BIC2g December 2010
Installation Instructions
This document is a walkthrough for the individual who intends to install the BIC2g software on a
Microsoft Windows-based laptop or desktop with VMware Workstation and assumes that you have
administrator access.
Please visit http://bic2g.oracle.com and familiarize yourself with what the site has to offer before
beginning. There you will find step-by-step instructions for giving demonstrations, up-to-date technical
information and additional instructions for setup and use of the BIC2g image.
If you require technical support, please check our FAQ at http://www.vlamis.com/bic2g/faq.html then
send an e-mail to bic2gsupport@vlamis.com.
Prerequisites:
Licensing
You must accept the licensing agreements as referenced on the Microsoft OEM packaging and in the
installation routines. You must also accept the licensing terms for the VMware product you are using.
You are also requested to place the Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity with the Windows Server
Product Key onto the physical machine that will be hosting the image once you receive it in the mail.
Hardware Requirements
Recommended System
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Quad-Core Intel i5 or i7 processor
8GB RAM
100GB of unfragmented free space on an internal 3.0 SATA Drive
Minimum Requirements
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Modern multi-core CPU that is 64-bit VM compatible
4 GB RAM
100 GB of unfragmented free disk space
Any VMware-supported version of Windows or Linux. Please note that the host OS can be either
32-bit or 64-bit.
Our Recommendations
We recommend a minimum of a 2 GHz multi-core processor, with a preference towards the i5 and i7
lines of Intel. It is possible to run BIC2g 4GB of RAM, but it is not recommended for performance
reasons. You will need about 80GB of uncompressed space on a local disk or an external USB
2.0/FireWire drive for the BIC2g image. It is recommended that you defragment the drive(s) before
beginning the installation process.
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Install VMware
Visit http://www.vmware.com/ and follow the website's instructions to register and download VMware
Workstation, VMware Server, or VMware Player. We recommend using VMware Workstation and have
used that as the basis for the rest of these instructions.
Download the BIC2g Image
You will have received a list of files to download in your e-mail from us.
BIC2g_dec2010.MD5
BIC2g_dec2010.part001.exe
BIC2g_dec2010.part002.rar
BIC2g_dec2010.part003.rar
BIC2g_dec2010.part003.rar (and so on)
Download all of these files into a single folder on the target computer. Use an MD5 checksum utility to
verify that all of the files have been downloaded successfully. FileVerifier++ from
http://www.programmingunlimited.net is an open-source utility that can perform this check. Redownload any files where the checksum does not match those found in the BIC2g_dec2010.MD5 file.
Extract the BIC2g Image
This next step will extract the BIC2g "image" files that VMware will use to provide the Windows Server
2008 environment with the preconfigured Oracle software. You will need about 90GB of disk space
free.
1.
Run the file
'BIC2g_dec2010.part01.exe'
Click 'Accept'
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2.
Click the 'Browse…' button and
select the drive and path where you
wish to install the image
The folder 'C:\Virtual Machines\' is
the default Virtual Machine image
folder for VMware Server. We will
be using 'C:\Virtual
Machines\BIC2g\' in our example
Click 'Install'
3.
The installer will begin extracting the
image. This may take several
minutes, and will extract several files,
some, very large.
Once this is completed, the BIC2g
image is ready to open with VMware
and configured for its first boot.
Configure VMware with BIC2g
Now that VMware is installed and you have extracted the BIC2g image, you now have to configure the
VMware environment to work with the BIC2g image. Although the image can be used in VMware
Player,
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1.
Open VMware Workstation
Click the "Open Existing VM or
Team" icon or select "File > Open…"
from the menu.
2.
Navigate to 'C:\virtual
machines\BIC2g\' or the folder you
selected during installation. Select the
file "BIC2g_Dec2010.vmx" and click
"Open".
3.
Note that the image is pre-configured
to use 6GB of RAM and 2 processors.
You may need to adjust this to suit
your environment.
4.
If you need to make changes, click
the "Edit virtual machine settings'
link.
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5.
The Virtual Machine Settings screen
will allow you to make changes to the
hardware settings of the Virtual
Machine.
Select the "Memory" device. If you
have less than 8GB of RAM, enter a
number that is between 500MB and
1GB less than the amount of RAM
physically installed in the host
machine. It is not recommended that
you set the amount of RAM to less
than 3072MB in any case.
6.
If you must change the number of
available processors, click the
"Processors" device. Increase or
decrease the number of processors
and cores as necessary.
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7.
Click the "Network Adapter" device.
Select 'Host only: A private network
shared with the host' if you are
intending to run without an external
network or without a DHCP server.
For example, a demonstration at a
client's or prospect's site and having
limited or no network access.
Select 'Bridged: Connected directly to
the physical network' if you are
intending to run on a local network
AND wish to allow other computers
to access the BIC2g server. For
example, you intend to run BIC2g on
one PC and will use another PC to
run client software.
Run BIC2g
1. Click either the green arrow icon
at the top of the screen or the
"Power On" link under
"Commands" at the left.
2. You may be asked if the virtual
machine was moved or copied.
Select "I _copied it" and click OK.
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3. Windows will boot. You will
come to this screen. Click on the
screen and press
CTRL+ALT+INSERT to bring
up the login screen.
4. Click the 'demouser' user icon and
enter 'demouser' as the password.
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5. The First time you start up the
image you will be asked to enter a
Product Key and to activate the
Windows Software.
Enter the Product Key that was
provided to you and click 'Next'.
You will be prompted to activate
your copy of Windows. It is
recommended that you activate
now.
6. Activated.
7. Reboot the VM. The "This copy
of Windows is not genuine" is not
accurate and will go away once
the VM has been rebooted.
8. Once the image reboots, login as
'demouser' again. The 'Process
Control' icon on the desktop will
allow you to start the Oracle
services.
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The BIC2g image is up and running and ready for use. Please read the document 'readme.doc' for
additional technical information and known bugs and other issues.
For more detailed information about running the Oracle Software and how to access the various
demonstrations and software, visit http://bic2g.oracle.com.
Installation of 3rd Party Software
There is certain 3rd party software that cannot be provided with this image and must be installed by the
user. Instructions to install these are included in the document 'third_party_software_installs.doc'. In
order for some of the features of the demos to work properly this software must be installed prior to
running the demos.
Shutting Down
Please make sure you shut down the BIC2g image properly when done. Generally shutting down
Windows will shut down the services properly. Don't just kill the VMWare Workstation application, or
shut down the host machine as this may damage the image.
Troubleshooting
If you run into problems running the BIC2g image, troubleshooting and technical information can be
found at http://www.vlamis.com/bic2g and on the Oracle BIC2g support Site at http://bic2g.oracle.com
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