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1 Introduction

2 Create Virtual Machine

3 Install Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.5

4 Configure Linux

5 Configure VMWare

6 Install Oracle RDBMS 11gR2 (11.2.0.1.0)

7 Oracle Networking Configuration

8 Database Creation: T112

9 Post DB Create Tasks

10 Install OBI Repository Creation Utility (RCU)

11 Install Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

(11.1.1.3.0)

Introduction

This guide covers installing Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

11.1.1.3.0 on Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.5, using an 11gR2 RDBMS.

The installation was undertaken in VMWare Workstation 7.1 virtual machine,

running on a 2 CPU, twin core, AMD Opteron based x86_64 server.

Create Virtual Machine

First I created a new virtual machine with the following characteristics:

2 CPU

2 Cores

8GB RAM

No sound card

One, 100GB disk

Bridged Networking

OS set to Other Linux 2.6.x Kernel, 64 bit

Install Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.5

Insert the Enterprise Linux DVD into the DVD drive.

Boot the new Virtual Machine until you see the Boot screen appearing:

Hit Return and it starts to boot.

When offered the option of testing the media, choose Skip:

The welcome screen appears - choose Next:

Choose the language...select Next:

Choose the keyboard...select Next:

A warning is displayed about the partition table...choose Yes to carry on:

Tick Review and modify partitioning layout and then click Next:

A warning is displayed about removal of partitions - click Yes:

Set the swap size to 10GB and the root filesystem to 90GB, if it is not

already, then click Next:

Accept the default boot loader options and click Next:

Choose Edit to adopt a fixed IP approach:

Disable IPv6. Set IPv4 to use fixed IP address and a netmask of

255.255.255.0, then click OK:

Click OK:

Set hostname - I'll use viper for mine. Set gateway and DNS as

appropriate for your network, then click Next:

Set to Europe/London and then click Next:

Set root password and then click Next:

Select Software Development and Customize Now and then click Next:

Optionally, on Desktop Environments add KDE and then click Next:

Optionally, on Development add KDE Software Development (if you're

adding KDE) and then click Next:

Optionally, on Servers add FTP Server, Server Configuration Tools and

Windows File Server and then click Next:

On Base System add System Tools and then click "Optional packages":

Add oracle-validated package:

NOTE - There are other oracle packages in this area, for ASM for

example, but for this installation all we need is the oracle-validated one.

Click Next to start the installation:

NOTE - You may get a warning about "promiscuous mode for network

adapter"...acknowledge and ignore the message...there are fixes on

VMWare site.

Select Reboot:

The Virtual Machine now reboots.

Select Forward:

Accept the licence and click on Forward:

Select Disable Firewall and click on Forward:

Acknowledge the warning and click Yes:

Select Disable SELinux and click Yes:

Acknowledge the warning and click Yes:

Do not enable KDump and click Forward:

Set date and time and click Forward:

Create a user (jeff in my case) and then click Forward:

Accept the default and Click Forward:

Click Finish:

A warning message is displayed...acknowledge it and the system will

reboot.

After rebooting the system is active

Shutdown and take a Snapshot of the VM, if you wish.

Configure Linux

Log in as jeff (or whatever user you created, other than root or oracle) -

I changed my session to KDE, as it's my preferred windowing

environment.

Open a terminal

su to root:

su root

edit /etc/hosts and add the viper fixed IP address.

vi /etc/hosts

create user area:

mkdir /u01

Change ownership and permissions on u01:

chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01

chmod 775 /u01

Set up sudo by editing the configuration file:

vi /etc/sudoers

Add

jeff ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL

oracle ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL

Configure VMWare

You will receive warnings re VMWare tools needing installing...it's a good

idea to install them, if only to get the messages to disappear.

From VM menu, choose Install VMWare Tools

From the window showing the VMWare Tools files, extract the TAR to

/u01, keeping folder structure.

Open a terminal

su to root

su root

navigate to the VMWare Tools directory:

cd /u01/vmwware-tools-distrib

run the perl script to install VMWare Tools:

./vmware-config-tools.pl

Take all defaults for answers to questions

Don't install experimental vsync

Use 1024x768 resolution for X test.

When it finishes, reboot the VM.

Install Oracle RDBMS 11gR2 (11.2.0.1.0)

NOTE - I use the excellent guides on Oracle BASE run by Tim Hall, for

installing Oracle on various flavours of Unix..to a certain extent, I

followed the one Tim wrote on installing 11gR2 on Oracle Enterprise

Linux 5.0, so thanks to Tim for his help there.

Login to KDE as oracle (the password defaults to oracle)

navigate to the /u01 directory

cd /u01

create directory for software:

mkdir software

Navigate to the software directory:

cd software

Download software from technet...11gR2 RDBMS Enterprise Edition...to

/u01/software

Unzip the files

unzip linux.x64_11gR2_database_1of2.zip

unzip linux.x64_11gR2_database_2of2.zip

Make Oracle directories

mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1

chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01/app

chmod -R 775 /u01/app

Add xhost - the hostname in this example is viper

xhost +viper

Set up oracle profile. As oracle, vi ~/.bash_profile, then add this text:

# Oracle Settings

TMP=/tmp; export TMP

TMPDIR=$TMP; export TMPDIR

ORACLE_HOSTNAME=viper; export ORACLE_HOSTNAME

ORACLE_UNQNAME=DB11G; export ORACLE_UNQNAME

ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle; export ORACLE_BASE

ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/11.2.0/db_1; export ORACLE_HOME

ORACLE_SID=DB11G; export ORACLE_SID

ORACLE_TERM=xterm; export ORACLE_TERM

PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH; export PATH

PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH; export PATH

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/lib:/usr/lib; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/JRE:$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib; export

CLASSPATH

if [ $USER = "oracle" ]; then

if [ $SHELL = "/bin/ksh" ]; then

ulimit -p 16384

ulimit -n 65536

else

ulimit -u 16384 -n 65536

fi

fi

Run the Oracle installer:

cd /u01/software/database

./runInstaller

Enter your email address and if you want, your Oracle Support password

(I don't). Then click Next:

Choose Install Software only. Then click Next:

Choose Single Instance. Then click Next:

Leave default of English. Then click Next:

Choose Enterprise edition. Then click Next:

Accept the default: /u01/app/oracle for Oracle Base. Set the Software

Location to /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1. Then click Next:

If this is first install, set Inventory Directory - accept default of

/u01/app/oraInventory. Accept oraInventory Group Nmae of oinstall.

Then click Next:

Leave defaults of dba/oinstall. Then click Next:

Click Finish...software installs:

Now on to the root scripts:

Open a terminal and su to root:

Copy each of the indicated scripts and execute them in the terminal

running orainstRoot.sh

running root.sh

Software installed:

Oracle Networking Configuration

Log in as oracle and run Oracle Net Services configuration:

netca

Choose Listener configuration. Then click Next:

Choose Add. Then click Next:

Leave default of LISTENER. Then click Next:

Leave default of TCP. Then click Next:

Leave default of 1521. Then click Next:

Choose No. Then click Next:

Click Next:

Choose Naming methods configuration. Then click Next:

Select Easy Connect and Local Naming. Then click Next:

Click Next:

Choose Local Net Service Name configuration. Then click Next:

Choose Add. Then click Next:

Set this to T112. Then click Next:

Accept default of TPC. Then click Next:

Set hostname to viper. Then click Next:

Don't test. Then click Next:

Accept default name of T112. Then click Next:

Choose No. Then click Next:

Click Next:

Click Click Finish to exit

Database Creation: T112

Log in as oracle and run Database Creation Assistant:

dbca

Click Next:

Accept default of Create a Database, then click Next:

Accept default of General purpose transaction processing, then click

Next:

Set Global Database Name to T112 and the SID reflects this. Then click

Next:

Accept defaults, click Next:

Use same password, for simplicity, then click Next. If common password

is too short, a warning may be given, which you can choose to ignore, or

replace with a more secure password:

Accept default of Use locations from Template, then click Next:

Accept defaults. Click Next:

Enable Sample Schemas. Click Next:

On Character Sets tab, click Use Unicode (AL32UTF8):

On Initialisation parameters change the following:

processes = 500 [NOTE - When trying this with 11.1.1.5.0 version of

RCU, this required it to be 800]

sessions = 300

open_cursors = 500

Then click next

Accept defaults. Click Next:

Accept defaults. Click Finish:

The database creates...and once finished, shows the Password

Management dialog:

Unlock all the locked accounts - if you want. Click OK

Click Exit to close the Password Management Dialog.

Post DB Create Tasks

Edit oratab to ensure auto start of the database on boot up:

vi /etc/oratab

Change N to Y at end of the line for T112:

T112:/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1:Y

Reboot the VM

Now login to database using SQLPlus

Install OBI Repository Creation Utility (RCU)

Log in as oracle and run Database Creation Assistant:

Download software from technet...RCU

Unzip the file

unzip ofm_rcu_linux_11.1.1.3.3.disk1_1of1.zip

navigate to the bin directory and start the RCU

cd rcuHome/bin

./rcu

Click Next:

Accept default of Create. Click Next:

Leave default of Oracle Database:

Set hostname to viper

Set port to 1521

Set service name to T112

Set username to SYS

Set password

Leave Role as SYSDBA

Click Next

Click OK:

Leave prefix of DEV

Check Oracle AS Repository Components - they all become checked.

Click Next:

Click OK:

Use same password for all users, for simplicity

Click Next:

Set passwords and defaults for other variables:

Click Next:

Click Next:

Click OK:

Click OK:

Click Create:

Repository creation occurs.

Click Close

Install Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

(11.1.1.3.0)

Log in as oracle and run Database Creation Assistant:

Download software from technet...OBIEE 11.1.1.3.0

Unzip the files

unzip bi_linux_x86_111130_64_disk1_1of2.zip

unzip bi_linux_x86_111130_64_disk1_2of2.zip

unzip bi_linux_x86_111130_64_disk2_1of2.zip

unzip bi_linux_x86_111130_64_disk2_2of2.zip

Navigate to the installer directory:

cd bishiphome/Disk1

Run the installer:

./runInstaller

Click Next:

Choose Simple install and click Next:

Prerequisite checks should all pass.

Click Next:

select /u01/app/oracle/product/11.1.1/obi/middleware

Click Next:

Accept weblogic as username

Set password and confirm it. (boxer999)

Click Next

Click Next:

Set BIPLATFORM Schema Username to DEV_BIPLATFORM.

Set a password (boxer99)

Click Next

Enter email and password for My Oracle Support

Click Next:

Click Install:

Installing components - just watch:

Configuring components - just watch:

Click Finish:

Enter credentials - the username is weblogic:

Logged in to OBIEE:

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