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
    • 2.1.3.1 Load Balancer Requirements
  • 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 Clock Synchronization
• 2.5 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
• 3.4 About IPs and Virtual IPs
  • 3.4.1 Enabling Virtual IPs for the Managed Servers
• 3.5 About Firewalls and Ports
• 3.6 About LDAP as Credential and Policy Store

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 Environment Variables
• 4.3 About Recommended Locations for the Different Directories
  • 4.3.1 Recommended Directory Locations
  • 4.3.2 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 11g 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 to 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 Patching Oracle Business Intelligence
  • 6.3.4 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 Configuring Virtual Hosts
  • 7.5.1 Editing the httpd.conf File
  • 7.5.2 Restarting Both Oracle HTTP Servers
  • 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 Oracle 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 Enabling ADMINVHN on APPHOST1
    • 8.3.4.2 Create a Machine for the Administration Server
    • 8.3.4.3 Enabling the Administration Server to Listen on the Virtual IP Address
    • 8.3.4.4 Creating a Separate Domain Directory for the bi_server1 Managed Server
    • 8.3.4.5 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 Oracle BI Publisher Scheduler Configuration
  • 8.3.8 Disabling Host Name Verification for the bi_server1 Managed Server
  • 8.3.9 Configuring Oracle BI Composer
  • 8.3.10 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
  • 8.4.2 Configuring Oracle HTTP Server for the bi_servern Managed Servers
  • 8.4.3 Turning On the WebLogic Plug-In Enabled Flag
  • 8.4.4 Registering Oracle HTTP Server with Oracle WebLogic Server
  • 8.4.5 Setting the Frontend URL for the Administration Console
  • 8.4.6 Validating Access Through Oracle HTTP Server
    • 8.4.6.1 Validating the Administration Console and Fusion Middleware Control
    • 8.4.6.2 Validating bi_cluster
• 8.5 Manually Failing Over the Administration Server to APPHOST2
  • 8.5.1 Assumptions and Procedure
  • 8.5.2 Validating Access to APPHOST2 Through Oracle HTTP Server
  • 8.5.3 Failing the Administration Server Back to APPHOST1
• 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 Enterprise Edition Shared Files
    • 9.2.1.1 Setting the Location of the Shared Oracle BI Repository
    • 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 Oracle 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 BI System
  • 9.3.2 Scaling Out the System Components
  • 9.3.3 Configuring Secondary Instances of Singleton System Components
• 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 Real-Time Decisions
    • 9.5.2.1 Configuring Oracle Real-Time Decisions Clustering Properties
    • 9.5.2.2 Adding System Properties to the Server Start Tab
  • 9.5.3 Additional Configuration Tasks for Oracle 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 Oracle BI Publisher
    • 9.5.3.5 Updating the Oracle BI Publisher Scheduler Configuration
  • 9.5.4 Additional Configuration Tasks for Oracle BI for Microsoft Office
    • 9.5.4.1 Configuring Oracle BI for Microsoft Office Properties
    • 9.5.4.2 Validating Oracle BI for Microsoft Office Configuration
• 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 Oracle HTTP Server
  • 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
• 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 Enterprise Edition
    • 12.2.8.2 Enabling SSO/Oracle Access Manager for Oracle BI Publisher
    • 12.2.8.3 Enabling SSO/Oracle Access Manager for Oracle BI for Microsoft Office
    • 12.2.8.4 Enabling SSO/Oracle Access Manager for Oracle BI Search
    • 12.2.8.5 Enabling SSO/Oracle Access Manager for Oracle Real-Time Decisions
      • 12.2.8.5.1 Oracle RTD and Oracle Access Manager Logout Guidelines
      • 12.2.8.5.2 Avoiding Problems with Decision Center Logout Redirection
• 12.3 Oracle Access Manager 11g 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/Oracle Access Manager for Oracle BI Enterprise Edition
    • 12.3.7.2 Enabling SSO/Oracle Access Manager for Oracle BI Publisher
    • 12.3.7.3 Enabling SSO/Oracle Access Manager for Oracle BI for Microsoft Office
    • 12.3.7.4 Enabling SSO/Oracle Access Manager for Oracle BI Search
    • 12.3.7.5 Enabling SSO/Oracle Access Manager for Oracle Real-Time Decisions
      • 12.3.7.5.1 Oracle RTD and Oracle Access Manager Logout Guideline
      • 12.3.7.5.2 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 Performing Backups and Recoveries for Enterprise Deployments
• 13.6 Patching Enterprise Deployments
• 13.7 Preventing Timeouts for SQLNet Connections
• 13.8 Troubleshooting Enterprise Deployments
  • 13.8.1 Page Not Found When Accessing BI Applications Through Load Balancer
  • 13.8.2 Administration Server Fails to Start After a Manual Failover
  • 13.8.3 Error While Activating Changes in Administration Console
  • 13.8.4 bi_server Managed Server Not Failed Over After Server Migration
  • 13.8.5 bi_server Managed Server Not Reachable From Browser After Server Migration
  • 13.8.6 OAM Configuration Tool Does Not Remove URLs
  • 13.8.7 Users Redirected to Login Screen After Activating Changes
  • 13.8.8 Users Redirected to Home Page After Activating Changes
  • 13.8.9 Configured JOC Port Already in Use
  • 13.8.10 Out-of-Memory Issues on Managed Servers
  • 13.8.11 Missing JMS Instances on Oracle BI Publisher Scheduler Diagnostics Page
  • 13.8.12 Oracle BI Publisher Jobs in Inconsistent State After Managed Server Shutdown
  • 13.8.13 JMS Instance Fails In an Oracle BI Publisher Cluster
  • 13.8.14 Configuring MapViewer When the Administrator Belongs to a Custom Group

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