I’m running R12.0.4 on OEL5.3 with Virtualbox 2.2.2 having a Windows 7 machine.

R12

R12 is installed on OEL with the hostname: localhost.localdomain

Firefox works locally against R12 so the EBS stack in working at this point.

Start the database, listener and apps. See Managing R12:

$ addbctl start

$ addlnctl start VIS

$ adstrtal apps/apps

To test if a database network connection would work try:

$ sqlplus apps/apps@VIS

Virtualbox

Installed Vbox 2.2.2 on OEL. Get it from http://www.virtualbox.org

Setup Vbox host-only network in \File\Preferences

and give it a ip like 192.168.2.7 on the adapter tab:

and setup the dhcp tab like this:

When the Vbox machine is started you should be able to ping it:

Windows 7 in Virtualbox

I use Windows 7 RC.

Create a Vbox machine and mount the downloaded Win7 ISO as CDROM and run install:

You get it from here:

Setup Vbox networking like this:

This will communicate through the 192.168.2.7 ip address.

When Window 7 is installed create a new entry in the file:

C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

like this:

Pointing to localhost.localdomain so Firefox R12 login works.

To ensure everything work try to ping localhost:

SQLDeveloper

If you want to do development then this tool is great. Get it from:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/sql_developer/index.html

I installed version 1.5.1.

Setup the connection:

I just used the ip address here and it works fine.

Firefox

To run R12 forms and framework you need Firefox 2.

Install Firefox 2 in Win7. I installed version 2.0.0.14. Get it from:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html

Allow localhost.localdomain is Firefox security:

and pop-ups:

To start R12 enter the URL:

http://localhost.localdomain:8000/OA_HTML

And you get the login screen:

Java

Java is a must for R12. Check the version required when you have logged in to R12 and click a forms screen

In 12.0.4 it is 1.5.0.13:

Then install Java 1.5.0.13 to ensure you don’t get plug-in issues with R12. Get it from:

http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/5.0_13/index.html

As Firefox only supports one Java plug-in at any one time check the directory for plug-ins:

C:\ > DIR “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins”

Ensure you only have one Java plug-in here. If it is missing the do this:

C:\ > copy C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_13\bin\NPJPI150_13.dll C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins

Restart Firefox and now everything should work.

I recommend you to start with this article to get R12 up and running.

Laptop

My laptop is a Dell XPS M1530 with the following specs:

Virtualbox

Get it from http://www.virtualbox.org

I have tried to run EBS from Vbox both using a VDI and direct to EXT3 however it just doesn’t perform on a laptop.

I even tried to use my eSATA as well to no avail.

Ubuntu

Get it from http://www.ubuntu.com/

Using Virtualbox you install Ubuntu to a VDI and when booted into this you can install it onto a USB stick attached with a USB Vbox filter.

If you then boot into Ubuntu using a USB stick file transfers is much faster. Very useful indeed when transferring Oracle files from NTFS to the external OEL USB disk.

What about installing R12 VIS on your LAPTOP?

Well easier said than done.

Just the download is a daunting task – unbelievable 35Gb for 12.0.4

So check your broadband contract for any cap and excess charges before downloading this much.

Also use a download manager so you can queue all the downloads once.

I use http://www.orbitdownloader.com/ but be sure to stop the P2P ability for security.

When knowing Oracle you surely have to add patches and updates before anything works.

Lets do this the top down way.

You need to install:

• My hardware and software (optional)
• Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.3 – OEL (yes, it is certified and all that)
• Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0.4 – EBS
• Java and Firefox
• Managing R12

I will not make screen dumps of everything as I assume you can fill out a form and click next.

Also so many other people has done this already so it would be pure waste of space then.

The things I will focus on is my experiences which may help or add to the information already available.