Procuring Resources for an Enterprise Deployment
It is essential to procure the required hardware, software, and network settings before configuring the Oracle Business Intelligence reference topology.
Preparing the File System for an Enterprise Deployment
Preparing the file system for an enterprise deployment involves understanding the requirements for local and shared storage, as well as the terminology used to reference important directories and file locations during the installation and configuration of the enterprise topology.
Preparing the Host Computers for an Enterprise Deployment
It is important to perform a set of tasks on each computer or server before configuring the enterprise deployment topology. This involves verifying the minimum hardware and operating system requirements for each host, configuring operating system users and groups, enabling Unicode support, mounting the required shared storage systems to the host and enabling the required virtual IP addresses on each host.
Preparing the Database for an Enterprise Deployment
Preparing the database for an enterprise deployment involves ensuring that the database meets specific requirements, creating database services, using SecureFiles for large objects in the database, and creating database backup strategies.