Scaling Out the Deployment

Configuring High Availability for Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports, and Discoverer 14-71 sourceType indicates that the source store is in a file. destType indicates that the destination store is in a file. sourcePath and destPath are locations of file-based preference stores.

14.6.5.8.9 Best Practices Oracle WebLogic Server does not replicate configuration

information automatically between nodes. Therefore, it is important that any changes to any of the following be manually propagated to the other servers in the deployment: ■ ORACLE_INSTANCE ■ DOMAIN_HOMEserversWLS_DISCO1applicationsdiscoverer_ versionconfigurationconfiguration.xml Preference Server The preference server contains details about user preferences, which can be updated on a frequent basis. If the Oracle Discoverer preference server fails, you must restart the preference server on another server. You would need to copy the preference information to these potential hosts on a regular basis. The following file needs to be propagated to other servers, which could host the preference server on a regular basis: ORACLE_INSTANCEconfigPreferenceServerDiscoverer_Instance.reg_key.dc

14.6.6 Scaling Out the Deployment

To scale out the deployment to an additional node, follow the steps in Section 14.6.5, Install and Configure Application Tier on APPHOST2. Be sure to use the same directory structure used for previous nodes. Note: Discoverer WSRP producer uses the file-based preference store. Therefore, you must specify file for the sourceType and destType arguments. Note: You must set the classpath when running this tool to include wsrp-container.jar, oracle.portlet-api.jar and ojdbc6.jar. For example: java -classpath ORACLE_ HOMEwebcentermodulesoracle.portlet.server_ 11.1.1oracle-portlet-api.jar:ORACLE_ HOMEwebcentermodulesoracle.portlet.server_ 11.1.1wsrp-container.jar:WL_HOMEserverlibojdbc6.jar 14-72 Oracle Fusion Middleware High Availability Guide 15 Configuring High Availability for Oracle Business Intelligence and EPM 15-1 15 Configuring High Availability for Oracle Business Intelligence and EPM Oracle Business Intelligence is an integrated business intelligence BI solution that provides a business user with a complete picture across the entire organization. Oracle Business Intelligence is designed to quickly and easily integrate diverse data sources, find information from the database, share the database information, and exploit the data to learn more about the business and its customers. Oracle’s Enterprise Performance Management EPM system integrates a modular suite of performance management applications with comprehensive business intelligence capabilities for reporting and analysis. It increases user productivity, lowers cost of ownership, and reduces business risk. This chapter provides topics that describe high availability for the following: ■ Section 15.1, High Availability for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition and Enterprise Performance Management ■ Section 15.2, High Availability for Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher ■ Section 15.3, High Availability for Oracle Real-Time Decisions This chapter assumes that you are familiar with Oracle Business Intelligence and EPM. If not, please refer to the Oracle Business Intelligence and EPM documentation. 15.1 High Availability for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition and Enterprise Performance Management This section provides an introduction to Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Oracle BI EE and Enterprise Performance Management EPM. This section also describes how to design and deploy a high availability environment for Oracle BI EE and EPM. Oracle BI EE is part of Oracle Business Intelligence, a comprehensive collection of enterprise BI functionality that provides the full range of BI capabilities including interactive dashboards, full ad hoc, proactive intelligence and alerts, enterprise and financial reporting, real-time predictive intelligence, and more. The Oracle BI EE platform is based on a proven, modern web services-oriented architecture that delivers true next-generation BI capabilities. Oracle BI EE is a robust application that allows you to collect and organize disparate data and present the organized data to users who analyze, interpret, and act upon this content. For additional introductory information about Oracle BI EE, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 15-2 Oracle Fusion Middleware High Availability Guide Enterprise Performance Management applications integrate strategy, planning, and execution into a seamless process. Oracles EPM applications are a modular suite of integrated applications that integrate with both Oracle and non-Oracle transactional systems. You can deploy each application independently to deliver a high degree of value but they work better together, integrating strategic, financial, and operational management processes while delivering a low cost of deployment and ownership. This section includes the following topics: ■ Section 15.1.1, Oracle BI EE Component Architecture