Backing Up the Database

Database and Environment Preconfiguration 2-5 7. In the Map Tablespaces screen, choose the tablespaces for the selected components, and click Next.

8. In the Summary screen, click Create.

9. In the Completion Summary screen, click Close.

2.1.3 Backing Up the Database

After you have loaded the Oracle Business Intelligence schemas in your database, you should make a backup. Backing up the database enables you to quickly recover from any issues that may occur in subsequent steps. You can choose to use your database backup strategy for this purpose, or you can simply make a backup using operating system tools or Oracle Recovery Manager RMAN. It is recommended that you use RMAN for the database, particularly if the database was created using Oracle ASM. If possible, you can also perform a cold backup using operating system tools such as tar.

2.2 Network Environment Preconfiguration

You must ensure that every computer where you plan to run Oracle Business Intelligence can access ping the primary host computer of your cluster using its fully qualified domain name. For the installation to succeed, every computer on which you scale out your installation must be able to support bidirectional communication with the Administration Server on the cluster’s primary host. This section contains the following topics: ■ Section 2.2.1, Virtual Server Names ■ Section 2.2.2, Load Balancers ■ Section 2.2.3, IPs and Virtual IPs ■ Section 2.2.4, Firewalls and Ports

2.2.1 Virtual Server Names

The BI enterprise topology uses the following virtual server names: ■ bi.mycompany.com ■ admin.mycompany.com Tip: Note the names of the schema passwords, because the upcoming steps require this information. Note: Oracle recommends using the database used for identity management see Chapter 9, Integrating with Oracle Identity Management to store the Oracle WSM policies. It is therefore expected that you will use the identity management database information for the OWSM MDS schemas, which will be different from the one used for the rest of the BI schemas. To create the required schemas in the identity management database, repeat the preceding steps using the identity management database information, but select only AS Common Schemas: Metadata Services in the Select Components screen step 5.