Installation and Configuration Guide - Oracle

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6 Oracle Corporation and its affiliates will not beresponsible for any loss, costs, or damages incurred due to your access to or use of third-party content,products, or services, except as set forth in an applicable agreement between you and Documentation Accessibility Documentation Feedback1 About EPM System Product InstallationsAbout EPM System Products1-1 Assumed Knowledge1-2 About Middleware Home, EPM Oracle Home, and EPM Oracle Instance1-2 About the Shared Services Registry 1-3 Characters Supported for Installation and Configuration1-3 Using Essbase 21c with Shared Services, Smart View, and Financial Reporting 1-4 EPM System Deployment Documentation1-5 Deployment Paths1-5 Perform Additional Configuration Options1-6 Perform Ongoing Administration1-6 Accessing Documentation1-6 EPM System Update and Upgrade Policies1-62 EPM System ArchitectureAbout EPM System Architecture2-1 Essbase Components2-1 FDMEE Components2-2 Financial Close Management Components2-2 Stand-Alone Financial Close Management Deployment Requirements for Test andProduction2-3 Financial Management Components2-3 Planning Components2-4 Profitability and Cost Management Components2-4 Financial Reporting

7 Components2-5 Tax Governance Components2-5iiiTax Provision Components2-63 Preparing Your EnvironmentPreparing Servers3-1 Applying Windows Updates3-1 Resolving Port Conflicts3-1 Disabling User Access Control 3-2 Synchronizing Clocks3-2 Resolving Host Names3-2 Disabling Anti-virus Software3-2 Shared File System Name Creation3-3 Access Control List (Linux)3-3 Preparing User Accounts3-3 Disk Space and RAM3-3 Client Disk Space and RAM3-4 Server Disk Space and RAM3-4 Preparing a Database3-6 Using an Oracle Database 3-7 Oracle Database Creation Considerations3-7 Oracle Database Privileges and Parameters3-8 Oracle Database Sizing Guidelines3-9 Oracle Database Tablespace Considerations3-10 Using an Existing Oracle Database Client3-11 Using a Microsoft SQL Server Database3-12 Microsoft SQL Server Database Creation Requirements3-12 Microsoft SQL Server Roles and Privileges3-12 Microsoft SQL Server Sizing Guidelines3-13 Preparing Java Web Application

8 Servers3-14 weblogic Server 3-14 Preparing Web Servers3-14 Oracle HTTP Server3-15 Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) (Data Relationship Management Only)3-15 Verifying the IIS Installation3-15 Preparing Web Browsers3-16 Browser Settings3-16 Support Matrix for high availability and Load Balancing3-16iv4 Downloading Files for InstallationDownloading the Installation Files4-15 Installing EPM System Products in a New DeploymentInstallation Checklist for a New Installation5-1 Installation Prerequisites and Requirements5-5 Web Server Installation Prerequisites5-6 Installation Sequence5-6 Installing EPM System Products in a Distributed Environment5-7 Installing EPM System Products5-8 Welcome5-9 Destination/Middleware Home5-10 Installation

9 Type5-11 Product Selection5-12 Confirmation5-13 Saving Installation Selections5-13 Progress5-13 Summary5-13 Performing Silent Installations5-14 Loading Saved Selections5-15 Modifying Response Files5-15 Installing EPM System Clients5-15 Client Installation Prerequisites5-16 Downloading and Extracting Client Installers5-16 Installing EPM System Clients5-16 Installing EPM System Clients from EPM Workspace 5-17 Installing EPM System Clients From the Command Line5-18 Performing Silent Client Installations5-19 Installing and Updating Smart View Extensions5-196 Configuring EPM System Products in a New DeploymentAbout EPM System Configurator 6-1 Configuration Prerequisites 6-1 Ensuring that Host Names Resolve6-2 Creating Infrastructure Schemas Using Repository Creation Utility6-2 Updating RCU Schema Properties6-4 Configuration Sequence6-5 Configuring Products in a Distributed Environment6-6 Configuring Products in an SSL-Enabled Environment6-7vProduct Configuration Task Summary6-7 Configuring EPM System Products 6-9 Refreshing EPM Workspace 6-12 EPM System Configurator Task Reference6-12 Configure EPM Oracle Instance 6-13 Task Selection6-13 Set Up Shared Services and Registry Database

10 Connection6-14 Deploy to Application Server Specify weblogic Domain Information6-16 Deploy to Application Server: Oracle WebLogic6-17 What Happens During Deployment: weblogic Server 6-19 Configure Database6-20 Advanced Options for Database Configuration (Optional)6-20 Foundation Configuration Tasks6-21 Configure Common Settings6-21 Configure Logical Address for Web Applications6-26 Set Shared Services Admin User and Password6-27 Scale Out Single Managed Server on This Machine6-28 Configure Web Server6-29 Essbase Configuration Tasks6-30 Configure Essbase Server6-30 Financial Reporting Configuration Tasks6-34 Configure Financial Reporting RMI Ports6-35 Planning Configuration Tasks6-35 Configure Planning RMI Server 6-35 Financial Management Configuration Tasks6-35 Financial Management Configure Server6-35 Financial Management Configure Cluster6-36