Solaris stand-alone: Set up a remote Oracle or Oracle RAC database
View information on installing and setting up Oracle to work with WebSphere Portal.
1. Install Oracle or Oracle RAC
You can use Oracle or Oracle RAC as the database software. You must install Oracle or Oracle RAC before performing a database transfer.
2. Modify Oracle or Oracle RAC database properties
You must modify the approriate properties files before transferring data from the default database to the Oracle or Oracle RAC database.
3. Create Oracle or Oracle RAC databases
View some important considerations before setting up Oracle databases to work with WebSphere Portal.
4. Set up Oracle or Oracle RAC automatically or manually
You can set up Oracle Enterprise Edition to work with WebSphere Portal automatically or manually. When setting up Oracle automatically, the database administrator runs a ConfigEngine task to create users, grant privileges, and create JCR table spaces. As an alternative to automatically setting up the database, you can manually run scripts to create users, grant privileges, and create JCR table spaces.
5. Configuring WebSphere Portal to use Oracle or Oracle RAC
This section provides information on how to manually transfer data from the default database to the Oracle or Oracle RAC database. Follow these steps to transfer WebSphere Portal and Java Content Repository databases to Oracle. As an alternative to the manual database transfer procedure described here, you can use the configuration wizard to complete the database transfer task.
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Configuring WebSphere Portal to use a database