Oracle® Business Activity Monitoring Installation Guide 10g (10.1.3.1.0) Part Number B28988-02 |
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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:
Active Studio is a robust Web-based reporting tool acting as a thin client for power users to create reports. Reports are either real-time reports, with live data streaming and updating on screen, or point-in-time reports. Through Active Studio, power users can also share reports with other users, create alerts, and edit rules-based delivery options.
Active Viewer is the thin user interface for viewing reports. When new information is available, the user receives an e-mail message that contains a link to the information. The user clicks the link and the report is displayed in Active Viewer. Report formats include columnar reports, crosstabs, KPIs, charts, spreadsheets, and more.
Administrator is a thin client for the system administrator responsible for user management and overall server management. Through Administrator, the system administrator configures user security and Oracle Business Activity Monitoring services.
Architect is a thin client for the data designer. Through Architect, the data designer creates and manages data objects stored in the Active Data Cache (ADC) and manages transaction source processing.
Enterprise Link connects Oracle Business Activity Monitoring to information sources such as transactional applications, message queues, and database servers, and sends data to the ADC. When this connection is defined, it remains open to continuously collect real-time transactional data from the enterprise. Enterprise Link Design Studio and Enterprise Link Admin are client interfaces to Enterprise Link.
This section contains the minimum hardware required for demo and production systems. It contains the following topics:
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
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.
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.
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.
This section contains information about the software required on systems prior to installing Oracle Business Activity Monitoring components. It contains the following topics:
Software Requirements for Active Data Cache (ADC) Hardware Platform
Software Requirements for Web Applications Hardware Platform
Software Requirements for Report Cache Service Hardware Platform
Software Requirements for Active Data Cache Database Hardware Platform
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.
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.
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
Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.0, 5.1, or 6.0
For Windows 2000 server, gdiplus.dll might be missing if updates have not been done. If it is missing, this dll can be obtained from the Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6a63ab9c-df12-4d41-933c-be590feaa05a&DisplayLang=en
Note:
The Oracle Business Activity Monitoring server installation must be able to stop and restart the IIS service, or the installation cannot be completed.General software requirements only
The Event Engine machine must have access to an SMTP server (Architect/Message Center settings) if you want to send email alerts.
Enterprise Link. The Data Flow Service does not need to be running.
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.Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Enterprise Edition, Service Pack 4. Microsoft Windows 2003 Server is also supported. Enterprise Link is not supported on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 platforms.
Oracle Database 9.2.0.7.0, 10.1.0.5.0, 10.2.0.2.0 or later versions for the Enterprise Link Repository, including its system requirements. Refer to the Oracle installation documentation for more information.
See Also:
The following Web sites for Oracle Database documentation:http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/oracle9i.html http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/database10g.html http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/database10gr2.html
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE) version 10.2.0.1.0 may be used for non-production purposes. See the Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Web site for more information:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/
Appropriate database client for the Enterprise Link Repository.
TCP/IP or Named Pipes network protocol software. TCP/IP is recommended.
On the Enterprise Link server host, database client libraries to connect to any database used as a source.
MSXML (DOM) 4.0
Oracle Database 9.2.0.7.0, 10.1.0.5.0, 10.2.0.2.0 or later, including its system requirements. Refer to the Oracle installation documentation for more information, including installation procedures.
See Also:
The following Web sites for Oracle Database documentation:http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/oracle9i.html http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/database10g.html http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/database10gr2.html
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE) version 10.2.0.1.0 may be used for non-production purposes. See the Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Web site for more information:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/
This section describes the client system hardware and software requirements. It contains the following topics:
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.