Installing Oracle WebLogic Server and Creating the Middleware Home Installing Oracle Business Intelligence

3-4 Oracle Fusion Middleware Enterprise Deployment Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence ■ Section 3.3.2, Installing Oracle Business Intelligence ■ Section 3.3.3, Backing Up the Installation

3.3.1 Installing Oracle WebLogic Server and Creating the Middleware Home

Perform these steps to install Oracle WebLogic Server on APPHOST1 and APPHOST2: 1. Start the installer for Oracle WebLogic Server from the installation media.

2. In the Welcome screen, click Next.

3. In the Choose Middleware Home Directory screen, do the following: ■ Select Create a new Middleware Home. ■ For Middleware Home Directory, enter ORACLE_BASEproductfmw. Click Next. 4. In the Register for Security Updates screen, choose whether you want to receive security updates from Oracle support and if you do, enter your e-mail address. Click Next. 5. In the Choose Install Type screen, select Typical and click Next. 6. In the Choose Product Installation Directories screen, accept the directory ORACLE_BASEproductfmwwlserver_10.3 . Also accept the default directory for Oracle Coherence ORACLE_BASEproductfmwcoherence_3.6. 7. Click Next. 8. In the Installation Summary screen, click Next. The Oracle WebLogic Server software is installed.

9. In the Installation Complete screen, clear the Run Quickstart option and click

Done .

3.3.2 Installing Oracle Business Intelligence

Perform the steps described in this section to install Oracle Business Intelligence on APPHOST1 and APPHOST2. Note that because the installation is performed on a shared storage, the MW_HOME is accessible and used by the Oracle BI servers in APPHOST1 and APPHOST2. 1. On Linux platforms, if the etcoraInst.loc file exists, check that its contents are correct. Specifically, check that the inventory directory is correct and that you have write permissions for that directory. If the etcoraInst.loc file does not exist, you can skip this step. 2. Start the installer for Oracle Business Intelligence from the installation media: .runInstaller 3. In the Specify Inventory Directory screen, do the following: Note: ORACLE_BASE is the base directory under which Oracle products are installed. The recommended value is u01apporacle. See Section 2.3, Shared Storage and Recommended Directory Structure for more information. Installing the Software 3-5

a. Enter HOMEoraInventory, where HOME is the home directory of the user