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Overview of Installing and Configuring Oracle BI Applications on UNIX

Before you begin the installation and configuration process on UNIX, you should review the following:

• Preinstallation and Predeployment Considerations for Oracle BI Applications
• Installing and Configuring Oracle BI Applications on Windows

When you install Oracle BI Applications in a UNIX environment, note the following:

• Some of the components that make up Oracle BI Applications can only be installed on Windows. For example, the Informatica client tools, and the DAC client tool. For more information, see Figure 4.
• Although you can install Informatica server components and DAC server components on UNIX machines, Oracle does not provide a separate Oracle BI Applications installer for UNIX. Therefore, to install these component in a UNIX environment, you must first install Oracle BI Applications and the Oracle BI infrastructure onto a Windows machine, then manually copy over the installation directories to a UNIX machine. For more information, see Installation and Configuration Process Task List for UNIX.
• If your source or target database is Microsoft SQL Server, you will need to use DataDirect ODBC driver for Microsoft SQL Server supplied by Informatica. This can be downloaded directly from Informatica Web site or you can contact Oracle Support for further assistance.

Figure 4 shows a typical deployment of Oracle BI Applications in a UNIX installation. Note that the Informatica client tools and the DAC client are installed on Windows only. You will complete some of the configuration tasks in the Windows environment. Table 32 lists each task in the installation and configuration process and tells you in which environment to complete the task.