6.5 Installing and Configuring Oracle BI Applications on an Exalytics Machine

After performing a Software Only install of Oracle Business Intelligence, you can install Oracle BI Applications.

For the latest Oracle BI Applications certifications on Exalytics, see the Oracle Exalytics Certification Matrix at the following location:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/ias/downloads/fusion-certification-100350.html

To install and configure Oracle BI Applications on an Exalytics Machine:

1. Install Oracle Business Intelligence. See Installing the Software by Using the Exalytics Domain Management Utility.

   Note:

   When creating an Exalytics domain, you must choose to install and configure Oracle Essbase suite. See Step 3 (f) in Creating an Exalytics Domain.

2. Review the hardware requirements for installing Oracle BI Applications. See "Section 3.1 Hardware Requirements" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications.

3. Install Oracle Data Integrator (ODI). See "Section 3.2 Installing Prerequisites for Oracle BI Applications" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications.

   Note:

   You must install ODI into the same inventory directory that you installed Oracle BI EE. To do this, run the ODI installer with the following command:

   ./runInstaller –jreLoc <jdk location> -invPtrLoc u01/app/oracle/product/exalytics/provision/execute/<domain name>/oraInst.loc

   The other prerequisites, Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3.6, JDK or JRockit, and Oracle BI EE are installed and configured by the Exalytics Domain Management Utility when the utility creates an Exalytics domain.

4. Install and configure BI Applications. See "Section 3.3 Installing and Configuring Oracle BI Applications" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications.

   Note:

   You must install Oracle BI Applications into the same inventory directory that you installed Oracle BI EE. To do this, run the BI Applications installer with the following command:

   ./runInstaller –jreLoc <jdk location> -invPtrLoc u01/app/oracle/product/exalytics/provision/execute/<domain name>/oraInst.loc

   One of the tasks you perform when installing and configuring BI Applications, is to apply platform patches. Follow the instructions in "Section 3.3.4 Applying Platform Patches" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications, but after downloading and extracting the zip files into a single directory, for example PATCH_HOME/patches, perform the following additional steps:

   1. Remove the WebLogic folder and its contents to a location outside the PATCH_HOME/patches directory.

      The PATCH_HOME/patches directory should only contain the biappsshiphome, odi, and oracle_common folders.

   2. Before applying the platform patches as described in "Section 3.3.4 Applying Platform Patches" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications, stop all services by using the Exalytics Domain Management Utility. See Starting and Stopping an Exalytics Domain.

   3. After applying the patches, restart all services by using the Exalytics Domain Management Utility. See Starting and Stopping an Exalytics Domain.

   Note:

   You do not need to perform step "3.3.5 Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications because the Oracle Business Intelligence domain is created by the Exalytics Domain Management Utility.

5. Perform post-installation tasks for installing Oracle BI Applications. See "Section 3.4 Performing Post-Installation System Set Up Tasks" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications.

For more information, see "Chapter 3 Installing and Setting Up Oracle BI Applications" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications.