System requirements
Make sure you have enough space to store, unzip the files, and install the following software:
- Zip files: 5.42 GB
- Unzipped files: 5.47 GB
- Recommended disk space: 20 GB
Note
This has been mentioned because if you attempt to perform this installation on Amazon's EC2 service, you are allocated 30 GB of space initially. You may have to add a second disk if you want to install all the components (database/RCU and OBIEE) on a single machine.
For a full list of system requirements--hardware, software, operating systems, and so on--see the following guide: http://book.obiee.info/sysrequirements.
That page links to the most up-to-date requirements and certification documents.
Tip
For our installation, we used a server that uses a Solid State Drive (SSD) and 14 GB RAM with an Intel i7 eight-core CPU. The machine hosts the database, as well as the OBIEE components, and performance is good.
Here's a quick checklist of items before you get started installing and configuring OBIEE:
- Is the database installed and running?
- Do you have sufficient privileges to install the software?
- Is your machine using DHCP or does it have a static IP address?
The instructions in this chapter are for a static IP. If you are using fully dynamic DHCP, you'll need to install a Loopback Adapter. For instructions on installing the Loopback Adapter, see the following document:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc708322(WS.10).aspx