1. Installation and Configuration Guide
  2. Installing EPM System Products in a New Deployment
  3. Installing EPM System Products in a Distributed Environment

Installing EPM System Products in a Distributed Environment

You typically install Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System products in a distributed environment. The number of computers you need depends on several factors, including:

  • The size of the applications

  • The number of users

  • The frequency of concurrent use by multiple users

  • Any requirements your organization has for high availability

  • Your organization's security requirements

See EPM System Architecture for sample architecture diagrams to help plan your deployment.

EPM System Installer simplifies the task of installing components in a distributed computing environment. You can install, configure, and validate any components you want on any computer. Once you have installed, configured, and validated the components on that machine, you can repeat the process on another machine.

Note the following information about installing and configuring in a distributed environment.

Installation considerations in a distributed environment:

  • In a distributed environment, EPM Oracle home must be the same on each machine. For example, if the path for EPM Oracle home is /Oracle/Middleware on the first machine you configure, it must be /Oracle/Middleware on all the machines in the deployment.

  • Oracle Hyperion Foundation Services is required on only one machine in the deployment, unless multiple Java web application instances are required for clustering, or if you are using Oracle Hyperion Financial Close Management, if Oracle SOA Suite is on a machine separate from EPM System products, you must also install Foundation Services on the SOA machine.

  • Optionally, Oracle HTTP Server is installed with Foundation Services.

  • On the machine on which you plan to administer the Oracle WebLogic Server, you must install all Java web applications for all applications you plan to deploy on any machine in the environment. (The WebLogic Administration Server is installed and deployed on the Foundation Services machine.)

  • On each remote machine in a distributed environment, install the Java web applications you plan to run on that machine and then use EPM System Configurator to deploy the Java web applications automatically, or manually deploy the Java web applications.

    Note that EPM System Installer installs WebLogic Server on each machine (for web tier and Service tier components) in a distributed environment.

  • If you are installing in multiple environments (for example, Development, Test, and Production), install Foundation Services products in each environment.