SAP Businessobjects Data Services Administrator's Guide
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Administrator's Guide ■ SAP BusinessObjects Data Services 4.1 Support Package 1 (14.1.1.0) 2012-11-22 Copyright © 2012 SAP AG. All rights reserved.SAP, R/3, SAP NetWeaver, Duet, PartnerEdge, ByDesign, SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, StreamWork, SAP HANA and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and other countries.Business Objects and the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports, Crystal Decisions, Web Intelligence, Xcelsius, and other Business Objects products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects Software Ltd. Business Objects is an SAP company.Sybase and Adaptive Server, iAnywhere, Sybase 365, SQL Anywhere, and other Sybase products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sybase, Inc. Sybase is an SAP company. 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Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. 2012-11-22 Contents Chapter 1 Getting Started........................................................................................................................9 1.1 Overview of SAP BusinessObjects Data Services...................................................................9 1.1.1 SAP BusinessObjects Data Services and the SAP BusinessObjects solution portfolio............9 1.1.2 Software benefits.....................................................................................................................9 1.1.3 Associated software..............................................................................................................11 1.1.4 Interfaces...............................................................................................................................12 1.2 Naming Conventions..............................................................................................................12 Chapter 2 Data Services Architecture...................................................................................................15 2.1 Architecture overview............................................................................................................15 2.2 Standard components............................................................................................................16 2.2.1 Designer................................................................................................................................16 2.2.2 Repository.............................................................................................................................17 2.2.3 Job Server.............................................................................................................................18 2.2.4 Access Server.......................................................................................................................18 2.2.5 Management Console............................................................................................................19 2.2.6 SNMP Agent.........................................................................................................................21 2.2.7 Adapter SDK.........................................................................................................................21 2.3 Management tools.................................................................................................................22 2.3.1 License Manager....................................................................................................................22 2.3.2 Repository Manager...............................................................................................................22 2.3.3 Server Manager.....................................................................................................................22 2.4 Operating system platforms...................................................................................................23 2.5 Distributed architecture..........................................................................................................23 2.5.1 Host names and port numbers...............................................................................................24 2.5.2 DSN-less and TNS-less connections.....................................................................................25 2.6 SAP integration......................................................................................................................26 Chapter 3 Security.................................................................................................................................29 3.1 Securing administrative functions...........................................................................................29 3.2 Message client library............................................................................................................29 3.3 Temporary cache files............................................................................................................30 3 2012-11-22 Contents 3.3.1 To encrypt certain temporary cache files................................................................................30 3.4 Configuring SSL for Data Services components....................................................................31 3.4.1 To copy certificates in a distributed installation.......................................................................32 3.4.2 To enable or disable SSL on communication paths.................................................................33 3.4.3 To use custom certificates.....................................................................................................35 3.4.4 To generate keys and sign certificates...................................................................................35 3.5 Configuring SSL for the CMS connection..............................................................................36 3.6 Configuring SSL for Metadata Browsing and View Data Services..........................................37 3.6.1 To configure SSL for Metadata Browsing and View Data Services .......................................38 3.6.2 To create a keystore file and certificates using the Data Services tool...................................39 3.7 Password encryption..............................................................................................................39 3.7.1 Encryption key storage locations............................................................................................39 3.7.2 Encrypting passwords manually..............................................................................................40 3.8 Password protection for a Data Services repository...............................................................41 3.8.1 To set Data Services repository permissions in the CMC .....................................................41 Chapter 4 User and rights management................................................................................................43 4.1 User management..................................................................................................................43 4.2 Group management...............................................................................................................43 4.2.1 Detailed rights........................................................................................................................44 Chapter 5 Repository management.......................................................................................................49 5.1 To register a repository in the CMC.......................................................................................49 5.2 Managing security settings for repositories in the CMC ........................................................50 5.2.1 To view rights for a user or group on a repository..................................................................51 5.2.2 To assign users and groups to an access control list for a repository.....................................51 Chapter 6 Server management..............................................................................................................53 6.1 Setting UNIX environment variables.......................................................................................53 6.1.1 Configuring additional database connectivity..........................................................................54 6.2 Starting services automatically...............................................................................................55