ODI 12C Installation Step by Step

Oracle Data Integrator 12c is finally available. Now the hard part begins - learning how to
use it. Some things to consider as you go through the installation of ODI 12c are:

1. Will your ODI 11g objects work in ODI 12c?

2. Should you upgrade your existing ODI 11g environment or install a brand new
environment?
3. What is the best way to learn about the new features of ODI 12c?
4. And you probably have a hundred other questions that need to be answered.
In this tutorial, my goal is to install ODI Studio 12c on my laptop and configure the
repositories in an Oracle Database. 
Step 1: Download ODI 12c
Download the installation media for ODI 12c from Oracle.

Step 2: Unzip the Installation Media

Unzip the installation media into a directory. My old school way of naming directories is to
avoid spaces in the directory name. I also use as short of a path to the installation media as
possible.
Step 3: Design a Topology
ODI 12c consists of several components - ODI Studio, WebLogic (Agent,
Console), Standalone Agent. In a production environment, these components
will be installed on different computers. For my tutorial, I plan to install ODI
Studio on the same computer as the Oracle Database. If time allows then I will
also install a standalone agent on the same computer.
Step 4: Install Java SDK 7 
You need to install the JDK before you can install ODI 12c. Why? The ODI 12c is a jar file
that requires the SDK to run. Install Java SDK 7 on each computer where you will need to
install an ODI component. This example will install everything on a single computer. 
Step 5: Configure a Database
A database serves two purposes. The first purpose is to hold the ODI repositories that ODI
uses to store metadata (aka configuration information and source code). The second is to
hold data used for data integration flows (source and target).
There are two types of repositories that ODI uses - a master repository and a work
repository. The space requirement for a master repository is 200 MB. The space
requirement for a work repository is 400 MB. Make sure that you have enough hard disk
space to hold the repositories you need. Consider one master repository, a development
work repository, a test work repository, a hot fix work repository and a production work
repository. This configuration supports a basic SDLC workflow.
You should be safe with Oracle Database 11g or Oracle Database 12c. For any other database
you will need to check the Fusion Middleware 12c certification matrix to see if it is
compatible with Fusion Middleware 12c.
Once your database is ready, make note of the credentials for the sys user or any sysdba
account. You will need to have access to the sys schema when you create the ODI
repositories.

1. Set the database character set to AL32UTF8

2. SHARED_POOL_SIZE >= 144 MB
3. SGA_MAX_SIZE >= 144 MB
4. DB_BLOCK_SIZE = 8 KB
5. SESSION_CACHED_CURSORS >= 100
6. PROCESSES >= 500
7. OPEN_CURSORS >= 800
8. DB_FILES >= 600
9. Database JVM is enabled
Check database parameter settings by executing the following query as SYS:

SELECT *
FROM v$parameter2 p
WHERE p.name IN (
'shared_pool_size',
'sga_max_size',
'db_block_size',
'session_cached_cursors',
'processes',
'open_cursors',
'db_files'
)
;

Check the database features that have been installed by executing the following query as
SYS:

select * from all_registry_banners;

Look for the following entry:

JServer JAVA Virtual Machine Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Development

Step 6: Configure ODI Repositories
ODI repositories reside in the database that you configured in the previous step. There are
two methods of creating repositories - using the Oracle Repository Creation Utility (RCU) or
using ODI Studio. Both methods have the same result.

I use ODI Studio to create/populate the repositories after the installation of ODI 12c is
complete.
Step 7: Install ODI 12c
Open a command prompt (on Windows 7) and launch the ODI 12c installer.
C:\Downloads\oracle\odi12c\install_images\ofm_odi_generic_12.1.2.0.
0_disk1_1of1>"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0\bin\java" -jar
odi_121200.jar

Screenshots of the installation process are as follows...