Installing Sterling Order Management System Software with Supply Collaboration optional component

This process presents a suggested order for installing Sterling Order Management System Software with the Supply Collaboration optional component. You may want to bookmark this page so that you can return to it for reference.

  1. Planning
    Planning includes understanding the installation and deployment process, evaluating system requirements, and anticipating security and performance needs.
    Planning

  2. Obtaining software and installing prerequisites
    Obtain Sterling™ Order Management System Software software. Then set up the application server tier and the database tier.
    Obtaining software and installing prerequisites

  3. Sterling Order Management System Software
    You must install Sterling Order Management System Software software first, followed by the optional component for Supply Collaboration. During this process, you decide which language packs to install, whether to create database tables, and whether to load factory setups.
    Before you can build the EAR file and deploy it on the server, database tables must exist and must be populated with data.
    • If you are running an upgrade or have existing database tables that can be used, do not select the options to create tables and to load Sterling Order Management System Software factory setups.
    • If you are running a new installation, choose the options to create database tables and to load Sterling Order Management System Software factory setups. Alternatively, the DBA at your organization can create database tables and load Sterling Order Management System Softwarefactory setups manually, as long as this process is completed before proceeding to Step 4.
      Creating database tables manually
      Manually loading Sterling Order Management System Software database factory setups


    Installing Sterling Order Management System Software Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition

    Installing Sterling Order Management System Software optional components

  4. Post-installation Phases 1 and 2
    • Choice A. If you installed factory setups and you are distributing your solution in English, skip this step.
    • Choice B. If you installed factory setups in and you are distributing your solution in different languages, you must load the Sterling Order Management System Software language pack.
      Loading the Sterling Order Management System Software Language Pack

  5. Post-installation Phases 3 and 4
    Be sure to complete post-installation tasks in order, configuring installation utilities before run-time utilities.
    Using the installation utilities
    Configuring the run-time utilities

  6. Post-installation 5: Building and deploying
    You build and deploy an EAR file on your application server. This process deploys Sterling Order Management System Software with Supply Collaboration optional component on your server.
    Building and deploying the EAR on the server