Login to the Solaris machine using an X-Term emulator. Place Disk 1 of Oracle9i Application Server in the CD-ROM drive. Locate the runInstaller file on the cd and execute it.

You will see the Welcome Screen as below. In the Welcome window, click Next.

The Inventory Location screen appears during the first installation on a host to set a location for installation files. The base directory forms the base of all products. Each product component uses a different directory within the base. Select your oraInventory directory in your Home directory as the base.

Then Oracle Universal Intaller prompts you to run orainstRoot.sh script from the /tmp directory as a user with root privileges. Use another window to perform the next step. and return to this window after that.

Using another window, login as the user with root privileges and execute orainstRoot.sh script. This script creates oraInst.loc file in /var/opt/oracle directory. The oraInst.loc file contains the pointer to base directory of Oracle Inventory and identifies subsequent product installations.

After the pointer is created in Step 5, return to the Oracle Universal Installer session and click Continue.

The File Locations Screen appears which contains Source and Diestination Sections.
In the Source, you will see the path from where you are installing.
The Destination consists of Name and Path.

In the Destination section, enter the following infromation.
Name : infra
Path : <Your HOME>/infra

Then Click Next

The Oracle Universal Installer displays the Available Products.
Select Oracle9iAS Infrastructure 9.0.2.0.0 and click Next

The Component Configuration Option Screen appears. For the Oracle9iAS Infrastructure, you have to enable Oracle Internet Directory and Oracle9iAS Single Sign-on. Also Oracle9iAS Meta Data repository will also be configured.
For this installation, select accept default seletion and click Next.

The Create Instance Name and ias_admin Password screen appears.
The unique instance name will be used to identify this installation of Oracle9iAS on the install host.
With the ias_admin password you are enable to logon as the ias_admin user, and would perform the following tasks:
– Manage all instances of Oracle9iAS across the install host
– Run management tools
– Facilitate future installations
– Access the Oracle Enterprise Manager Home Page
Enter a name and password appropriately.

When you install Oracle9iAS Infrastructure, a database is also installed. This database stores the metadata repository for all the Oracle9iAS products and components associated with the repository. In the Database Character Set screen select Use the default character set and click Next.

A summary of your installation options is presented. Peruse the information and click Install to continue with the installation

The Oracle Universal Installer proceeds with the instllation in a steps.When Oracle Universal Installer requests for the next CD, perform the following:

a. Using a separate window, eject the currently mounted CDROM.
b. Remove the CDROM from the drive, and load the requested CDROM.
c. Return to the Oracle Universal Installer window, Click Browse.
d. Confirm the location of the CDROM and click Continue

The product component files are copied, and then linked. This may take some time. You will be able to see the progress as under. You need not take any action until prompted to run some scripts as a user with root privileges.

After completing the linking, the Oracle Universal Installer prompts you to run the root.sh script as a user with root privileges. Open a separate session to run the root.sh script. Do not disturb this installation session now.

In a separate session, login as a user with root privileges and run the root.sh from your base directory as advised by the Oracle Universal Installer in the previous step. After completing the running, return to the Oracle Universal Installer session.

Return to the Oracle Universal Installer session and click OK on the Setup Privileges window. The Oracle Universal Installer resumes the installtion. Then the Configuration tools are invoked by the Oracle Universal Installer.

During the configuration, Database Configuration Assistant creates and configures the meta data repository database.

Oracle Internet Directory is also configured.

When the Configuration Tools have completed their task, you will see the End of Installation. In the screen hereunder you can see The installation of Oracle9iAS Infrastructure was successful.
Here you will also see the URLs to access the Oracle HTTP Server and the Enterprise Manager.

Start Oracle Enterprise Manager:
Use an X-Term window, and login to the system as the user that installed Oracle9iAS Infrastructure.
and execute emctl start

Access Oracle Enterprise Manager Website:
Point your browser to the URL : http://<yourserver>:1810 to access the Oracle Enterprise Manager Website.
You will be prompted for the username and password. Enter the ias_admin user name and password you entered during the Oracle9iAS Infrastructure Installation.

Oracle Enterprise Manager Website:

Note the port assignments using the URL : http://<yourserver>:7777/portlist

Installing the Oracle9iAS Infrastructure Patches

Following successful installation and configuration of Oracle9iAS Infrastructure you must download and install the Oracle9iAS Infrastructure patches.
You can download the patches from: http://metalink.oracle.com
1. Select the Patches link.
2. Select Oracle9i Application Server in the Product Family field on the patch download form, and
3. Submit the form.

The patch installation instructions are provided with the patch download.