1-6 Installation Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence
Figure 1–2 Oracle Business Intelligence Architecture for Enterprise Install
1.6 Oracle Business Intelligence Directory Structure
A typical Oracle Business Intelligence installation consists of a Fusion Middleware home and the following main subdirectories:
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wlserver_10.3 : The WebLogic Server home, which contains Java components.
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user_projects : The User Projects directory, which contains product domains
including one or more Oracle Business Intelligence domains, the Administration Server, and one or more Managed Servers.
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Oracle_BI1 : The Oracle home, which contains all the binary files read-only that
are specific to Oracle Business Intelligence. Figure 1–3
shows the directory structure of a typical Oracle Business Intelligence installation on a single host, using all of the default values.
Figure 1–3 Typical Oracle Business Intelligence Directory Structure
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Recommended Installation Scenarios for Oracle Business Intelligence 2-1
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Recommended Installation Scenarios for Oracle Business Intelligence
Oracle Business Intelligence can be installed to satisfy a variety of distinct objectives ranging from a simple, single-user deployment to a highly secure, highly available
deployment suitable for thousands of concurrent users. The installer functionality is targeted to make deployment for the most common deployment scenarios
straightforward and easy to achieve.
Your particular deployment of Oracle Business Intelligence depends on several related product deployment considerations. These deployment options are described in the
following topics:
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Section 2.1, Installation Starting Points
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Section 2.2, Installation Scenarios
2.1 Installation Starting Points
This chapter describes common scenarios for installing Oracle Business Intelligence. For the purposes of this guide, installing is narrowly defined as the process of copying
new Oracle Business Intelligence software on a system where no prior installation of Oracle Business Intelligence exists. The processes for patching and upgrading differ
from the installation process.
The following table provides a quick reference of the definitions and examples for each process type, and where to find more information about them.
Process Type Definitions
Example For More
Information Installation
Copying new software on a system
where no prior installation of the
software exists Installing a new
instance of Oracle Business Intelligence
11.1.1.5 Read this book
2-2 Installation Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence
2.2 Installation Scenarios
