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Oracle® Business Intelligence Installation Guide
10g Release 2 (10.1.2.0.0) for Windows and Solaris Operating System (SPARC) Part No. B14153-02 |
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Before installing Oracle Business Intelligence, make sure that your computer meets the requirements described in the following sections:
Oracle Business Intelligence has the following minimum hardware requirements:
For the most current list of hardware requirements, check the OracleMetaLink site (http://metalink.oracle.com).
Oracle Business Intelligence on Windows has the following hardware requirements for the machine hosting the middle tier:
Table 1-1 This table lists Windows minimum hardware requirements
| Hardware item | Minimum Requirements |
|---|---|
| CPU | 300 MHz Intel Pentium processor (500MHz recommended) |
| Memory | 1 GB |
| Diskspace | 800 MB |
| Space in TEMP directory | 300 MB |
| Virtual Memory | 1535 MB |
| Monitor | 256 color display |
For a user to run Discoverer Plus on a client machine:
there must be at least 30 MB of Users Personal Profile Space for the Oracle Jar Cache
to install a Java Virtual Machine:
the user must have Administrative privileges on the client machine
there must be a minimum of between 25 MB and 50 MB of available disk space
For the most current list of hardware requirements, check the OracleMetaLink site (http://metalink.oracle.com).
Oracle Business Intelligence on Solaris has the following hardware requirements for the machine hosting the middle tier:
Table 1-2 This table lists Solaris minimum hardware requirements
| Hardware item | Minimum Requirements |
|---|---|
| Processor Type | The processor must have a SPARC v9 architecture. |
| Processor Speed | 300 MHz or greater (450 MHz recommended). Oracle recommends a multiple CPU computer. |
| Memory | 1 GB |
| Diskspace | 800 MB |
| Space in /tmp directory | 250 MB |
| Swap space | 500 MB |
| Virtual Memory | 1535 MB |
| Monitor | 256 color display |
For the most current list of hardware requirements, check the OracleMetaLink site (http://metalink.oracle.com).
Oracle Business Intelligence has the following operating system requirements:
For the most current list of operating system requirements, check the OracleMetaLink site (http://metalink.oracle.com).
You can install Oracle Business Intelligence:
On a computer that is not on a network. You must configure the computer to use either a static IP address or a loopback IP address. Configure the computer to resolve the hostname of the computer to either the static IP address or the loopback IP address.
On a computer on a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) network. You must use a loopback configuration. Configure the computer to resolve the hostname of the computer to the loopback IP address.
Note: If you install on a machine that is not on a network or that is not on a DHCP network, you will only be able to use Discoverer from that machine. In other words, you will not be able to connect to Discoverer from any other machine.
Oracle Business Intelligence on Windows has the following operating system requirements for the machine hosting the middle tier:
Table 1-3 This table lists Windows middle tier operating system requirements
| Operating System | Additional Requirements |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows 2000 | Service Pack 3 or greater |
| Microsoft Windows 2003 (32 bit) | None |
Oracle Business Intelligence on Windows has the following operating system requirements for client machines:
Table 1-4 This table lists Windows client operating system requirements
| Operating System | Additional Requirements |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows 2000 | Service Pack 3 or greater |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition | None |
| Microsoft Windows 2003 (32 bit) | None |
For the most current list of operating system requirements, check the OracleMetaLink site (http://metalink.oracle.com).
Oracle Business Intelligence on Solaris has the following operating system requirements for the machine hosting the middle tier:
Table 1-5 This table lists Solaris middle tier operating system requirements
| Operating System | Patches Required |
|---|---|
| Solaris 8 |
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| Solaris 9 |
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Although the patches listed in the above table are current at the time of publication, Sun Microsystems, Inc. often updates the list of required patches. For the most current list of patches, go to the Sun web site (e.g. http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/J2SE).
For the most current list of operating system requirements, check the OracleMetaLink site (http://metalink.oracle.com).
Oracle Business Intelligence has the following database requirements:
When querying a multidimensional data source:
Oracle Database 10g 9.2.0.6 for all platforms or 9.2.0.5 with the latest OLAP patch for Windows-only (the latest 9.2.0.5 Windows patch is 3952897).
Oracle Database 10g 10.1.0.3 (or later), with the most recent OLAP patch applied. (Note that on Linux, Linux Itanium, and Solaris x86 platforms, you can install version 10.1.0.3 after downloading it from Oracle Technology Network. On all other platforms, you must first download version 10.1.0.2, then apply the appropriate patch set for 10.1.0.3.)
For more information about configuring the database for multidimensional analysis, see Section 3.4.2.1, "Preparing for multidimensional analysis".
When querying a relational data source:
Any currently supported version of the Oracle database.
To take advantage of materialized views and analytic functions, a supported version of the Oracle Enterprise Edition database.
For more information about configuring the database for relational analysis, see Section 3.4.2.2, "Preparing for relational analysis".
Notes:
For the most current list of database requirements, check the OracleMetaLink site (http://metalink.oracle.com).
For instructions on installing the Oracle database, download the installation guide for the appropriate platform from Oracle Technology Network (http://www.oracle.com/technology).
For instructions on downloading patches from OracleMetaLink, see Section 3.4.2.1.3, "How to download the most recent OLAP patch".
Oracle Business Intelligence has the following browser requirements for middle tier and client machines:
Table 1-6 This table lists browser requirements
| Item | Requirements |
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| Microsoft Internet Explorer | 5.5, 6.0 and higher |
| Netscape | 7.1, 7.2 |
| Mozilla | 1.5 and higher |
For the most current list of supported browsers, check the OracleMetaLink site (http://metalink.oracle.com).
Oracle Business Intelligence has the following software requirements not described previously:
Table 1-7 This table lists other requirements
| Item | Requirements |
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| Discoverer Viewer | To run Discoverer Viewer on a client machine, JavaScript and cookies must be enabled in the browser. |
| Microsoft Excel | To export to Microsoft Excel using Discoverer Plus Relational, Excel 97 (or later) is required. Note that Excel 2000 (or later) is required when exporting worksheets to Microsoft Excel Web Query format.
To export to Microsoft Excel using Discoverer Plus OLAP, Excel 2000 (or later) is required. |
| JRE | To run Discoverer Plus, one of the following JREs must be used:
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