Before You Begin

1. Review the Oracle MICROS Enterprise Back Office Server Sizing Guide for the latest hardware specifications and recommendations.
2. Review the Oracle MICROS Enterprise Back Office Release Notes for the latest operating system, database server, and software requirements.
3. Review the Oracle MICROS Enterprise Back Office Security Guide and, if you are installing Inventory Management, the Oracle MICROS Inventory Management Security Guide for detailed explanations regarding securing your system during and after installation.
4. Review the Oracle MICROS Simphony Security Guide for information regarding securing your system in preparation for the Simphony installation.
5. On both servers:
   1. Make sure the operating system accepts filenames and file paths longer than 260 characters.
   2. Make sure you can ping all network adapters from other machines. Disconnect adapters that you cannot ping.
   3. Synchronize the servers to the same time.
   4. Install the required Java (Java Development Kit or Java Runtime Environment) version in a folder path that does not contain spaces, and then set the JAVA_HOME system environment variable to the correct folder path.

      For example, do not install Java in the default Program Files path.

   5. Free at least 65GB of storage in addition to the server hardware requirements for the installation files and for temporary files created by the installation wizard.
   6. Verify that the 7001, 9704, and 9556 ports are not being used.
   7. Obtain a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificate.
   8. Set up or identify the published site URLs. What are Published Site URLs? contains more information.
   9. Disable tunnel adapters. Disabling Tunnel Adapters contains information and instructions for checking for and disabling the adapter.
6. Set up a static IP address for Server 2 (Oracle Business Intelligence).
7. If you are installing Reporting and Analytics on a different drive letter than the one you used on the OBIEE server, change the drive letter for the following properties in the OBIEE server microsConfig.properties file:

   myInsightRootDir=Drive:/myMicros/myInsight

   reportDefPath=Drive:/myMicros/myInsight/org

   OBIEE.ImageTempPath=Drive:/myMicros/myPortal/imagesTemp

   mySecureDocXDir=Drive:/myMicros/myInsight/secureMyDocX (for docViewer portlet)

8. If you are performing an upgrade instead of a fresh installation, What do I do when Upgrading? contains a summary of upgrade information and instructions.