BO XI R2 Installation Guide

Business Objects XI R2 –Installation Overview

Author: Karthik Natarajan RajendranDate Written: 26/10/2008

Declaration: I hereby declare that this document is based on my personal

experiences. To the best of my knowledge, this document does not contain any material that infringes the copyrights of any other individual or organization including the customers of Infosys.

Karthik Natarajan Rajendran Project Details:

Projects involved: PFDWHIMS H/W Platform: Intel Pentium IV PCsS/W Environment: Windows XPProject Type: DWH applications

Target Readers: All People who are using Business Objects, a BI reporting tool, in their project. This is very useful for those who are the part of administration activities Business Objects in the project

Index

Topics Slide No

– System Requirements4

– Types Of Installation5

– Setting Up System Database 7

– Installation Checklist 8– Business Objects Enterprise Installation

9

System Requirements

Before Business Objects Installation is actually started the minimum requirements that are specified in the Platform.txt file which comes along with the Product Distribution should be available.

The Platform.txt file denoted the specific Version of web application, servers, databases, and operating systems.

Hardware:• P3 with 700 MHz

• 512 MB RAM, 1 GB RAM recommended

• 5 GB hard disk space

• CD ROM Software:

• Microsoft Windows XP (for Classroom Use Only)

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4 System Database:

• Native (MySQL database comes when Business Objects is Installed by default)

• SQL(ODBC), Oracle, DB2, MySQL, Sybase are other supported database.

Types Of Installation

Every Organisation/Individual that can choose one among the 5 Insatllation types. They are• New Installation

• Custom Installation

• Expand Installation

• Silent Installation

• Upgrade Installation New Installation:

• This Installation is preferred when you are installing Business Objects for the first time.

• When the installation is done on a single machine

• When you want all the BO components installed in a machine Expand Installation

• This installation is preferred when you have Business Objects Installed in a machine

• When you want to add new Business Objects Servers/Services

• Improve system performance by adding new Servers/Services

Types Of Installation

Custom Installation• Your deployment of Business Objects Enterprise servers will be distributed over multiple

computers.

• When you know exactly “What Components is needs to be Installed?”

Silent Installation• Silent Installation is preferred when you want to Install the Business Objects without

interrupting the people connected the machines on which you are going to perform the Installation.

• This type of Installation is carried out by executing the Installation Package in Command Line.

• This type of Installation are not often preferred for Upgrade or Custom Type of Installation.

Upgrade Installation• This type of Installation is preferred while you are Upgrading the Older Version of Business

Objects (i.e., Business Objects XI R1) to latest Version (i.e., Business Objects XI R2).

• After you upgrade your installation, you will need to migrate your system data to the new version, which Includes• Copying of the Contents from the Old IFRS to the New Directories of IFRS• Importing consists of copying selected objects (reports, users, groups, and so on) and instances from one

system to another.

Setting Up System Database

CMS needs a System Database to Store the Information about the User, Groups and other Objects etc.,

By default while Installing Business Object a MYSQL database is automatically created.

If you want to use a different database the following steps has to be carried out before starting the Installation Process• Create a Empty Database in the Database Sever and a User Account

• The CMS has to hold such as the User, Groups and other object detail by writing it to System database as and when they are created/removed in the Business Objects Enterprise.

• Hence the User Account that has write Privilege on the database will be used by the CMS to write all the details to the System Database

• Verify that you can log on to your database and carry out administrative tasks using the account you set up for use by the CMS.

Installation Checklist

Test all the machines on which the Shared Installation is carried within the Network are communicating the properly to each other.

In case if you are using your own Database Server for holding the System Database, Is the Database Created and Ready for use?

If Auditing is necessary in your Installation, Is the Audit Database is Created and Ready for use?

Is the User Account that the CMS uses to Write the data into the System Database is Created and Ready for use?

Have you decided which Web Application Server is going to be used. If TOMCAT is that comes with the Installation package is not going to be used,

then is there any other Web Application already Configured and Available for use.

Business Objects Enterprise Installation

New Installation


Run the SetUp.EXE file from the Product Installation CD_ROM. Select which language in which the Installation has to happen, and Click OK. Click the “ I accept the Licence Agreement”, and click OK. Choose “Perform the Installation”, and click NEXT. Complete the Full Name and Organization Field Enter the Product Key Code which will provided when you purchase the

Installation Kit If you need the “Performance Management” please ensure that you

Select the Chck Box. Provide the Product Key Code which would be separately provided while

Installation Kit and Click “NEXT”

Coming Up Next - SCREEN SHOT FOR YOUR EASIER UNDERSTANDING



Choose the Database Sever to be Installed (Here the default MySQL database Driver is Selected).

If you want Install MySQL :

• Verify “New Installation Check Box is Selected”

• Select “Install MySQL Database Server” Click “NEXT”.




If you want Use Existing Database driver :

• Select “NEW”

• Select “Use an Existing Database Driver” and Click “NEXT”


If you entered a Key Code for Performance Management, decide if you want to enter the required information to enable scheduling.

If you don’t want to provide this credentials, Select “Leave Blank, I will Configure After Installation”.


Configure the My SQL Database Drivers (If you choose the Install):

Enter the Port Number Enter the Password and Confirm Password that is used by the My SQL root use

account In case if you want to Override the Default User Account configure the User

Account and the Password then Confirm the Password that the CMS uses to access the System Database.

Click “NEXT”



Configure the My SQL Database Drivers (If you choose use Existing Database):

There are 5 different type of Database that Business Objects support for the configuration of the System and Audit Database. They are• SQL Sever ODBC

• Oracle

• DB2

• Sybase

• MySQL Based on the Database Type selected the Database Details has to be provided

specific to that Database. If Auditing is enabled then the Database details of the Audit Database has to be

mentioned appropriately.




Choose Web Component Adapter


Configure Tomcat if you chose to install it. Otherwise, skip this step. Accept the defaults or change the default location for the Tomcat installation

and/or the following ports, and then click Next.

• The Connection port

• The Shutdown port

• The Redirect port

Click Next to begin the installation.



Disclaimer

This Document is prepared to provide a Basic Installation Steps. The Steps are subject to Change on various factor like Type of Installation, Database Drivers Used, Web Application Servers etc., which is Out of Scope of this Document

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