Rapid Deployment of Oracle Essbase in Development Environments
Rapid Deployment of Oracle Essbase in Development Environments
Rapid Deployment of Oracle Essbase in Development Environments
Release 11.1.2.3
CONTENTS IN BRIEF
Deployment Requirements
Server
Table 1 Server Requirements
Requirement Description
Memory 16 GB RAM
Other Software l A program, such as 7-Zip or WinZip, to extract the contents of media packs.
l Microsoft Office 2010 (to support Oracle Smart View for Office).
User Account
Use a generic Windows user account, for example, epmrapid_user, that satisfies the following
requirements. This account is referred to as deployment account throughout this document:
l The deployment account is a member of the Administrators group on the server on which
you are deploying this domain.
l The following local security policies are assigned to the deployment account. By default,
these policies are granted to members of the Administrators group:
m Act as part of the operating system
m Bypass traverse checking
m Log on as a batch job
m Log on as a service
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l User account control is disabled for the deployment account.
The password that you select for this account will be used as the password for Oracle Database
Administrator, Oracle Database User, WebLogic Administrator, and EPM Administrator. This
password is referred to as the deployment password throughout this document.
The deployment password must conform to the following guidelines:
l Contain at least one uppercase letter
l Contain at least one numeral
l Be at least eight characters long
l Contain no special characters
ä To verify that local security policies are assigned to the deployment account:
1 Log on to the server using the deployment account.
2 On the server, click Start, and then Administrative Tools, and then Local Security Policy.
3 In Local Security Policy, expand Local Policies, and then select User Rights Assignment.
4 Verify that the security setting for the policies highlighted in the following screen shot include the
Administrators group. Double-click the security setting of the policy to view its properties and
assignments.
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2 On the server, click Start, and then Control Panel.
3 In Control Panel, click User Accounts, and then User Accounts.
4 In Make changes to your user account, click Change User Account Control settings.
5 Drag the user account control slider to Never Notify.
6 Click OK.
Server Name
You need to know your server name to complete the deployment process. You can determine
the name of your server by entering hostname in a command prompt. The name of your server
is referred to as the HostName throughout this document.
Deployment Process
The deployment process involves the following steps and takes approximately three hours:
l Step 1: Downloading Installation Files
l Step 2: Installing and Configuring the Essbase Domain
l Step 3: Verifying Essbase Domain Deployment
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3 On the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud, click Sign In/Register.
4 In Sign In, enter your Oracle Software Delivery Cloud user name and password, and then click Sign In.
5 In Terms & Restrictions, read and accept the Trial License and Export Restrictions agreements, and
then click Continue.
6 Download part numbers to install Oracle Database 11g.
a. In Media Pack Search, search for Oracle Database product pack for Microsoft Windows
x64 (64-bit), and then select Go.
b. In the Results section, select Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.1.0) Media Pack for
Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit), and then click Continue.
V20610-01 Part 1 of 2 Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.1.0) for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit) (Part 1 of 2)
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Part Number Name
V20610-01 Part 2 of 2 Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.1.0) for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit) (Part 2 of 2)
7 Download part numbers to install Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Essbase domain.
a. From the browser, navigate back to Media Pack Search.
b. In Media Pack Search, search for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management
System for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit) platform, and then click Go to start the
search.
c. In Results, select Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (11.1.2.3.0) Media Pack
for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit), and then click Continue.
d. Download the following part numbers to EPM_rapid_downloads.
Name
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Name
8 Using a program, for example 7-Zip, extract the contents of the EPM System Release 11.1.2.3.0 for
Microsoft Windows (64-bit) Part 1 into EPM_rapid_downloads.
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a. In Installation Location, select the location where you want to install the Essbase domain.
The default location is C:\Oracle.
b. In Deployment Password and Confirm Deployment Password, enter the deployment
password.
c. Click Next.
4 In prerequisite check, click Next.
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Step 3: Verifying Essbase Domain Deployment
Log on to Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management Workspace and
Administration Services Console to verify that Oracle Essbase domain has deployed successfully.
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Oracle Essbase Administration Services Console opens.
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