OBIEE 12c(OBIEE 12.2.1.2.0) Installation on Linux 6.8 64-bit Step by Step

Platform Details:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.8 (Santiago)
Linux em12c.oracle.com 2.6.39-400.286.3.el6uek.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Oct 21 15:33:03 PDT 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Database:  
Oracle Database 12c(12.1.0.2.0)

Application:
OBIEE 12c(12.2.1.2.0)

Platform support:

Oracle Linux 6.7,Redhat 6,7 and Suse 11 and 12.

1) Download the required Oracle Business Intelligence 12c files

2)  Pre-requisite Configurations

a. Creation of the installer user

[root@oe12c ~]# useradd oraobi -g dba

[root@oe12c ~]# passwd oraobi

Changing password for user oraobi.

New UNIX password: oraobi

BAD PASSWORD: it is WAY too short

Retype new UNIX password: oraobi

passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

6.2.2.2 - Creation of the Middleware Home directory

b. Creation of the Middleware Home directory 

mkdir -p /u01/MiddlewareHome

chown -R oraobi:dba /u01/MiddlewareHome

chmod -R 775 /u01/MiddlewareHome

c. Install below Prerequisite packages

compat-libcap1-1.10

compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-x86_64

libgcc-4.8.2-x86_64

libstdc++-4.8.2-x86_64 

libstdc++-devel-4.8.2-x86_64

sysstat-10.1.5

gcc-4.8.2

gcc-c++-4.8.2

make-3.82

glibc-2.17-x86_64

glibc-devel-2.17-x86_64

libaio-0.3.109-x86_64

d. Set the File Handle Limit parameter

oraobi                 soft    nofile  4096

oraobi                 hard    nofile  65536

3) Install JDK

[root@oe12c OBIA12C]# rpm -ivh jdk-8u112-linux-x64.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:jdk1.8.0_112           ########################################### [100%]
Unpacking JAR files...
        tools.jar...
        plugin.jar...
        javaws.jar...
        deploy.jar...
        rt.jar...
        jsse.jar...
        charsets.jar...
        localedata.jar...
[root@oe12c OBIA12C]# java -version
java version "1.8.0_112"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_112-b15)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.112-b15, mixed mode)
[root@oe12c OBIA12C]# which java
/usr/bin/java

4) Oracle Database 12c(12.1.0.2.0) Installation on Linux 6.8

For Database installation , follow below link 

http://oracleapplicationsdba4u.blogspot.in/2016/11/oracle-database-12c121020-installation.html

5) Install Fusion Middleware Infrastructure

Run below command to install

[oracle@oe12c OBIA12C]$ java -jar fmw_12.2.1.2.0_infrastructure.jar

Click Next

Click Next

Change the path where install and click Next

Click Next

Unncheck  and Click Next

Click Yes

Click Install

Click Next

Click Finish

6) Install OBIEE 12c Software

[oracle@oe12c OBIA12C]$ ./bi_platform-12.2.1.2.0_linux64

Click Next

Click Next

Change path and Click Next

Click Next

Click Next

Click Install

Click Next

Click Finish

7) Domain Creation and Configure RCU

./config.sh

Click Next

Click Next

Change domain name what you want and Click Next

Provide Schema prefix to repository creation and give database details , Click Next
Connect String like <hostname or ip>:db port:Servicename

Click Next

Click Configure

Click Finish.

When we run config.sh , it will run rcu automatically and created repository in database. Otherwise run rcu first then run cinfig.sh.

RCU:

cd /u01/MiddlewareHome/Oracle_Home/oracle_common/bin

Run 


./rcu

Click Next

Click Next

Provide database details and Click Next

Click Next

Select existing schema and click component and Click Next

Provide schema password and Click Next

Click Ok and Next

Click Next

Click Next

Click Next

Click Create

Click Close.

8) Post installation verification

Below URLs will display after configuration.

WebLogic Console:
http://<host>:9500/console

Fusion Middleware Control:
http://<host>:9500/em

Visual Analyzer:
http://<host>:9502/va

BI Publisher:
http://<host>:9502/xmlpserver

BI Analytics:

http://<host>:9502/analytics

WebLogic Console:

Fusion Middleware Control:

Visual Analyzer:

BI Publisher:

BI Analytics:

9) How to Start/Stop/Status

cd /u01/MiddlewareHome/Oracle_Home/user_projects/domains/bi/bitools/bin

[oraobi@em12c bin]$ ls

admintool.sh                   biserverxmlgen.sh              diagnostic_dump.sh          isstopped.sh       nqudmlgen.sh            startESSCMD.sh
biserverapplyverticalrules.sh  clone_bi_machine.sh            equalizerpds.sh             migration-tool.sh  obieerpdmigrateutil.sh  startMAXL.sh
biserverextender.sh            comparerpd.sh                  export_service_instance.sh  nqcmd.sh           obieerpdpwdchg.sh       start.sh
biservergentypexml.sh          create_bi_service_instance.sh  externalizestrings.sh       nqgenoldverrpd.sh  patchrpd.sh             status.sh
biservermetadatadictgen.sh     datamodel.sh                   extractprojects.sh          nqsecudmlgen.sh    prunerpd.sh             stop.sh
biserverxmlcli.sh              delete_bi_machine.sh           generate_css_secrets.sh     nqudmlcli.sh       runcat.sh               sync_midtier_db.sh
biserverxmlexec.sh             delete_bi_service_instance.sh  import_bar.sh               nqudmlexec.sh      ssl.sh                  validaterpd.sh

For starting applications run 

[oraobi@em12c bin]$./start.sh

For checking applications status run

[oraobi@em12c bin]$./status.sh

For stoping applications run 

[oraobi@em12c bin]$./stop.sh