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Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documentation and Other Resources
Conventions
New Features in Oracle Exalytics Release 2.1 (2.0.0.1.0)
Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.7 Operating Systems
New Base Images for Release 2, Upgrade Utility, and Hardening Script
Virtual Deployments
Exalytics Domain Management Utility Supports Oracle Database In-Memory
Application Software Components
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
11.1.1.7.
x
and 11.1.1.9.0
Oracle TimesTen for Exalytics
Oracle Endeca
Oracle BI Applications
Oracle Enterprise Performance (EPM) Applications
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
Upgrading to Oracle Exalytics Release 2.1 on Non-Virtual Deployments
2.1
About
Oracle Exalytics
Release 2.1 on Non-Virtual Deployments
2.2
Guidelines for Upgrading to Oracle Exalytics Release 2.1 on Non-Virtual Deployments
2.3
Upgrading to
Oracle Exalytics
Release 2.1
2.3.1
About
Oracle Exalytics
Release 2.1 on Non-Virtual Deployments
2.3.2
Upgrading to
Oracle Exalytics
Release 2.1 on Non-Virtual Deployments
2.3.2.1
Who Should Upgrade to
Oracle Exalytics
Release 2.1?
2.3.2.2
Upgrading to
Oracle Exalytics
Release 2.1
2.3.2.3
Upgrading or Patching Application Software Components
2.3.3
Post installation Instructions for Upgrading or Patching Oracle Business Intelligence Software
2.3.3.1
Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database
2.3.3.1.1
Configure
Oracle TimesTen
Checkpoint Frequency
2.3.3.1.2
Other Postinstallation Steps
2.3.3.2
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
2.3.3.2.1
Edit the opmn.xml File
2.3.3.2.2
Reinstall Oracle Business Intelligence Client Installer
2.3.4
Deinstallation Instructions for the
Oracle Exalytics
Release 2.1
2.4
Configuring Flash and Replacing a Defective Flash Card on a Non-Virtual
Exalytics Machine
2.4.1
License to Receive Open Source Code
2.4.2
Prerequisites for Configuring Flash
2.4.3
Configuring Flash
2.4.3.1
Configuring Flash on an X2-4 or X3-4
Exalytics Machine
2.4.3.2
Configuring Flash on an X4-4
Exalytics Machine
2.4.3.3
Configuring Flash on an X6-4 and X5-4
Exalytics Machine
2.4.4
Replacing a Defective Flash Card
2.4.4.1
Replacing a Defective Flash Card on an X2-4 or X3-4 Exalytics Machine
2.4.4.2
Replacing a Defective Flash Card on an X4-4, X5-4, or X6-4 Exalytics Machine
2.4.4.2.1
Replacing a Defective Flash Card on a RAID10 Configuration
2.4.4.2.2
Replacing a Defective Flash Card on a RAID05 Configuration
3
Upgrading to Oracle Exalytics Release 2.1 (2.2.0.0.0.ovs-3.3.3) on Virtual Deployments
3.1
About
Oracle Exalytics
Release 2.1 on Virtual Deployments
3.2
Guidelines for Upgrading to
Oracle Exalytics
Release 2.1 on Virtual Deployments
3.3
Who Should Upgrade to Oracle Exalytics Release 2.1 on an
Exalytics Machine
Configured for Virtualization?
3.4
Prerequisites for Upgrading to
Oracle Exalytics
Release 2.1 on an
Exalytics Machine
Configured for Virtualization
3.5
Upgrading Oracle Exalytics for Oracle VM 3.0.3 or Later Version to Oracle VM 3.3.3
3.5.1
Upgrading Oracle VM Manager 3.0.3 or Later version to Oracle VM Manager 3.3.3
3.5.1.1
Upgrading Oracle VM Manager 3.0.3 or later version to Oracle VM Manager 3.2.9
3.5.1.2
Upgrading Oracle VM Manager 3.2.9 to Oracle VM Manager 3.3.3
3.5.2
Upgrading Oracle VM Server 3.0.3 (Base Image 2.0.1.1) or Later Version to Oracle VM Server 3.3.3
3.5.2.1
Upgrading Oracle VM Server 3.0.3 (Base Image 2.0.1.1) or later version to Oracle VM Server 3.2.9
3.5.2.2
Upgrading Oracle VM Server 3.2.9 to Oracle VM Server 3.3.3
3.6
Applying the
Oracle Exalytics
Release 2.1 Upgrade on a Virtualized Environment
3.6.1
Upgrading Exalytics Base Image for Oracle VM to 2.2.0.0.0
3.6.2
Upgrading Oracle VM Guest to 2.2.0.0.0
3.6.3
Creating Oracle VM Guest 2.2.0.0.0
3.7
Configuring Flash on an Exalytics Machine Configured for Virtualization
3.7.1
Configuring Flash on Oracle VM Server on X2-4, X3-4, and X4-4 Machines
3.7.2
Configuring RAID1 for Flash in Oracle Virtual Machine on X2-4, X3-4, and X4-4 Machines
3.7.3
Configuring RAID1 for Flash in Oracle VM Server on X5-4 and X6-4 Machines
3.8
Upgrading and Patching Application Software Components on an Exalytics Machine Configured for Virtualization
3.9
Post installation Instructions for Upgrading or Patching Oracle Business Intelligence Software
3.9.1
Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database
3.9.1.1
Configure
Oracle TimesTen
Checkpoint Frequency
3.9.1.2
Other Post installation Steps
3.9.2
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
3.9.2.1
Edit the opmn.xml File
3.9.2.2
Reinstall Oracle Business Intelligence Client Installer
3.10
Instructions to Uninstall the
Oracle Exalytics
Release 2
4
Installing and Configuring Oracle Exalytics Release 2.1 Non-Virtual Base Images on an Exalytics Machine
4.1
Prerequisites to Installing and Configuring Oracle Exalytics Release 2.1 Base Images (2.0.0.1.el6) on an Oracle
Exalytics Machine
4.2
Reconfiguring Existing RAID Configurations on the
Exalytics Machine
4.2.1
Reconfiguring Existing RAID Configurations on an X2-4
Exalytics Machine
4.2.2
Reconfiguring Existing RAID Configurations on an X3-4
Exalytics Machine
4.2.3
Reconfiguring Existing RAID Configuration on an X4-4
Exalytics Machine
4.2.4
Reconfiguring Existing RAID Configuration on an X5-4
Exalytics Machine
4.2.5
Reconfiguring Existing RAID Configuration on an X6-4
Exalytics Machine
4.3
Installing
Oracle Exalytics
Release 2.1 Base Images (2.0.0.1.el6)
4.4
Configuring Network on the Oracle Exalytics Release 2.1 Base Images (2.0.0.1.el6)
4.5
Postinstallation Steps
4.5.1
Resetting Root Password
4.5.2
Creating a Password on the Operating System
4.5.3
Assigning User Limits to a New User
4.5.4
Granting User Permissions to the /u01 Directory
4.5.5
Disabling Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) on the 2.0.0.1.el6 Base Image
4.5.6
Verifying Configuration of the
Exalytics Machine
4.5.6.1
Checking Disk Configuration
4.5.6.2
Verifying Base Image Version
4.5.6.3
Verifying Software and Hardware Configurations on the
Exalytics Machine
4.6
Installing Software on the
Exalytics Machine
5
Configuring Exalytics Machine for Virtualization
5.1
Configuring New Installations for Virtualization
5.1.1
Before You Virtualize an
Exalytics Machine
5.1.1.1
Documents to Review
5.1.1.2
Prerequisites for Configuring
Exalytics Machine
s for Virtualization
5.1.1.3
Removing Existing Partitions
5.1.1.4
Reconfiguring Existing RAID Configurations on the
Exalytics Machine
5.1.1.4.1
Reconfiguring Existing RAID Configurations on the X2-4
Exalytics Machine
5.1.1.4.2
Reconfiguring Existing RAID Configurations on the
X3-4
Exalytics Machine
5.1.1.4.3
Reconfiguring Existing RAID Configurations on the X4-4
Exalytics Machine
5.1.1.4.4
Reconfiguring Existing RAID Configuration on an X6-4 and X5-4
Exalytics Machine
5.1.1.4.5
Resetting RAID Configuration (Optional)
5.1.2
Configuring an Exalytics Machine for Virtualization
5.1.2.1
Installing and Configuring Oracle VM Server
5.1.2.1.1
Installing Oracle VM Server 3.3.3
5.1.2.1.2
Installing Oracle VM Server 3.3.3 on X6-4 and X5-4 Machines
5.1.2.1.3
Postinstallation Steps
5.1.2.1.4
Upgrading Exalytics Base Image
5.1.2.2
Installing and Configuring Oracle VM Manager
5.1.2.2.1
Installing Oracle VM Manager 3.2.9 on Exalytics X2-4, X3-4, and X4-4 Machines
5.1.2.2.2
Installing Oracle VM Manager 3.3.3 on Exalytics X6-4 and X5-4 Machines
5.1.2.2.3
Discovering Oracle VM Servers
5.1.2.2.4
Creating Virtual Network Interface Controllers
5.1.2.2.5
Creating Server Pools and Adding a Server
5.1.2.2.6
Creating an Exalytics Repository
5.1.2.2.7
Creating VM Network Channel
5.1.2.3
Upgrading to Oracle Exalytics Release 2.1 on a Virtualized Environment
5.1.2.4
Creating Virtual Machines
5.1.2.4.1
Downloading VM Templates
5.1.2.4.2
Importing VM Templates into Oracle VM Manager
5.1.2.4.3
Creating Virtual Machines from VM Templates
5.2
Configuring Existing Installations for Virtualization
5.3
Upgrading Oracle VM Manager and Oracle VM Server to 3.3.3
5.3.1
Upgrading Oracle VM Server 3.0.3 (Base Image 2.0.1.1) or Later Version to Oracle VM Server 3.3.3
5.3.2
Upgrading Oracle VM Manager 3.0.3 or Later Version to Oracle VM Manager 3.3.3
5.4
Upgrading to Oracle Exalytics Release 2.1 on a Virtualized Environment
5.5
Installing and Configuring Application Software on Virtual Machines
5.5.1
Prerequisites to Installing and Configuring Exalytics Software on Virtual Machines
5.5.2
Installing
and Configuring
Exalytics Software on Virtual Machines
5.5.2.1
Creating and Mounting a /u01 Partition
5.5.2.2
Modifying the Oracle User and Granting Permissions
5.5.2.3
Installing Application Software Components
5.6
Maintaining Virtual Machines
5.6.1
Viewing Virtual Machine Information and Events
5.6.2
Configuring and Starting a Virtual Machine
5.6.3
Configuring a Network on a Virtual Machine
5.6.4
Increasing SWAP on a Virtual Machine
5.6.5
Increasing the Size of the Root Partition on a Virtual Machine
6
Installing Software on an
Exalytics Machine
6.1
About the Exalytics Domain Management Utility
6.2
Documents to Review
6.3
Installing Business Intelligence Software on New Deployments
6.3.1
Prerequisites for Installing Software on the
Exalytics Machine
6.3.2
Verifying Configuration of the Exalytics Machine
6.3.2.1
Verifying Exalytics Software and Storage Configurations
6.3.2.2
Verifying Exalytics Image Information
6.3.3
Installing the Software by Using the Exalytics Domain Management Utility
6.3.3.1
Creating a Password on the Operating System
6.3.3.2
Optional: Creating the Inventory for
Oracle TimesTen
6.3.3.3
Optional: Setting Resource Limits for
Oracle TimesTen
6.3.3.4
Assigning User Limits to New Users
6.3.3.5
Downloading the Oracle Installation Files into a Staging Directory Structure
6.3.3.6
Creating an Input Properties File
6.3.3.7
Verifying User Permissions to the /u01 Directory
6.3.3.8
Creating an Exalytics Domain
6.3.3.9
Installing
Oracle TimesTen
for Exalytics
6.3.3.10
Installing Oracle Database In-Memory
6.3.3.11
Verifying the Installation
6.3.4
Postinstallation Tasks for Business Intelligence Software
6.3.4.1
Installing and Deinstalling
Oracle Business Intelligence
Client Tools
6.3.4.2
Creating the boot.properties File
6.3.4.3
Starting and Stopping Components on an
Exalytics Machine
6.3.4.4
Running the Daemon Configuration Scripts for
Oracle TimesTen
6.3.4.5
Configuring Memory Settings on the Server
6.3.4.5.1
Configuring Large Pages at the Kernel Level
6.3.4.5.2
Configuring Large Pages for
Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database
s
6.3.4.5.3
Increasing PermSize on Existing
Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database
s
6.3.4.6
Instantiating the
Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database
6.3.4.7
Configuring the ODBC Connection from
Oracle Business Intelligence
to
Oracle TimesTen
6.3.4.8
Mapping Instances of
Oracle TimesTen
into the Physical Layer of the Oracle BI Repository
6.3.4.9
Installing and Configuring BI Composer for
Oracle BI EE
6.3.4.10
Creating a DSN for IBM DB2 or Microsoft SQL Server
6.3.4.11
Configuring IBM DB2 to Support Multibyte Data
6.3.4.12
Configuring Sample Reports for
Oracle BI Publisher
6.3.4.13
Changing the Default Password for SampleAppLite.rpd
6.3.4.14
Adding the ORACLEHARDWAREACCELERATION TRUE Parameter for Essbase
6.3.4.15
Enabling Bursting Optimization for BI Publisher
6.3.4.16
Disabling HugePages
6.3.5
Managing Exalytics Domains
6.3.5.1
Starting and Stopping an Exalytics Domain
6.3.5.2
Viewing Status of an Exalytics Domain
6.3.5.3
Listing Exalytics Domains
6.3.5.4
Scaling Out an
Oracle Business Intelligence
Domain
6.3.5.5
Removing an Exalytics Domain
6.3.6
Troubleshooting the Installation and Configuration Processes
6.3.6.1
Resolving Issues with the Installation
6.3.6.2
Viewing Log Files
6.3.6.3
Reinstalling Software on the
Exalytics Machine
6.3.6.4
For More Information
6.3.7
Deinstalling Business Intelligence Software on the
Exalytics Machine
6.4
Existing Business Intelligence Installations: Registering a Primary Business Intelligence Software Installation on an Exalytics Domain
6.5
Installing and Configuring Oracle BI Applications on an
Exalytics Machine
6.6
Installing Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Applications
6.7
Installing Oracle Endeca
6.8
Installing Oracle Database In-Memory for Oracle Exalytics
6.8.1
Supported Oracle Database In-Memory Configurations
6.8.2
Supported Oracle Database In-Memory Use Cases
6.8.2.1
Querying Performance Acceleration Using Aggregates
6.8.2.2
Querying Performance Acceleration Using Datamart
6.8.2.3
Querying Performance Acceleration Using Operational Data Store (ODS)
6.8.2.4
Creating Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Repository and Database Schemas
6.8.3
Installing and Configuring Oracle Database In-Memory for Oracle Exalytics
6.8.3.1
Verifying and Setting Minimum kernel Parameters
6.8.3.2
Installing Oracle Database In-Memory
6.8.3.2.1
Installing Oracle Database In-Memory Using the Exalytics Domain Management Utility
6.8.3.2.2
Installing Oracle Database In-Memory Manually
Part II System Management
7
System Management (Configuration, Diagnostics, and Monitoring)
8
Exalytics Capacity on Demand
8.1
Guidelines on Configuring the Number of Active Core Processors on an
Exalytics Machine
8.2
Generating a Key File
8.3
Configuring Active Core Processors on an
Exalytics Machine
9
Hardening an Exalytics Machine
9.1
Running the Exalytics Hardening Script
9.2
Checking STIG Compliance
9.3
List of Vulnerabilities Fixed
9.4
STIG security hardening for OVM guests
10
Deploying
Oracle Exalytics
for High Availability
10.1
Requirements for High Availability
10.2
Diagram of High Availability
10.3
Configuring for High Availability
10.3.1
Step 1: Preparing the First
Exalytics Machine
10.3.2
Step 2: Preparing the Second
Exalytics Machine
10.3.3
Step 3: Scaling Out the Existing BI Domain
10.3.4
Step 4: Installing and Configuring
Oracle TimesTen
10.3.5
Step 5: Configuring Shared Storage for Persistent Stores
10.3.6
Step 6: Configuring the Front-End Load Balancer
10.4
Troubleshooting the Highly Available Deployment
10.4.1
Connection Issues with the
Oracle BI Server
and
Oracle TimesTen
10.4.2
Client Installer Cannot Locate the Driver for
Oracle TimesTen
10.4.3
Oracle BI Server
Does Not Fail Over to the Instance of
Oracle TimesTen
10.4.4
Aggregates Are Not Present in Second Instance
11
Backup and Recovery
12
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 Database
s
A.3.5.3
Increasing PermSize on Existing
Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database
s
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.3.16
Disabling HugePages
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
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