Install and Configuration

Configuring OBIEE to run as a Windows Service

Posted by on February 24, 2013 at 3:30 am
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One key step to configuring an enterprise deployment of Oracle Business Intelligence is to be setup your services to run in the background as Windows services and start automatically with your server. By default the installer will create windows services for Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) and the Weblogic Node Manager, this leaves us with the need to configure services for the Weblogic AdminServer and the BI Managed Server.

Configuring the windows host file to correctly use the loopback adapter for Oracle product installations

Posted by on November 11, 2012 at 1:30 am
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This procedure is required when installing Oracle products such at the Oracle Database or Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition on a host machine that uses DHCP.  Follow the steps to configure a loopback adapterand then: Open the host file under c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc using notepad Identify your computer’s host name by right clicking on My Computer, selecting […]

Oracle Database 11g R2 Minimum Requirements (windows)

Posted by on July 10, 2012 at 4:30 am
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Database Version: gRelease 2 (11.2)for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit) Hardware Requirements Requirement Minimum Value Physical memory (RAM) GB minimum Virtual memory Double the amount of RAM Disk space Total: 5.35 GB SeeTable 2for details. Processor Type Intel (x86), AMD64, and Intel EM64T Video adapter 56 colors Screen Resolution 024 X 768 minimum Space Requirements Installation Type […]

Configuring a new loopback adapter in windows

Posted by on May 13, 2012 at 3:30 am
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Start > Control Pannel> Add  Hardware Click next on the Welcome screen  When ask if you have connected your hardware, specify yes  In the next dialog select Add new hardware device  On the following screen select Network Adapters  Select Microsoft > Microsoft Loopback Adapter from the list  Select next in the following screen to install […]

List of Bug Fixes Included In Oracle BI Publisher 11.1.1.5.0

Posted by on October 31, 2011 at 4:14 pm
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List of Bug Fixes Included In Oracle BI Publisher 11.1.1.5.0The following is a list of all bug fixes included in Oracle BI Publisher 11.1.1.5.0, grouped by type: Administration (ADMIN) * Bug 9381019 XMLP ROLES NOT HONORED WITH SSO ENABLED FOR AD SYNCHED USERS. * Bug 9934771 UNABLE TO LOGON TO PUBLISHER USING SECURITY MODEL EBS: […]

Fixing device references after importing a Linux guest in Oracle Virtual Box

Posted by on June 9, 2011 at 2:00 pm
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After reading this post you should be better prepared to smoothly export and import Linux virtual machines from your Oracle Virtual Box servers by being ready to correct any disk device reference issues in fstab and grub.conf

Default Web Catalog Path in OBIEE 11g

Posted by on June 2, 2011 at 2:01 pm
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This post should guide users new to Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition version 11g familiarize themselves with changes in directory structure and to be able to locate the OBIEE 11g web catalog directory…

Linux Environment variables to simplify your life – OBIEE 11g System Administrator Edition

Posted by on April 19, 2011 at 7:18 pm
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As I spend a lot of time switching between a very well defined set of directories in the Oracle Middleware home for OBIEE 11g I have been developing a list of variables that I like to use in my scripts and configure in the servers that I most commonly work with. They have proven to […]