Where Are Configuration Files Located?

3-6 System Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition For more information about Oracle Business Intelligence installations, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Table 3–2 Oracle Business Intelligence System Component Configuration File Locations BI Component Configuration File File Location Oracle BI Server NQSConfig.INI logconfig.xml ORACLE_ INSTANCE\config\OracleBIServerComponent\coreapplication_ obisn For example: \instances\instance1\config\OracleBIServerComponent\corea pplication_obis1 Note: Although DBFeatures.ini is also located in this directory, do not edit this file directly. See Oracle Fusion Middleware Metadata Repository Builders Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition for information about how to edit features for a database. Oracle BI Presentation Services instanceconfig.xml ORACLE_ INSTANCE\config\OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent\co reapplication_obipsn For example: \instances\instance1\config\OracleBIPresentationServicesCom ponent\coreapplication_obips1 Note: Do not add elements to the instanceconfig.xml file unless you are overriding the stated default values. Override only those settings that are necessary for configuring the system to meet the needs of your organization. Cluster Controller ClusterConfig.xml ccslogging.xml ORACLE_ INSTANCE\config\OracleBIApplication\coreapplication For example: \instances\instance1\config\OracleBIApplication\coreapplicati on Oracle BI Scheduler instanceconfig.xml ccslogging.xml for Cluster Controller ORACLE_ INSTANCE\config\OracleBISchedulerComponent\coreapplicati on_obischn For example: \instances\instance1\config\OracleBISchedulerComponent\co reapplication_obisch1 JavaHost config.xml logging_config.xml ORACLE_ INSTANCE\config\OracleBIJavaHostComponent\coreapplicati on_obijhn For example: \instances\instance1\config\OracleBIJavaHostComponent\cor eapplication_obijh1 Oracle BI Presentation Services Plug-in bridgeconfig.properties MW_HOME\user_projects\domains\domain_ name\config\fmwconfig\biinstances\coreapplication For example: mw_home\user_projects\domains\bifoundation_ domain\config\fmwconfig\biinstances\coreapplication Part II Part II Managing Processes and Components This part explains how to manage processes and components in Oracle BI Enterprise Edition. It includes the following chapter: ■ Chapter 4, Starting and Stopping Oracle Business Intelligence 4 Starting and Stopping Oracle Business Intelligence 4-1 4 Starting and Stopping Oracle Business Intelligence This chapter explains how to start and stop Oracle Business Intelligence. It includes the following topics: ■ Section 4.1, About Starting and Stopping Oracle Business Intelligence ■ Section 4.2, Starting the Oracle Business Intelligence System ■ Section 4.3, Using Fusion Middleware Control to Start and Stop Oracle Business Intelligence System Components and Java Components ■ Section 4.4, Using Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console to Start and Stop Java Components ■ Section 4.5, Alternative Methods for Starting and Stopping System Components ■ Section 4.6, Confirming Whether the Administration Server Is Running ■ Section 4.7, Starting and Stopping the Administration Server and All Oracle Business Intelligence Java Components on Windows and UNIX ■ Section 4.8, Starting and Stopping Managed Servers on Windows and UNIX ■ Section 4.9, Troubleshooting System Startup

4.1 About Starting and Stopping Oracle Business Intelligence

System administrators start and stop the Oracle Business Intelligence system and its components to perform a range of maintenance operations that require process downtime. Understanding the state that is, up, down, starting, and stopping of each component in the Oracle Business Intelligence system is an essential activity when diagnosing and resolving availability and performance issues, and when performing life-cycle and management operations. Oracle Business Intelligence runs within Oracle WebLogic Server, and therefore Oracle WebLogic Server must be started before Oracle Business Intelligence components can be started and maintained. To make changes to server configuration settings, the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog, the repository .rpd file offline, and other settings, you must restart the appropriate Oracle Business Intelligence components before those changes can take effect. When you stop Oracle Business Intelligence, end users are logged out, and when ready, the system prompts you to log in again, ensuring session state consistency. 4-2 System Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

4.2 Starting the Oracle Business Intelligence System

To start the Oracle Business Intelligence system, you start the Administration Server, the Managed Servers, and the system components. The system does not include a Managed Server if the Simple Install type was selected during installation. If the computer that hosts the Administration Server is not running or has been rebooted, then you must ensure that the computer is running and you must start the Oracle Business Intelligence system. The following conditions must be met to start the Oracle Business Intelligence system: ■ The RPD file must be closed if using the Administration Tool so that it does not hold the readwrite lock. For information, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Metadata Repository Builders Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. ■ The repository database which contains Scheduler schemas that was specified during installation must be running, and a network connection to it must be available. Otherwise, error messages are displayed. The procedure for starting the system differs slightly depending on the platform, as described in the following sections.

4.2.1 Starting Oracle Business Intelligence on Windows Platforms

To start the Oracle Business Intelligence system on Windows platforms: 1. From the Start menu, select Programs, Oracle Business Intelligence, and Start BI Services . Note the following points about this command: ■ For a Simple Install type, this command starts the Administration Server and Oracle Business Intelligence system and OPMN components. ■ For an Enterprise or Software Only Install type, the command starts the Administration Server, system and OPMN components, Managed Server, and Node Manager. Node Manager normally starts automatically on Windows. ■ The command does not support horizontally or vertically scaled-out Oracle WebLogic Servers, but does work on the first computer in the cluster. ■ The command prompts for your credentials at first login, then stores the credentials in the boot.properties file of Oracle WebLogic Server for future use. When you select the Start BI Services option, you are not prompted for administrator credentials if boot.properties files exist for both the Administration Server and for the Oracle BI Server. If either file does not exist, then you are prompted for administrator credentials and the boot.properties file is automatically created using those credentials. For information on this file see Boot Identity Files in Oracle Fusion Middleware Managing Server Startup and Shutdown for Oracle WebLogic Server. Note: This chapter provides details on starting and stopping the Oracle Business Intelligence system when an Enterprise Installation has been performed. See Section 1.3.1, Oracle Business Intelligence on a Single Host for information on the components that are installed with an Enterprise Installation and with a Simple Installation. Starting and Stopping Oracle Business Intelligence 4-3 If the file is automatically created but the Administration Server does not start, then the file is deleted on the assumption that the credentials are invalid. This deletion avoids including readable text for passwords in the boot.properties file before Oracle WebLogic Server encrypts that text. However, the Administration Server can fail to start for reasons other than invalid credentials. If the boot.properties file exists and was created by a user but the server does not start, then the file is not deleted.

4.2.2 Starting Oracle Business Intelligence on UNIX Platforms

To start the Oracle Business Intelligence system on UNIX platforms: 1. Start the Administration Server which includes Oracle Business Intelligence Java components. For information, see Section 4.7, Starting and Stopping the Administration Server and All Oracle Business Intelligence Java Components on Windows and UNIX. 2. If an Enterprise or Software Only Install type was performed, then start Oracle WebLogic Node Manager manually as follows: a. Navigate to: MW_HOMEwlserver_10.3serverbin If a Software-Only Install type was selected during installation, then a directory other than wlserver_10.3 might be used. b. Enter the following command which requires the administrator user name and password: .startNodeManager.sh You can also start Node Manager using a script. For information, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Node Manager Administrators Guide for Oracle WebLogic Server. 3. If an Enterprise or Software Only Install type was performed, then use the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console to check whether the Managed Server is running, and start it if necessary. Note: To start the Managed Server using the WebLogic Server Administration Console, the Node Manager must be running. For information, see Section 4.8.1, Confirming If the Managed Server Is Running and Starting It. 4. Start system components. ■ Using Fusion Middleware Control For information, see Section 4.3, Using Fusion Middleware Control to Start and Stop Oracle Business Intelligence System Components and Java Components. ■ Using the opmnctl command line For information, see Section 4.5.1, Using the OPMN Command Line to Start, Stop, Restart, and View the Status of System Components.