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Installation Overview
2-2 Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management Database Administrator’s Guide
Installation Overview
Note: Refer to the Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management Installation Guide for the
hardware and software versions required for the installation on Unix or
Windows. This installation is for Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management
V2.0.1 and the upgrade of Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management V2.0.0 to
V2.0.1.
The following type of installation is available for Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management:
• Initial Install - a database with no demo data.
• Upgrade Install - a database upgrade.
• Demo Install - a database populated with demo data.
The database installation requires a supported version of the Java Development Kit to be installed
on the Windows desktop where the install package is staged and run from. Refer to the Supported
Platform section of the Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management Installation Guide for the required
version of Java.
For an Initial Install or Demo Install you will create an empty database on the Unix or Windows
server and then populate the database with data. For a database Upgrade Install you will upgrade
your current Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management database.
Review the Storage.xml file prior to an Initial Install or Upgrade Install. Information in this file is
used by CDXDBI while installing and upgrading the Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management
database objects.
For optimum storage allocation, database administrators should create multiple tablespaces with
extents sized to store different types of tables/indexes. They can then edit this file before each
upgrade and install process, to spread tables and indexes across these tablespaces. Tables and
indexes can be created in parallel by editing degree of parallelism.
Tablespace, storage options, securefile options, Advanced Compression, and parallel information
are used only for new objects. Therefore, for initial installs, information for each object should be
reviewed.For upgrades, only tablespace information for objects added in the current release needs
to be reviewed. Be careful while editing this file. Make sure that tablespace names being used exist
in the database. Do not change the basic format of this file.
Note: Prior to the installation of the database schema for the product, please
ensure that the Database Management System software is installed according to
your site standards and the installation guide provided by the database vendor.