OBIEE 11g - Starting Services

I have installed OBIEE 11g (11.1.1.3.0) and recently upgraded to 11.1.1.5.0. Unlike 10g, it is a big complex to start and stop the OBIEE services.

All my commands are for Linux OS.

1) Make sure the database that stores the Repository Schemas are up and running.

2) Starting Web Logic- The scripts are located at $FMW_HOME/user_projects/domains/BIfoundation/bin.

Where FMW_HOME= Fusion Middleware Home location. By detault, the domain name is bifoundation_domain but the domain name that I use is 'BIfoundation'.

a) Setting the environment-

sh setOBIDomainEnv.sh

sh setDomainEnv.sh

b) sh startWebLogic.sh & (Use this if you have set the weblogic password in boot.properties).

or use

sh startWebLogic.sh -Dweblogic.managment.username=weblogic -Dweblogic.management.password=wlpwd &

3) Starting NodeManager : The scripts are located at $WLS_HOME/server/bin.

Where $WLS_HOME=$FMW_HOME/wlserver_10.3

a) sh setWLSEnv.sh

b) sh startNodeManager.sh &

4) Login to Weblogic console to start the Manager services

Login to http://yourbihostname:7001/console as weblogic super user. In the environment menu, click on servers. You can see the list of managers servers. Select the 'control' tab and check 'bi_server1' and click on start button. The time taken is usually 4-6 minutes in my environment.

5) Finally you have to start the BI services using opmnctl

opmnctl is located at $FMW_HOME/instances/BI_Instance/bin.

Where BI_Instance is the instance name I had given during the install. By default it will be 'instance1'.

$FMW_HOME/instances/BI_Instance/bin/opmnctl startall

Once it is started you can access the BI page at http://yourbihostname:9704/analytics .