Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documentation and Other Resources
• Conventions

New Features in Oracle Exalytics Release 1 Patchset 5 (1.0.0.5)

• New Base Image 1.0.0.7, Upgrade Utility, and Security Updates
• Virtual Deployments
• Oracle Database In-Memory
• Exalytics Capacity on Demand Utility
• Application Software Components

Part I Installation

1 Installation Overview

• 1.1 Existing Installations
• 1.2 New Installations
• 1.3 Installable Components
  • 1.3.1 System Components
  • 1.3.2 Application Software Components
• 1.4 Oracle Exalytics Architecture
• 1.5 System Requirements and Certification

2 Applying Oracle Exalytics Release 1 Patchset 5 (1.0.0.5)

• 2.1 About Oracle Exalytics Patchsets
• 2.2 Applying the Oracle Exalytics Release 1 Patchset 5 (1.0.0.5)
  • 2.2.1 About the Oracle Exalytics Release 1 Patchset 5
  • 2.2.2 Applying the Oracle Exalytics Release 1 Patchset 5
    • 2.2.2.1 Applying Oracle Exalytics Release 1 Patchset 5 (1.0.0.5) on a Non-Virtual Exalytics Machine
    • 2.2.2.2 Applying Oracle Exalytics Release 1 Patchset 5 (1.0.0.5) on an Exalytics Machine Configured for Virtualization
  • 2.2.3 Postinstallation Instructions for Upgrading or Patching Oracle Business Intelligence Software
    • 2.2.3.1 Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database
    • 2.2.3.2 Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
  • 2.2.4 Deinstallation Instructions for the Oracle Exalytics Release 1 Patchset 5
• 2.3 Configuring Flash and Replacing a Defective Flash Card on a Non-Virtual Exalytics Machine
  • 2.3.1 License to Receive Open Source Code
  • 2.3.2 Prerequisites for Configuring Flash
  • 2.3.3 Configuring Flash
    • 2.3.3.1 Configuring Flash on an X2-4 and X3-4 Exalytics Machine
    • 2.3.3.2 Configuring Flash on an X4-4 Exalytics Machine
  • 2.3.4 Replacing a Defective Flash Card

3 Configuring Exalytics Machine for Virtualization

• 3.1 Configuring New Installations for Virtualization
  • 3.1.1 Before You Virtualize an Exalytics Machine
    • 3.1.1.1 Documents to Review
    • 3.1.1.2 Prerequisites for Configuring Exalytics Machines for Virtualization
    • 3.1.1.3 Removing Existing Partitions
    • 3.1.1.4 Reconfiguring Existing RAID Configurations on the Exalytics Machine
  • 3.1.2 Configuring an Exalytics Machine for Virtualization
    • 3.1.2.1 Installing and Configuring Oracle VM Server 3.2.8
    • 3.1.2.2 Installing and Configuring Oracle VM Manager 3.2.8
    • 3.1.2.3 Applying Oracle Exalytics Release 1 Patchset 5 on a Virtualized Environment
    • 3.1.2.4 Creating Virtual Machines
• 3.2 Configuring Existing Installations for Virtualization
• 3.3 Upgrading Oracle VM Manager and Oracle VM Server to 3.2.8
  • 3.3.1 Upgrading Oracle VM Server 3.0.3 (Base Image 2.0.1.1) or Later Version to Oracle VM Server 3.2.8
  • 3.3.2 Upgrading Oracle VM Manager 3.0.3 or Later Version to Oracle VM Manager 3.2.8
• 3.4 Applying Oracle Exalytics Release 1 Patchset 5 on a Virtualized Environment
• 3.5 Installing and Configuring Application Software on Virtual Machines
  • 3.5.1 Prerequisites to Installing and Configuring Exalytics Software on Virtual Machines
  • 3.5.2 Installing and Configuring Exalytics Software on Virtual Machines
    • 3.5.2.1 Creating and Mounting a /u01 Partition
    • 3.5.2.2 Modifying the Oracle User and Granting Permissions
    • 3.5.2.3 Installing Application Software Components
• 3.6 Maintaining Virtual Machines
  • 3.6.1 Viewing Virtual Machine Information and Events
  • 3.6.2 Configuring and Starting a Virtual Machine
  • 3.6.3 Configuring a Network on a Virtual Machine
  • 3.6.4 Increasing SWAP on a Virtual Machine
  • 3.6.5 Increasing the Size of the Root Partition on a Virtual Machine

4 Installing Software on an Exalytics Machine

• 4.1 About the Exalytics Domain Management Utility
• 4.2 Documents to Review
• 4.3 Installing Business Intelligence Software on New Deployments
  • 4.3.1 Prerequisites for Installing Software on the Exalytics Machine
  • 4.3.2 Verifying Configuration of the Exalytics Machine
    • 4.3.2.1 Verifying Exalytics Software and Storage Configurations
    • 4.3.2.2 Verifying Exalytics Image Information
  • 4.3.3 Installing the Software by Using the Exalytics Domain Management Utility
    • 4.3.3.1 Creating a Password on the Operating System
    • 4.3.3.2 Optional: Creating the Inventory for Oracle TimesTen
    • 4.3.3.3 Optional: Setting Resource Limits for Oracle TimesTen
    • 4.3.3.4 Downloading the Oracle Installation Files into a Staging Directory Structure
    • 4.3.3.5 Creating an Input Properties File
    • 4.3.3.6 Verifying User Permissions to the /u01 Directory
    • 4.3.3.7 Creating an Exalytics Domain
    • 4.3.3.8 Installing Oracle TimesTen for Exalytics
    • 4.3.3.9 Verifying the Installation
  • 4.3.4 Postinstallation Tasks for Business Intelligence Software
    • 4.3.4.1 Installing and Deinstalling Oracle Business Intelligence Client Tools
    • 4.3.4.2 Creating the boot.properties File
    • 4.3.4.3 Starting and Stopping Components on an Exalytics Machine
    • 4.3.4.4 Running the Daemon Configuration Scripts for Oracle TimesTen
    • 4.3.4.5 Configuring Memory Settings on the Server
    • 4.3.4.6 Instantiating the Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database
    • 4.3.4.7 Configuring the ODBC Connection from Oracle Business Intelligence to Oracle TimesTen
    • 4.3.4.8 Mapping Instances of Oracle TimesTen into the Physical Layer of the Oracle BI Repository
    • 4.3.4.9 Installing and Configuring BI Composer for Oracle BI EE
    • 4.3.4.10 Creating a DSN for IBM DB2 or Microsoft SQL Server
    • 4.3.4.11 Configuring IBM DB2 to Support Multibyte Data
    • 4.3.4.12 Configuring Sample Reports for Oracle BI Publisher
    • 4.3.4.13 Changing the Default Password for SampleAppLite.rpd
    • 4.3.4.14 Adding the ORACLEHARDWAREACCELERATION TRUE Parameter for Essbase
    • 4.3.4.15 Enabling Bursting Optimization for BI Publisher
  • 4.3.5 Managing Exalytics Domains
    • 4.3.5.1 Starting and Stopping an Exalytics Domain
    • 4.3.5.2 Viewing Status of an Exalytics Domain
    • 4.3.5.3 Listing Exalytics Domains
    • 4.3.5.4 Scaling Out an Oracle Business Intelligence Domain
    • 4.3.5.5 Removing an Exalytics Domain
  • 4.3.6 Troubleshooting the Installation and Configuration Processes
    • 4.3.6.1 Resolving Issues with the Installation
    • 4.3.6.2 Viewing Log Files
    • 4.3.6.3 Reinstalling Software on the Exalytics Machine
    • 4.3.6.4 For More Information
  • 4.3.7 Deinstalling Business Intelligence Software on the Exalytics Machine
• 4.4 Existing Business Intelligence Installations: Registering a Primary Business Intelligence Software Installation on an Exalytics Domain
• 4.5 Installing and Configuring Oracle BI Applications 11.1.1.8.1 on an Exalytics Machine
• 4.6 Installing Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Applications
• 4.7 Installing Oracle Endeca
• 4.8 Installing Oracle Database In-Memory for Oracle Exalytics
  • 4.8.1 Supported Oracle Database In-Memory Configurations
  • 4.8.2 Supported Oracle Database In-Memory Use Cases
    • 4.8.2.1 Query Performance Acceleration Using Aggregates
    • 4.8.2.2 Query Performance Acceleration Using Datamart
    • 4.8.2.3 Query Performance Acceleration Using Operational Data Store (ODS)
  • 4.8.3 Installing and Configuring Oracle Database In-Memory for Oracle Exalytics
    • 4.8.3.1 Verifying and Setting Minimum kernel Parameters
    • 4.8.3.2 Installing Oracle Database In-Memory
    • 4.8.3.3 Postinstallation Tasks

Part II System Management

5 System Management (Configuration, Diagnostics, and Monitoring)

6 Exalytics Capacity on Demand

• 6.1 Guidelines on Configuring the Number of Active Core Processors on an Exalytics Machine
• 6.2 Generating a Key File
• 6.3 Configuring Active Core Processors on an Exalytics Machine

7 Deploying Oracle Exalytics for High Availability

• 7.1 Requirements for High Availability
• 7.2 Diagram of High Availability
• 7.3 Configuring for High Availability
  • 7.3.1 Step 1: Preparing the First Exalytics Machine
  • 7.3.2 Step 2: Preparing the Second Exalytics Machine
  • 7.3.3 Step 3: Scaling Out the Existing BI Domain
  • 7.3.4 Step 4: Installing and Configuring Oracle TimesTen
  • 7.3.5 Step 5: Configuring Shared Storage for Persistent Stores
  • 7.3.6 Step 6: Configuring the Front-End Load Balancer
• 7.4 Troubleshooting the Highly Available Deployment
  • 7.4.1 Connection Issues with the Oracle BI Server and Oracle TimesTen
  • 7.4.2 Client Installer Cannot Locate the Driver for Oracle TimesTen
  • 7.4.3 Oracle BI Server Does Not Fail Over to the Instance of Oracle TimesTen
  • 7.4.4 Aggregates Are Not Present in Second Instance

8 Backup and Recovery

9 Disaster Recovery

A Manual Procedures for Installing and Configuring Software on an Exalytics Machine

• A.1 Documents to Review
• A.2 Installing Software on Exalytics Machine
  • A.2.1 Prerequisites for Installing Software on the Exalytics Machine
  • A.2.2 Verifying Configuration of the Exalytics Machine
    • A.2.2.1 Verifying Exalytics Software and Storage Configurations
    • A.2.2.2 Verifying Exalytics Image Information
  • A.2.3 Installing the Software
    • A.2.3.1 Creating the User, Group, and Password on the Operating System
    • A.2.3.2 Creating the Inventory for Oracle TimesTen
    • A.2.3.3 Setting Resource Limits for Oracle TimesTen
    • A.2.3.4 Creating and Mounting a /u01 Partition
    • A.2.3.5 Downloading Oracle Files into the Directory Structure
    • A.2.3.6 Staging the Middleware Home
    • A.2.3.7 Creating the Database Schemas
    • A.2.3.8 Installing Oracle WebLogic Server
    • A.2.3.9 Performing a Software Only Install
    • A.2.3.10 Creating a New Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Instance
    • A.2.3.11 Editing the Properties File
    • A.2.3.12 Verifying the Checklist
    • A.2.3.13 Running the Installation Script
    • A.2.3.14 Verifying the Installation
  • A.2.4 Troubleshooting the Installation and Configuration Processes
    • A.2.4.1 Resolving Issues with the Installation
    • A.2.4.2 Viewing Log Files
    • A.2.4.3 Reinstalling Software on the Exalytics Machine
    • A.2.4.4 Manually Setting the HardwareAcceleration MBean Attribute
    • A.2.4.5 Configuring Exalytics Operating System to Change Capacity On Demand
    • A.2.4.6 For More Information
• A.3 Postinstallation Instructions
  • A.3.1 Installing and Deinstalling Oracle Business Intelligence Client Tools
  • A.3.2 Creating the boot.properties File
  • A.3.3 Starting and Stopping Components on an Exalytics Machine
  • A.3.4 Running the Daemon Configuration Scripts for Oracle TimesTen
  • A.3.5 Configuring Memory Settings on the Server
    • A.3.5.1 Configuring Large Pages at the Kernel Level
    • A.3.5.2 Configuring Large Pages for Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Databases
    • A.3.5.3 Increasing PermSize on Existing Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Databases
  • A.3.6 Instantiating the Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database
  • A.3.7 Configuring the ODBC Connection from Oracle Business Intelligence to Oracle TimesTen
  • A.3.8 Mapping Instances of Oracle TimesTen into the Physical Layer of the Oracle BI Repository
  • A.3.9 Installing and Configuring BI Composer for Oracle BI EE
  • A.3.10 Creating a DSN for IBM DB2 or Microsoft SQL Server
  • A.3.11 Configuring IBM DB2 to Support Multibyte Data
  • A.3.12 Configuring Sample Reports for Oracle BI Publisher
  • A.3.13 Changing the Default Password for SampleAppLite.rpd
  • A.3.14 Adding the ORACLEHARDWAREACCELERATION TRUE Parameter for Essbase
  • A.3.15 Enabling Bursting Optimization for BI Publisher
• A.4 Deinstalling Software on the Exalytics Machine
• A.5 Deploying Oracle Exalytics for High Availability
  • A.5.1 Requirements for High Availability
  • A.5.2 Diagram of High Availability
  • A.5.3 Configuring for High Availability
    • A.5.3.1 Step 1: Preparing the First Exalytics Machine
    • A.5.3.2 Step 2: Preparing the Second Exalytics Machine
    • A.5.3.3 Step 3: Installing Oracle WebLogic Server
    • A.5.3.4 Step 4: Installing Oracle Business Intelligence
    • A.5.3.5 Step 5: Scaling Out the Existing BI Domain
    • A.5.3.6 Step 6: Scaling Out System Components to the Second Exalytics Machine
    • A.5.3.7 Step 7: Installing and Configuring Oracle TimesTen
    • A.5.3.8 Step 8: Configuring Shared Storage for Persistent Stores
    • A.5.3.9 Step 9: Configuring the Front-End Load Balancer
  • A.5.4 Troubleshooting the Highly Available Deployment
    • A.5.4.1 Connection Issues with the Oracle BI Server and Oracle TimesTen
    • A.5.4.2 Client Installer Cannot Locate the Driver for Oracle TimesTen
    • A.5.4.3 Oracle BI Server Does Not Fail Over to the Instance of Oracle TimesTen
    • A.5.4.4 Aggregates Are Not Present in Second Instance

B Reinstalling and Configuring the Oracle Exalytics Patchset 5 Base Image (1.0.0.7) on an Exalytics Machine

• B.1 Prerequisites to Reinstalling and Configuring the Oracle Exalytics Patchset 5 Base Image (1.0.0.7) on an Oracle Exalytics Machine
• B.2 Reconfiguring Existing RAID Configurations on the Exalytics Machine
  • B.2.1 Reconfiguring Existing RAID Configurations on an X2-4 Exalytics Machine
  • B.2.2 Reconfiguring Existing RAID Configurations on an X3-4 Exalytics Machine
  • B.2.3 Reconfiguring Existing RAID Configuration on an X4-4 Exalytics Machine
• B.3 Reinstalling Oracle Exalytics Patchset 5 Base Image (1.0.0.7)
• B.4 Configuring Network on the Oracle Exalytics Patchset 5 Base Image (1.0.0.7)
• B.5 Postinstallation Steps
  • B.5.1 Resetting Root Password
  • B.5.2 Creating a Password on the Operating System
  • B.5.3 Granting User Permissions to the /u01 Directory
  • B.5.4 Verifying Configuration of the Exalytics Machine
    • B.5.4.1 Checking Disk Configuration
    • B.5.4.2 Verifying Base Image Version
    • B.5.4.3 Verifying Software and Hardware Configurations on the Exalytics Machine
• B.6 Installing Software on the Exalytics Machine

Index