Rehosting Foundation Services

To rehost the Foundation Services Web application on a new machine, you use EPM System Configurator to create a cluster, update the Web Server, then update the logical Web application for Foundation Services to point to the Web Server, relying on the Oracle HTTP Server clustering.

This procedure assumes that you have already installed and configured Foundation Services on Node 1. During configuration with EPM System Configurator, you have already created a new Shared Services database, created a new WebLogic domain, and configured the Web server.

  To rehost the Foundation Services Web application on Node 2:

  1. Start the WebLogic Administration Server on Node 1.

  2. Install and configure Foundation Services on Node 2. During configuration with EPM System Configurator:

    • Create a new EPM_ORACLE_INSTANCE.

    • During database configuration for Shared Services, select Connect to a previously configured Shared Services database, and specify the Shared Services database that you configured for Node 1.

    • Deploy to the same WebLogic domain.

    • Configure the Web Server.

  3. Reconfigure the Web server again on Node 1 using EPM System Configurator.

  4. Stop WebLogic Admininstration Server on Node 1.

  5. Start Weblogic Node Manager on both Node 1 and Node 2. For example, run startNodeManager.cmd in MIDDLEWARE_HOME/wlserver_10.3/server/bin.

  6. Start WebLogic Admininstration Server on Node 1.

  7. From the WebLogic Admininstration Server Console, start the Shared Services managed server on Node 1 and Node 2. 

    Note:

    Oracle recommends that you start and stop Shared Services on Node 2 using the WebLogic Administration Server Console to avoid Shared Services startup failures on Node 2.

  8. Start the Web Server on Node 1 only.

  9. Access Shared Services using the following URL: http://Node1:19000/interop/index.jsp.

  10. To test that high availability is working, stop Shared Services on Node 1 and launch Shared Services again using the following URL: http://Node1:19000/interop/index.jsp.

    WebLogic redirects and launches Shared Services from Node 2.