2.1 Prerequisites

Ensure that you configure the environment as per Oracle recommendations in readiness for the migration.

Make sure that you have met the following requirements before proceeding to the migration procedure:
  • You have an 11g certified GA release 11.1.1.7 or later installed.
  • You have installed and configured the 12c software as per the instructions in Installing and Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence Installation Guide.
  • You have file system permission on both the 11g and 12c systems.
  • You have configured the WebLogic authentication chain to enable the 11g users to sign in to the 12c domain. For more information, see Configuring Authentication Providers in Administering Security for Oracle WebLogic Server.
  • You have stopped the 12c BI instance, in case it is running. The BI instance should not be running before migrating content into the new 12c instance.

    For a procedure to start and stop Administration server and Managed servers, see Starting and Stopping Administration and Managed Servers and Node Manager and for a procedure to start and stop the BI instance, see Starting and Stopping Components in Administering Oracle Fusion Middleware.

  • You have the JDK version 1.8.0_77 installed on your system.

  • You have stopped OBIS1 and OBIPS1.