Configuration in a distributed environment notes:
Configure Foundation Services first. Foundation Services must be installed and configured for other products to configure successfully. To configure Foundation Services, select the Foundation tasks on the Task Selection page of EPM System Configurator: “Configure Common Settings,” “Configure Database,” “Configure Oracle Configuration Manager,” and “Deploy to Application Server.” Then, for each machine in the deployment, configure all EPM System products at one time for the products installed on the machine.
Configure the Web server last. (Select the Foundation Services “Configure Web Server” task.) Then, restart the Web server and EPM Workspace.
Tip: | If you are configuring one product at a time and want to validate each product as you go, configure the Web server after you configure each product. Then, restart the Web server and EPM Workspace. |
Complete the configuration on each machine and close EPM System Configurator before launching EPM System Configurator on another machine.
When you configure in a distributed environment, you must configure the Shared Services database on every machine. On the first machine, you are setting up the Shared Services Registry. For configurations on subsequent machines, choose “Connect to a previously configured Shared Services database.” In this case, you are letting the machine know the location of the Shared Services Registry.
When you configure in a distributed environment, provide a new, unique instance name as you configure each server. For example, if you are using the default instance name epmsystem1 on the first server, and you keep the same naming convention on subsequent servers, you would create new, unique instance names on each subsequent server, such as epmsystem2, epmsystem3, and so on.
Create a new EPM Oracle instance on each machine.
Oracle HTTP Server is installed with Foundation Services. It is also installed on the Essbase Server machine. In a distributed environment, configure only one instance of Oracle HTTP Server. However, if you are using more than one Web server in a deployment for load balancing and failover, configure the Web server on every machine on which you want to run the Web server.
If you have already configured the Web server, and you configure any additional products, you must run EPM System Configurator again and select the Foundation Services “Configure Web Server” task. Then, restart the Web server and EPM Workspace.
Deploy all EPM System products to a single domain. The only exception to this requirement is documented in Deploying Financial Reporting and Web Analysis on Windows for use with Financial Management.
If you want to cluster Web applications for load balancing, see Clustering Web Applications.
For information on configuring Reporting and Analysis in a distributed environment, see “Chapter 6, Reporting and Analysis Services Clustering.” in the Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System High Availability and Disaster Recovery Guide.
After you have completed configuration, perform the postconfiguration tasks required for your product. See Performing Postconfiguration Tasks.
See the following sections for information about EPM System clustering you can perform during configuration with EPM System Configurator. For other types of clustering, see the Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System High Availability and Disaster Recovery Guide. See the Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System Installation Start Here for sample deployment diagrams to help plan your deployment.