OBIEE installation on LINUX

Downloads, Linux, JDK Requirements:

• Login to the linux OS as the unix user oracle.
• Download the latest version of OBIEE (10.1.3.x) biee_linux_x86_redhat_101340_disk1.cpio from otn.oracle.com under Business Intelligence Applications.
• Extract the contents using cpio -iduv < biee_linux_x86_redhat_101340_disk1.cpio
• The above command will create a directory RH_Linux with all the required obiee software
• The installer directory contains setup.sh and setup.jar. From here, one can run UnixChk.sh before running the installer (that is, before running setup.sh).
• Ensure the java is installed by typing which java and also the version by typing java –version
• If JDK is not installed, download the JRE/JDK environment jdk-1_5_0_17-linux-i586.bin from java.sun.com. (Always look for jdk-1_5_x_x-* ) to the place where java is installed (cd /usr/lib/java)

·        chmod +x jdk-1_5_0_17-linux-i586.bin

·        Execute the binary jdk-1_5_0_17-linux-i586.bin

·        chmod -R a+rwx on the new directory jdk-1_5_0_17 as root

• Ensure X-windows is running on the Linux operating System

·        Create couple of directories obiee, obieedata under the folder where OBIEE to be installed (/u01/opt/oracle/product)

• Go back to the extracted obiee folder RH_Linux/server/Oracle_Business_Intelligence

·        Installation Steps:

·        Run ./setup.sh from RH_Linux/server/Oracle_Business_Intelligence

·        This opens up the X-Window dialog screen for the OBIEE Installer.

·        After few steps (accept defaults) enter the following 2 directories for obiee and obieedata.

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·        OBIEE Linux Install Image1

·        Accept the defaults by clicking Next

·        Enter the jdk home path /usr/lib/java/jdk_1_5_0_17

·        Enter the password for oc4jadmin (oc4jadmin)

·        Choose English and accept the default server OBIEE components

·        This will install the OBIEE client/server components and sample OBIEE application samplesales repository/web catalogs under /u01/opt/oracle/product/[obiee|obieedata] respectively(It can take anywhere from 10-20 minutes installation time)

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·        12. Once complete, Edit the user.sh in /u01/opt/oracle/product/obiee/setup under linux settings

·        Uncomment the parameters under linux.

·        Ensure the ORACLE_HOME is set properly /u01/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1

·        TNS_ADMIN, PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH are need to be uncommented from the script

·        Start the Oracle BI Presentation services by typing ./run-saw.sh start

·        Start the Oracle BI server services by typing ./run-sa.sh start

·        OC4J service is required to access the OBIEE over the web. During the installation the service is started by default.

·        OC4J It can be re-started by running /u01/opt/oracle/product/obiee/setup/oc4j –start. For the first time the oc4jadmin password need to be set..

·        OC4j can be stopped by running /u01/opt/oracle/product/obiee/setup/oc4j –stop –port 9704 –password oc4jadmin

·        Verify OBIEE installation by logging into the sample sales dashboard by logging onto http://<Linux Host Name>:9704/analytics/saw.dll?Dashboard with password (Administrator/Administrator)