Configuring OLAP Services Agent

What is OLAP Services Agent?

OLAP Services Agent is the back end for the Instance Manager graphical user interface. It actually performs the tasks, such as starting and stopping an OLAP service or changing its configuration settings. It also returns information from the operating system, such as the success or failure of a startup attempt.

Startup parameters for OLAP Services Agent

You can define a system variable named OES_EA_STARTUP and provide settings that alter the information that OLAP Services Agent provides to Instance Manager. OLAP Services Agent runs on the same computer as OLAP Services, so be sure to define OES_EA_STARTUP on that computer. These settings affect the information provided to all instances of Instance Manager, regardless of where they are running or in what mode.

For information about defining and setting system variables, refer to the documentation for your operating system.

Setting	Description
-LogOutput=level	Controls the amount of information provided in the logs to the following levels: PROD. Production DBG. Debugging VDBG. Verbose debugging

How to change the port number

OLAP Services Agent uses 7051 as its default port number. You can change this port assignment when another process is using this port.

To specify a different port number, edit olap and search for the following line:

$OH/bin/xsdaemon $@

Add the -e portno parameter so the line looks like the following example, in which 6666 is the new port number:

$OLAP_HOME/bin/xsdaemon -e6666 $@