Installing Non-Primary Reporting and Analytics Application Servers

This chapter describes the prerequisites, instructions, and verification steps for installing a non-primary Reporting and Analytics application server:

Parent topic: Enterprise Back Office on a Server Cluster

Installing Reporting and Analytics

  1. Extract the following from the installation file archive in the same file structure to the Reporting and Analytics application server. Do not extract the files to a folder structure that contains spaces.

    /Weblogic/

    Install_version.exe

  2. Double-click Install_version.exe to launch the installation wizard.
  3. On the Choose Install Folder page, enter the installation path or click Choose to select the installation path.
  4. On the Before We Begin page, select Yes or No for the questions shown to help the installation wizard understand your installation environment. The selections do not affect whether or not the wizard installs the selected modules, but the selections allow you to enter database connection information for the selected modules.
    1. For Would you like to install or upgrade a database with this installation for either myMicros or iCare?, select No.
    2. For Will different features connect to the myMicros Database using different database IP Addresses, select Yes if you expect to use more than one IP/SID to connect to the Enterprise Back Office database. For example, select Yes in an Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) environment that does not use a virtual IP and when features such as Remote Transfer Agent connect to a different node. If you select No, you can still modify the connection strings, but you cannot view individual database information screens by feature.
  5. On the Use existing Portal configuration page, make your selection based on your installation:
    1. If you want to install with a clean set of configurations, select No to install and configure a new installation set.
    2. If you are performing an upgrade and want to keep old settings, select Yes to use existing configurations. You can then select whether to configure the feature set on the Additional Features page.
    3. If you are adding a new Reporting and Analytics server, you must select No.
  6. On the Choose Install Set page, select Portal.
  7. On the Check if Cluster Environment page, select Yes.
  8. On the Check if Primary Node page, select No.
  9. On the WebLogic Info page, configure the application server settings:

    Table 5-8 Oracle WebLogic Application Server Information

    Field Description

    WebLogic User Name and WebLogic Password

    Create the login credentials for an administrator account on the WebLogic application server. The password must be eight to 20 characters, must not contain special characters, and must include at least one number.

    Local JVM Path

    Verify the folder path to the local Java Development Kit installation. This install path must not contain spaces.

    WebLogic Admin Server Host Name and WebLogic Admin Server Port

    Enter the hostname and port of the primary Oracle Business Intelligence server, typically 7001.

    App Server Host Name

    Enter the hostname of the primary Reporting and Analytics WebLogic application server.

    Node Manager port

    Enter the port used by the Node Manager, typically 9556.
  10. On the Published URL - Portal page, enter the published site URL for the primary Reporting and Analytics server. The URL is case sensitive and must match the entry for the primary Reporting and Analytics server. What are Published Site URLs? contains more information.
  11. On the App Server name page, enter the name of the primary Reporting and Analytics application server.
  12. On the Certificate Configuration - Portal page, fill out the form to install the signed certificate:
    1. Enter the Keystore Password, the Private Key Password, and the Alias that was used when generating the Certificate Signing Request.
    2. Click Choose and select the certificate file, and then click Next.

      Make sure the filepath includes the following components: folder_path/file_name.extension

    3. Verify the certificate information, and then click Next.
  13. On the Review page, select your preferred review type:

    • Normal: Review the install folder, features, and disk space requirements.

    • Advanced: Review and edit individual variables in the installation files, then review the install folder, features, and disk space requirements.

  14. Review the Pre-Installation Summary, and then click Install.

Parent topic: Installing Non-Primary Reporting and Analytics Application Servers

Verifying the Non-Primary Reporting and Analytics Application Server Installation

  1. Check the installation wizard logs for error, exception, and fail:

    • root\temp\MM_Log.log

    • root\temp\MMInstaller.log

    • root\myMicros\Uninstall_myMicros\Logs\myMicros_Install_datetime.log

  2. Perform the following checks in the Oracle WebLogic console:
    1. In a web browser, navigate to Primary OBI server hostname:7001/console and log in using the WebLogic administrator account credentials created during the installation.
    2. Click Environment from the menu, and then click Servers. Verify that you see Hostname_appserver1 as Running.

      The status may be set to Starting if you check the WebLogic console immediately after completing installation. Verify that the status changes to Running.

  3. Verify the following Microsoft Windows services are running:

    • beasvc_bifoundation_domain_hostname_appServ1

    • Oracle WebLogic NodeManager(path to Oracle Middleware wlserver installation)

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Parent topic: Installing Non-Primary Reporting and Analytics Application Servers