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Oracle® Business Activity Monitoring Installation Guide
10g (10.1.3.1.0)

Part Number B28988-02
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1 Overview and Requirements

This chapter includes the following topics:

1.1 Overview

This document accompanies Oracle Business Activity Monitoring and includes a summary of product components, features, system requirements, and installation instructions.

Oracle Business Activity Monitoring includes the following user interfaces:

1.2 Hardware System Requirements

This section contains the minimum hardware required for demo and production systems. It contains the following topics:

1.2.1 Minimum Demo System Hardware Requirements

The hardware requirements listed here are for a demo system meant for training or demonstrating features to potential customers. It will support only a handful of users and a small number of transactions.

  • 1 CPU at 2 GHz

  • 1 GB RAM

  • 2 GB of available disk space for Oracle Business Activity Monitoring

1.2.2 Minimum Production System Hardware Requirements

The hardware requirements listed here are meant for a typical small production deployment. Your requirements may differ. For more information on scaling to a larger system, including moving components to separate machines, see the Oracle Business Activity Monitoring Sizing whitepaper on OTN.

1.2.2.1 Single Machine Topology Hardware Requirements

Use the hardware requirements listed here if you plan to host the Oracle database and the Oracle Business Activity Monitoring components on a single machine.

  • 4 CPUs at 3 GHz

  • 16 GB RAM

  • 2 GB of available disk space for Oracle Business Activity Monitoring. See the Oracle database documentation for Oracle database disk space and other requirements.

1.2.2.2 Two Machine Topology Hardware Requirements

Use the hardware requirements listed here if you already have an Oracle database installation on a separate machine, or you plan to install the Oracle database and Oracle Business Activity Monitoring components on separate machines.

1.2.2.2.1 Oracle Business Activity Monitoring Machine
  • 2 CPUs at 3 GHz

  • 8 GB RAM

  • 2 GB of available disk space for Oracle Business Activity Monitoring

1.2.2.2.2 Oracle Database Machine
  • 2 CPUs at 3 GHz

  • 8 GB RAM

See the Oracle database documentation for Oracle database disk space and other requirements.

1.3 Software System Requirements

This section contains information about the software required on systems prior to installing Oracle Business Activity Monitoring components. It contains the following topics:

The required applications must be installed before running the Oracle Business Activity Monitoring installation.

You can choose to separate the components of Oracle Business Activity Monitoring across several machines or you can combine components. After installation, the component locations are identified in configuration files for each component.

1.3.1 General Software Requirements

All machines on which Oracle Business Activity Monitoring components are installed require the following software:

  • Microsoft Windows Server Intel x86 versions supported:

    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (with SP4 or higher)

    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server (with SP4 or higher)

    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server (with SP4 or higher)

    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition

    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition

    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition

    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition

    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition

    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Datacenter Edition

    Notes:

    Enterprise Link is not supported on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 platforms.

    If you are installing on a Microsoft Windows 2000 or 2003 platform running Terminal Services, Terminal Services must be in Administration Mode, not Application Server Mode. See the article, HOW TO: Install Terminal Services in Remote Administration Mode in Windows 2000:

    http://support.microsoft.com/?id=306624
    

    How to enable and to configure Remote Desktop for Administration in Windows Server 2003:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814590
    
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1, Service Pack 1 is required on all servers except for the Oracle Database Server. This component will be installed on your system automatically if it is not already present. See "Installation Prerequisites" for more information.

1.3.2 Software Requirements for Active Data Cache (ADC) Hardware Platform

  • Oracle Data Access Client (ODAC), version 10.2 for Windows. This component can be installed on your system during the Oracle Business Activity Monitoring installation process. See "Installation Prerequisites" for more information.

  • Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.6 or greater is required when using external data sources. To download this component, visit the following URL:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/mdac/downloads/default.aspx 
    

1.3.3 Software Requirements for Web Applications Hardware Platform

Note:

The Oracle Business Activity Monitoring server installation must be able to stop and restart the IIS service, or the installation cannot be completed.

1.3.4 Software Requirements for Report Cache Service Hardware Platform

  • General software requirements only

1.3.5 Software Requirements for Event Engine Hardware Platform

  • The Event Engine machine must have access to an SMTP server (Architect/Message Center settings) if you want to send email alerts.

1.3.6 Software Requirements for Plan Monitor Hardware Platform

  • Enterprise Link. The Data Flow Service does not need to be running.

1.3.7 Software Requirements for Enterprise Link Hardware Platform

Note:

Although you can run Enterprise Link and the Plan Monitor Service on different machines, Enterprise Link must be installed on any host on which a Plan Monitor is running. However, the Enterprise Link Data Flow Service does not need to be running on this machine.

1.3.8 Software Requirements for Active Data Cache Database Hardware Platform

1.4 Client System Requirements

This section describes the client system hardware and software requirements. It contains the following topics:

1.4.1 Standard Client System Requirements

For desktop or laptop computers:

  • 1 CPU at 1.2 GHz or faster (a faster processor on the client side is required to view complex dashboards)

  • 512 MB RAM minimum

  • 5 MB of disk space

  • Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 1 or higher, or Microsoft Windows 2000, Service Pack 4

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Service Pack 1 or higher

  • Active Studio requires 1024 x 768 minimum resolution

  • Active Viewer requires 800 x 600 or higher resolution

Notes:

  • If you are using Windows XP with Service Pack 2, you must allow pop-ups when using the Oracle Business Activity Monitoring Web applications. You must turn off popup blockers in Internet Explorer for the URL on which the Web applications are hosted.

  • The Internet Explorer installation on client systems must be a standard version and must not include customizations such as add-in tool bars or hot bars for other Web sites.

1.4.2 Additional Requirements for Optional Views

The following requirements are for optional views that can be used in Active Viewer.

1.4.2.1 Excel View Type

The Excel view type requires Microsoft Office Excel, XP, or 2003 version to be installed on the client computer.