MetaSolv Installation Notes:

  1. Create a "dba" UNIX group, and a UNIX user account named "ora" in that group.
  2. Install Oracle DBMS 9 or higher as the "ora" user.
  3. Download the .EXE file for UNIX MetaSolv. Use a Windows machine to unzip/unencrypt it, then ZIP it back up and copy it to your UNIX server.
  4. Create a "metasolv" user account in UNIX. Unzip the decrypted MetaSolv .ZIP into a new directory as that user.
  5. Create database instance that uses the Dictionary for space allocation on SYSTEM table. Be sure to set index space quotas very high.
  6. Run these commands from inst_60/ directory 
      $ sqlplus system/syspasswd @a_tblspc.sql
  $ sqlplus system/syspasswd @_instmss
  $ sqlplus asap/ASAP@metasolv1 @mdl_cur
  $ sqlplus asap/ASAP@metasolv1 @mdl_cmp

    root@metasolv1:/opt$ unzip ./metasolv/installer/com/data/appserverRoot/appserver/appserver/deploy/mss_integration.ear APP-INF/lib/MetaSolvSolutionSchemas.jar
Archive:  ./metasolv/installer/com/data/appserverRoot/appserver/appserver/deploy/mss_integration.ear
  inflating: APP-INF/lib/MetaSolvSolutionSchemas.jar  
root@metasolv1:/opt$

  7. (On Solaris x86, upgrade Java:)

    Install Sun Java JDK 1.4, setup symlink in BEA home dir to new JDK 

    root@metasolv1:/opt/bea$ ln -s ../j2sdk1.4.2_15/ jdk142_08

    # mv /opt/metasolv/metasolv/jbrokerORB/bin/solaris /opt/metasolv/metasolv/jbrokerORB/bin/solaris.old
# ln -s /opt/metasolv/metasolv/jbrokerORB/bin/solaris-x86  /opt/metasolv/metasolv/jbrokerORB/bin/solaris
  8. Install WebLogic as the "metasolv" user.
  9. Install MetaSolv into WebLogic
  10. Write a MetaSolv startup script: 
    #!/bin/sh
#
#       /etc/init.d/metasolv
#       Startup script for MetaSolv
#
case "$1" in
        start)
                /sbin/su metasolv -c /opt/metasolv/metasolv/metasolv_domain/startmetasolv.sh
                ;;

        stop)
                /sbin/su metasolv -c /opt/metasolv/metasolv/metasolv_domain/stopmetasolv.sh
                ;;
        *)
                echo "Usage: metasolv [start | stop]"
                ;;
esac

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