Create a BI Publisher Cluster

A local cluster consists of two or more identical standalone installations on separate servers. All identifying information, such as the user name, password, and database prefix, must be identical between the two servers.

1. After running the installer, click Next on the Welcome window.
2. In the Install Software Updates window, select Skip Software Updates and click Next.
3. In the Select Installation Type window, select Enterprise Install and click Next.

   

4. In the Prerequisite Checks window, several system prerequisite checks are made, click Next when they are completed.
5. In the Create or Scale Out BI System window, select the Create New BI System option if you are creating this system for the first time and complete the following fields to create the administration server. Click Next when you are finished.

   User Name field	Enter the new user name for the system administrator.
   User Password field	Enter the password.
   Confirm Password field	Reenter the password to confirm it.
   Domain Name field	Enter the domain name of the administrator server. For example: bifoundation_domain.

   If you have already created this server and are building out a cluster, select Scale Out BI System and complete the following fields for the administration server. Click Next when you are finished.

   Note:

   When building out local clusters, make sure SDM has previously been installed on each system.

   Host Name field	Enter the host name of the administrative server.
   Port field	Enter the port of the administrative server. For example: 7001
   User Name field	Enter the user name of the administrative server. For example: weblogic
   Domain Name field	Enter the user password of the administrator server.

   Managed servers are created that mirror the configuration details of the administration server and point to the administration server.
6. In the Specify Installation Location window, browse to the OracleMiddleWare directory you created (/app/OracleMiddleWare) and click Next. Other fields are not used or populated by default. For example:

   

7. In the Configure Components window, check the Business Intelligence Publisher checkbox.
8. In the BIPLATFORM Schema window, complete the following fields and click Next.

   Database Type drop-down list	(Default) Oracle Database
   Connect String field	host:port:instance For example: vm:1521:AcmeBIPublisher
   BIPLATFORM Schema Username field	<prefix>_BIPLATFORM The Oracle Communications BI Publisher Platform Schema Username. The default schema prefix is DEV. For example: DEV_BIPLATFORM
   BIPLATFORM schema password field	The Oracle Communications BI Publisher platform schema password.

9. In the MDS Schema window, complete the following fields and click Next.

   Database Type drop-down list	(Default) Oracle Database
   Connect String field	hostname:port:instance For example: vm:1521:AcmeBIPublisher
   BIPLATFORM Schema Username field	<prefix>_MDS The Oracle Communications BI Publisher MDS Schema Username. The default schema prefix is DEV. For example: DEV_MDS
   MDS schema password field	The Oracle Communications BI Publisher MDS schema password.

10. In the Configure Ports window, select Auto Port Configuration and click Next.
11. In the Specify Security Updates window, enter your email address and click Next.
12. In the Summary window, click Install.
13. In the Configuration Progress window, when the processes are complete, click Next.
14. In the Complete window, click Finish.

See the Troubleshooting section for running scheduled reports when the active server is down.