft Windows
(Doc ID 402311.1)
I have done cleaning up windows system using below mentioned note id and installed oracle apps
in it work well too
11i: How To Clean Up The UNIX Environment After EBS 11i Install Fails (Doc ID 110372.1)
How to Remove an Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.x Windows Environment (Doc ID
567507.1)

Uninstalling Oracle 1. Log in as the Administrator.

2. Stop all Oracle Services.
3. From a cmd window, run C:\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\deinstall\deinstall.bat.
4. Delete the C:\app\oracle directory.
5.
Remove
the
following
registry
entries
as
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/relnotes.112/e16777/toc.htm:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\Oracle Services for MTS
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\OracleDBConsole<SID>
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\Oracle.<SID>
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\Oracle.VSSWriter.<SID>
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Oracle11
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