Installation Scenario 1: Demonstration, Evaluation, or Proof of Concept

2-2 Installation Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence

2.2 Installation Scenarios

There are four main Oracle Business Intelligence installation scenarios, which apply to all Oracle Business Intelligence products, including Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher and Oracle Real-Time Decisions: ■ Installation Scenario 1: Demonstration, Evaluation, or Proof of Concept ■ Installation Scenario 2: Single-User Development ■ Installation Scenario 3: Enterprise Deployment for Hosted Development and Production ■ Installation Scenario 4: Enterprise Deployment for Highest Levels of Availability and Security

2.2.1 Installation Scenario 1: Demonstration, Evaluation, or Proof of Concept

The Demonstration, Evaluation, or Proof of Concept scenario is for users and organizations that want to install Oracle Business Intelligence quickly for Patching Copying a small collection of files over an existing instance also referred to as an in-place installation. A patch is normally associated with a particular version of an Oracle product and involves updating from one minor version of the product to a newer minor version of the same product. A patch set is a single patch that contains a collection of patches designed to be applied together. Copying the Oracle Business Intelligence 11.1.1.5 patch set over an Oracle Business Intelligence 11.1.1.3 instance See Oracle Fusion Middleware Patching Guide, especially the section entitled Summary of the Patch Set Installation Process Upgrade Moving from a previous major version to a new major version Upgrading from Oracle Business Intelligence 10g to Oracle Business Intelligence 11g See Oracle Fusion Middleware Upgrade Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Note: After you install Oracle Business Intelligence 11g on a computer, do not install earlier versions of Oracle Business Intelligence on that computer, such as Oracle Business Intelligence 10g. This action is neither recommended nor supported, even if the goal is to upgrade from Oracle Business Intelligence 10g to Oracle Business Intelligence 11g. Process Type Definitions Example For More Information Recommended Installation Scenarios for Oracle Business Intelligence 2-3 demonstration and evaluation purposes. In this installation scenario, you perform a Simple Install of Oracle Business Intelligence on a single computer. Before initiating this scenario, verify that your system meets the installation requirements for Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Business Intelligence, and the Repository Creation Utility RCU. Then, run RCU to create the Metadata Services MDS and Business Intelligence Platform BIPLATFORM schemas.

2.2.2 Installation Scenario 2: Single-User Development