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Installing Administration Services ............................................... 7 Upgrading ........................................................... 7 Launching Installers .................................................... 7 Installing Administration Services Software ................................... 8 What Happens During Installation ......................................... 9 Files Installed in the EASPATH Directory .................................. 9 Accessing Documentation ............................................ 10 Runtime Error Message on AIX ........................................ 10 About Hyperion Home ................................................. 11 Hyperion Home Location ............................................ 11 Files Installed in the HYPERION_HOME Directory ......................... 11 Changing the Hyperion Home Location .................................. 12 Selecting the ESSLANG Value ............................................ 13 Specifying Ports for Apache Tomcat ........................................ 14 Enabling SAP R/3 Connectivity ........................................... 14 Setting Up and Running Silent Installations .................................. 15 Chapter 2. Configuring and Setting Up Administration Services .................................. 17 Hyperion Configuration Utility ........................................... 17 Task Sequence .................................................... 18 Restricted Characters ............................................... 18 Troubleshooting .................................................. 18 Satisfying Initial Requirements ........................................... 18 Task Sequence ....................................................... 18 Configuring Product Upgrades ........................................... 19 Configuring Administration Services ....................................... 19 Configuring Databases .............................................. 21 Deploying to the Application Server .................................... 22 What Happens During Deployment .................................... 23 Reconfiguring Products ................................................ 24 Verifying Startup Dependencies ........................................... 24 Starting and Stopping Shared Services ...................................... 24 Contents iii Starting Shared Services .............................................. 24 Verifying Successful Startup of Shared Services ............................. 25 Stopping Shared Services ............................................. 26 Completing Advanced Installation Tasks .................................... 27 Starting Administration Services ....................................... 27 Shutting Down Administration Services Console and Essbase Administration Server .......................................................... 30 Setting Up Administration Services Users ................................. 31 Setting Up Business Rules Users ........................................ 31 Backing Up and Restoring User Information .............................. 32 Setting Up an SMTP Server ........................................... 32 Changing the Temporary Directory ..................................... 33 Chapter 3. Uninstalling Administration Services ............................................. 35 Chapter 4. Upgrading Administration Services .............................................. 37 Upgrading from Previous Releases ......................................... 37 Uninstalling Previous Releases ............................................ 38 Appendix A. Manually Configuring Web Application Servers ..................................... 39 Configuring BEA WebLogic 9.1 Application Servers Manually ..................... 39 Preparing to Configure WebLogic 9.1 .................................... 39 Deploying EAS to WebLogic 9.1 ........................................ 40 Configuring BEA WebLogic 8.1.6 Application Servers Manually ................... 41 Preparing to Configure WebLogic 8.1.6 .................................. 41 Creating a Domain ................................................. 41 Modifying and Executing the Startup Script ............................... 42 Deploying to WebLogic .............................................. 42 Logging On Administration Services Console .............................. 43 Deploying Administration Server on WebLogic Server with JRockit JVM .......... 44 Configuring IBM WebSphere 6.x Application Servers ........................... 44 Preparing to Configure Websphere 6.x ................................... 44 Deploying Administration Services ..................................... 44 Configuring Oracle 10g Release 3 (10.1.3.1.0) Application Servers Manually ........... 46 Preparing to Configure Oracle 10g Release 3 (10.1.3.1.0) Application Servers ....... 46 Creating an OC4J Instance and Setting Properties and Variables ................ 46 Deploying to Oracle 10g Release 3 ...................................... 48 Verifying the Connection ............................................ 48 Configuring Oracle 10g Release 2 (10.1.2.0.2) Application Servers .................. 48 Preparing to Configure Oracle 10g Release 2 Application Servers ................ 48 iv Contents Creating an OC4J Instance and Setting Properties and Variables ................ 48 Deploying to Oracle 10g Release 2 ...................................... 50 Verifying the Connection ............................................ 50 Index .............................................................. 51 Contents v vi Contents Installing Administration 1 Services In This Chapter Upgrading............................................................................................................................7 Launching Installers ................................................................................................................7 Installing Administration Services Software ......................................................................................8 What Happens During Installation.................................................................................................9