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Contents
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
1
Enterprise Deployment Overview
1.1
About the Enterprise Deployment Guide
1.2
Enterprise Deployment Terminology
1.3
Benefits of Oracle Recommendations
1.3.1
Built-in Security
1.3.2
High Availability
2
Introduction to the Enterprise Deployment Reference Topology
2.1
Overview of Enterprise Deployment Reference Topologies
2.1.1
Reference Topologies Documented in the Guide
2.1.2
About Oracle Identity Management Integration
2.1.3
About the Web Tier Nodes
2.1.4
About the Application Tier
2.1.5
About the Data Tier
2.1.6
About the Unicast Requirement for Communication
2.2
Hardware Requirements for an Enterprise Deployment on Linux
2.3
Identifying the Software Components to Install
2.4
About LDAP as Credential and Policy Store
2.5
Clock Synchronization
2.6
Road Map for the Reference Topology Installation and Configuration
3
Preparing the Network for an Enterprise Deployment
3.1
Overview of Preparing the Network for an Enterprise Deployment
3.2
About Virtual Server Names Used by the Topology
3.2.1
bi.mycompany.com
3.2.2
admin.mycompany.com
3.2.3
biinternal.mycompany.com
3.3
Configuring the Load Balancer
3.3.1
Load Balancer Requirements
3.3.2
Load Balancer Configuration Procedure
3.4
About IPs and Virtual IPs
3.4.1
Enabling ADMINVHN on APPHOST1
3.4.2
Enabling Virtual IPs for the Managed Servers
3.5
About Firewalls and Ports
4
Preparing the File System for an Enterprise Deployment
4.1
Overview of Preparing the File System for Enterprise Deployment
4.2
Terminology for Directories and Directory Variables
4.3
About Recommended Locations for the Different Directories
4.3.1
Shared Storage Recommendations for Binary (Oracle Home) Directories
4.3.1.1
About the Binary (Oracle Home) Directories
4.3.1.2
About Sharing a Single Oracle Home for Multiple Domains
4.3.1.3
About Using Redundant Binary (Oracle Home) Directories
4.3.2
Shared Storage Recommendations for Domain Configuration Files
4.3.2.1
About Oracle WebLogic Server Administration and Managed Server Domain Configuration Files
4.3.2.2
Shared Storage Requirements for Administration and Managed Server Domain Configuration Files
4.3.3
Shared Storage Recommendations for JMS File Stores and JTA Transaction Logs
4.3.4
Recommended Directory Locations
4.3.5
Directory Structure and Configurations
4.4
Configuring Shared Storage
4.4.1
Ensuring That Shared Network Files Are Accessible in Windows Environments
5
Preparing the Database for an Enterprise Deployment
5.1
Overview of Preparing the Database for an Enterprise Deployment
5.2
About Database Requirements
5.2.1
Database Host Requirements
5.2.2
Supported Database Versions
5.2.3
Recommended Database Character Set
5.3
Creating Database Services for 10.x and 11.1.x Databases
5.3.1
Creating Database Services for 10.x and 11
g
Release 1 Databases
5.3.2
Creating Database Services for 11.2.x Databases
5.4
Loading the Oracle Business Intelligence Schemas in the Oracle RAC Database
5.5
Backing Up the Database
6
Installing the Software for an Enterprise Deployment
6.1
Overview of the Software Installation Process
6.2
Installing Oracle HTTP Server
6.2.1
Prerequisites for Installing Oracle HTTP Server
6.2.2
Installing Oracle HTTP Server on WEBHOST1 and WEBHOST2
6.2.3
Backing Up the Oracle HTTP Server Installation
6.3
Installing Oracle Fusion Middleware
6.3.1
Installing Oracle WebLogic Server and Creating the Middleware Home
6.3.2
Installing Oracle Business Intelligence
6.3.3
Backing Up the Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation
7
Configuring the Web Tier for an Enterprise Deployment
7.1
Overview of Configuring the Web Tier
7.2
Running the Configuration Wizard to Configure Oracle HTTP Server
7.3
Validating the Configuration
7.4
Configuring the Load Balancer to Route HTTP Requests
7.5
Defining Virtual Hosts
7.5.1
Defining the IP Address and Port in the httpd.conf File
7.5.2
Creating .conf Files to Define <VirtualHost> Directives
7.5.3
Validating the Configuration
8
Creating a Domain with the Administration Server and First Managed Server
8.1
Overview of Creating a Domain
8.2
Creating a Domain and the bi_server1 Managed Server on APPHOST1
8.3
Post-Configuration and Verification Tasks
8.3.1
Configuring JMS for BI Publisher
8.3.2
Creating boot.properties for the Administration Server on APPHOST1
8.3.3
Starting the Administration Server on APPHOST1
8.3.4
Enabling Administration Server High Availability
8.3.4.1
Create a Machine for the Administration Server
8.3.4.2
Enabling the Administration Server to Listen on the Virtual IP Address
8.3.4.3
Creating a Separate Domain Directory for the bi_server1 Managed Server
8.3.4.4
Enabling Fusion Middleware Control Failover
8.3.5
Validating the Administration Server
8.3.6
Setting the Listen Address for bi_server1 Managed Server
8.3.7
Updating the BI Publisher Scheduler Configuration
8.3.8
Disabling Host Name Verification for the bi_server1 Managed Server
8.3.9
Validating Oracle Business Intelligence on APPHOST1
8.4
Configuring Oracle HTTP Server for the WebLogic Domain
8.4.1
Configuring Oracle HTTP Server for the Administration Server and the bi_server
n
Managed Servers
8.4.2
Turning On the WebLogic Plug-In Enabled Flag
8.4.3
Registering Oracle HTTP Server with Oracle WebLogic Server
8.4.4
Setting the Frontend URL for the Administration Console
8.4.5
Validating Access Through Oracle HTTP Server
8.4.5.1
Validating the Administration Console and Fusion Middleware Control
8.4.5.2
Validating Access Through the Load Balancer
8.5
Verifying Manual Failover of the Administration Server
8.6
Backing Up the Installation
9
Scaling Out the Oracle Business Intelligence System
9.1
Overview of Scaling Out the Oracle Business Intelligence System
9.2
Setting Up Shared File Locations
9.2.1
Setting Up Oracle BI EE Shared Files
9.2.1.1
Specifying the RPD Publishing Directory
9.2.1.2
Setting the Location of the Shared Oracle BI Presentation Catalog
9.2.1.3
Setting the Location of the Global Cache
9.2.2
Setting the Location of the Shared BI Publisher Configuration Folder
9.3
Scaling Out the Oracle Business Intelligence System on APPHOST2
9.3.1
Using the Configuration Assistant to Scale Out the Oracle BI System
9.3.2
Scaling Out the System Components
9.3.3
Configuring Secondary Instances of Singleton System Components
9.3.4
Using Oracle Essbase Studio Server in a Highly Availability Environment
9.4
Configuring the bi_server2 Managed Server
9.4.1
Setting the Listen Address for the bi_server2 Managed Server
9.4.2
Disabling Host Name Verification for the bi_server2 Managed Server
9.5
Performing Additional Configuration for Oracle Business Intelligence Availability
9.5.1
Additional Configuration Tasks for Oracle BI Scheduler
9.5.2
Additional Configuration Tasks for Oracle RTD
9.5.2.1
Configuring Oracle RTD Clustering Properties
9.5.2.2
Adding System Properties to the Server Start Tab
9.5.3
Additional Configuration Tasks for BI Publisher
9.5.3.1
Setting Scheduler Configuration Options
9.5.3.2
Configuring Integration with Oracle BI Presentation Services
9.5.3.3
Setting the Oracle BI EE Data Source
9.5.3.4
Configuring JMS for BI Publisher
9.5.3.5
Updating the BI Publisher Scheduler Configuration
9.5.4
Additional Configuration Tasks for Oracle BI Composer
9.6
Other Post-Configuration and Verification Tasks
9.6.1
Configuring a Default Persistence Store for Transaction Recovery
9.6.2
Starting and Validating Oracle Business Intelligence on APPHOST2
9.6.2.1
Starting the bi_server2 Managed Server
9.6.2.2
Starting the Oracle Business Intelligence System Components
9.6.2.3
Validating Oracle Business Intelligence URLs
9.6.2.4
Validating Access Through the Load Balancer
9.6.2.5
Validating Essbase Clustering
9.6.3
Configuring Node Manager for the Managed Servers
9.6.4
Configuring Server Migration for the Managed Servers
9.7
Backing Up the Installation
10
Setting Up Node Manager for an Enterprise Deployment
10.1
About Setting Up Node Manager
10.2
Changing the Location of the Node Manager Log File
10.3
Enabling Host Name Verification Certificates for Node Manager
10.3.1
Generating Self-Signed Certificates Using the utils.CertGen Utility
10.3.2
Creating an Identity Keystore Using the utils.ImportPrivateKey Utility
10.3.3
Creating a Trust Keystore Using the Keytool Utility
10.3.4
Configuring Node Manager to Use the Custom Keystores
10.3.5
Configuring Managed Servers to Use the Custom Keystores
10.3.6
Changing the Host Name Verification Setting for the Managed Servers
10.4
Starting Node Manager
11
Configuring Server Migration for an Enterprise Deployment
11.1
Overview of Server Migration for an Enterprise Deployment
11.2
Setting Up a User and Tablespace for the Server Migration Leasing Table
11.3
Creating a Multi-Data Source Using the Administration Console
11.4
Enabling Host Name Verification Certificates
11.5
Editing the Node Manager Properties File
11.6
Setting Environment and Superuser Privileges for the wlsifconfig.sh Script
11.7
Configuring Server Migration Targets
11.8
Testing the Server Migration
12
Integrating an Enterprise Deployment with Oracle Identity Management
12.1
Configuring the Credential and Policy Store
12.1.1
Overview of Credential and Policy Store Configuration
12.1.2
Configuring the Credential Store
12.1.2.1
Creating Users and Groups
12.1.2.2
Backing Up Configuration Files
12.1.2.3
Configuring the Identity Store to Use LDAP
12.1.2.4
Setting the Order of Providers
12.1.2.5
Moving the WebLogic Administrator to LDAP
12.1.2.5.1
Updating the boot.properties File and Restarting the System
12.1.3
Configuring the Policy Store
12.1.4
Reassociating Credentials and Policies
12.1.5
Refreshing User GUIDs After Identity Store Reassociation
12.1.5.1
About User GUIDs
12.1.5.2
About Refreshing GUIDs
12.1.5.3
Refreshing User GUIDs
12.2
Oracle Access Manager 10g Integration
12.2.1
About Oracle Access Manager Integration
12.2.2
Using the Oracle Access Manager Configuration Tool
12.2.2.1
About the Oracle Access Manager Configuration Tool
12.2.2.2
Collecting Information for the Oracle Access Manager Configuration Tool
12.2.2.3
Running the Oracle Access Manager Configuration Tool
12.2.2.4
Verifying Successful Creation of the Policy Domain and AccessGate
12.2.3
Updating the Host Identifier
12.2.4
Updating the WebGate Profile
12.2.5
Installing and Configuring WebGate
12.2.6
Configuring IP Validation for WebGate
12.2.7
Setting Up WebLogic Authenticators
12.2.7.1
Setting Up the Oracle Access Manager ID Asserter
12.2.7.2
Setting the Order of Providers
12.2.8
Configuring Applications
12.2.8.1
Enabling SSO/Oracle Access Manager for Oracle BI EE
12.2.8.2
Enabling SSO and Oracle Access Manager for BI Publisher
12.2.8.3
Enabling SSO/Oracle Access Manager for Oracle BI Search
12.2.8.4
Enabling SSO/Oracle Access Manager for Oracle RTD
12.2.8.4.1
Oracle RTD and Oracle Access Manager Logout Guidelines
12.2.8.4.2
Avoiding Problems with Decision Center Logout Redirection
12.3
Oracle Access Manager 11
g
Integration
12.3.1
Overview of Oracle Access Manager Integration
12.3.2
Prerequisites for Oracle Access Manager
12.3.3
Install WebGate
12.3.3.1
Installing GCC Libraries
12.3.3.2
Installing WebGate
12.3.3.3
Post-Installation Steps
12.3.4
Register the WebGate Agent
12.3.4.1
The RREG Tool
12.3.4.2
Updating the OAM11gRequest File
12.3.4.3
Running the oamreg Tool
12.3.4.4
Copying Access Files to WEBHOSTs
12.3.5
Configuring IP Validation for WebGate
12.3.6
Setting Up the WebLogic Authenticators
12.3.6.1
Back Up Configuration Files
12.3.6.2
Setting Up the OAM ID Asserter
12.3.6.3
Setting the Order of Providers
12.3.7
Configuring Applications
12.3.7.1
Enabling SSO and Oracle Access Manager for Oracle BI EE
12.3.7.2
Enabling SSO and Oracle Access Manager for BI Publisher
12.3.7.3
Enabling SSO and Oracle Access Manager for Oracle BI Search
12.3.7.4
Enabling SSO and Oracle Access Manager for Oracle RTD
12.3.7.4.1
Oracle RTD and Oracle Access Manager Logout Guideline
12.3.7.4.2
Avoiding Problems with Decision Center Logout Redirection
12.4
Backing Up the Identity Management Configuration
13
Managing Enterprise Deployments
13.1
About Managing Enterprise Deployments
13.2
Starting and Stopping Oracle Business Intelligence
13.2.1
Starting and Stopping Oracle Business Intelligence Managed Servers
13.2.2
Starting and Stopping Oracle Business Intelligence System Components
13.3
Monitoring Enterprise Deployments
13.4
Scaling Enterprise Deployments
13.4.1
Scaling Up the Oracle Business Intelligence Topology
13.4.2
Scaling Out the Oracle Business Intelligence Topology
13.4.2.1
Scale-out Procedure for Oracle Business Intelligence
13.5
Manually Failing Over the Administration Server to APPHOST2
13.5.1
Assumptions and Procedure
13.5.2
Validating Access to APPHOST2 Through Oracle HTTP Server
13.5.3
Failing the Administration Server Back to APPHOST1
13.6
Performing Backups and Recoveries for Enterprise Deployments
13.7
Patching Enterprise Deployments
13.8
Preventing Timeouts for SQLNet Connections
13.9
Troubleshooting Enterprise Deployments
13.9.1
Page Not Found When Accessing BI Applications Through Load Balancer
13.9.2
Administration Server Fails to Start After a Manual Failover
13.9.3
Error While Activating Changes in Administration Console
13.9.4
bi_server Managed Server Not Failed Over After Server Migration
13.9.5
bi_server Managed Server Not Reachable From Browser After Server Migration
13.9.6
OAM Configuration Tool Does Not Remove URLs
13.9.7
Users Redirected to Login Screen After Activating Changes
13.9.8
Users Redirected to Home Page After Activating Changes
13.9.9
Configured JOC Port Already in Use
13.9.10
Out-of-Memory Issues on Managed Servers
13.9.11
Missing JMS Instances on BI Publisher Scheduler Diagnostics Page
13.9.12
BI Publisher Jobs in Inconsistent State After Managed Server Shutdown
13.9.13
JMS Instance Fails In a BI Publisher Scheduler Cluster
13.9.14
Configuring MapViewer when the Administrator Belongs to a Custom Group
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