Middleware Administration: Installation of Weblogic

Requirements:

Hard Disk : 3.5 GB approx
RAM : 1 GB
Temporary memory : 2.5 times of total installation (approx)

Types of installers:
Following types of WebLogic server Installers are available

OS-Specific Package Installer:

This type of installer is a standalone version of the installation program that includes the JDKs for the selected platform. The installer may be either an .exe file or a .bin file, depending on the selected platform.

Generic Package Installer:

This type of installer is a .jar file. It does not include the JRockit SDK and Sun JDK. You can use this type of installer to install the product on any supported platform on which Java is already installed.

Upgrade Installer:

Upgrade installers allow you to upgrade an existing WebLogic Server installation to the current patch release. For example, if you have WebLogic Server 10.3.0 installed, you can use an Upgrade installer to upgrade your installation to WebLogic Server 10.3.4. If a patch release is available for your current WebLogic Server installation, you can download an Upgrade installer from My Oracle Support.

Development-only and supplemental Installer:

The development-only installer is a ZIP file that you extract to a Middleware home directory to create a WebLogic Server installation. It contains a WebLogic Server installation that includes all of the artifacts needed for development. You must not use this WebLogic Server installation for production.

A supplemental installer ZIP file is also available to provide additional features, such as server examples, for a development-only installation.

Installation Modes:

You can run the installation program in the following modes:

Graphical Mode:

Graphical-mode installation is an interactive, GUI-based method for installing your software. It can be run on both Windows and UNIX systems.

Console Mode:

Console-mode installation is an interactive, text-based method for installing your software from the command line, on either a UNIX system or a Windows system.

Silent Mode:

Silent-mode installation is a non-interactive method of installing your software. You use an XML properties file to specify the installation options. You can run silent-mode installation from either a script or from the command line. Silent-mode installation allows you to define the installation configuration only once, and then use that configuration to duplicate the installation on many machines.

Graphical Mode Installation:

In order to run the installation program in graphical mode, the console attached to the machine on which you are installing the software must support a Java-based GUI. All consoles for Windows systems support Java-based GUIs, but not all consoles for UNIX systems do. If you attempt to start the installation program in graphical mode on a system that cannot support graphical display, the installation program automatically starts in console mode.

Windows:
To start the installation program in graphical mode on a Windows platform, follow these steps.

1.Log in to the Windows system.

2.Go to the directory that contains the installation program.

3.Double-click the installation file.
For example, the name of the installation program for the WebLogic Server Package installer for Windows 32-bit is wls1034_win32.exe.
The installation program begins to install the software.

Welcome Screen