Recommendations for Availability About Oracle Business Intelligence Components in a Clustered Environment

6-6 System Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

4. In the PrimarySecondary Configuration section, select the host and Oracle

instance on which you want to run the primary or secondary Cluster Controller or Oracle BI Scheduler.

5. Click Apply, then click Activate Changes.

6. Return to the Business Intelligence Overview page and click Restart.

For information about using methods in the Oracle BI Systems Management API to manage availability, see Chapter 22, Introducing the Oracle BI Systems Management API.

6.3 Optional Configuration for Oracle Business Intelligence High Availability

Follow the steps in this section to perform optional configuration for Oracle Business Intelligence high availability. This section contains the following topics: ■ Section 6.3.1, Setting Optional Cluster Controller Parameters ■ Section 6.3.2, Setting Optional Presentation Services Parameters ■ Section 6.3.3, Setting Optional Oracle BI Presentation Services Plug-in Parameters

6.3.1 Setting Optional Cluster Controller Parameters

You can set optional parameters that are related to Cluster Controller heartbeat frequency in the ClusterConfig.xml file. A copy of the ClusterConfig.xml file must reside on all computers that host a Cluster Controller, Oracle BI Server, or Oracle BI Scheduler component that participates in the cluster. You must set parameters in each copy of the file. To set optional parameters in the ClusterConfig.xml file: 1. Open the ClusterConfig.xml file for editing. You can find the file at: ORACLE_INSTANCEconfigOracleBIApplicationcoreapplication 2. Table 6–2 describes default values for the cluster communication parameters under the ClusterProperties element. Optionally, modify the parameter values as required for the deployment. 3. Save and close the file. 4. Repeat these steps for every host in the deployment. 5. Restart Oracle Business Intelligence. Table 6–2 ClusterConfig.xml Parameters for Cluster Communication Parameter Description Default Value ServerPollSeconds The frequency of heartbeat messages between the Cluster Controller and the Oracle BI Server and Oracle BI Scheduler nodes in the cluster. 5 seconds ControllerPollSeconds The frequency of heartbeat messages between the Cluster Controllers. 5 seconds