XI R2 Installation

Business Objects Enterprise XI R2 Installation procedure

Pre-requisites:

Copy the content of BOXI R2 CDs to the server. Unpack all the files and keep in one folder.
Make sure that your Windows 2003 server has IIS 6.0 installed and enabled on the server if the goal is to put all the BO XI R2 components on the same server.

Make sure the Application server for ASP .NET is installed and enabled. If not, open your windows components in the “Add or Remove programs” section and double click on the application server and enable the ASP.NET.

Work with DBA to create two empty databases with the names BOE115 and BOE115_AUDIT. BOE115 is going to be CMS repository and BOE115_AUDIT is going to be the audit database. DBA should give read, write and update rights to these databases for the SQL ID “BOBJ” which the installer will be using during the installation.

Create ODBC DSNs on the BO application server with the same names as database names to connect to the respective DB.

Make sure that CMS database connection information is readily available while running the installation software.

Install all database client software required to connect to the reporting data sources. As our primary data source is EDW, we do not need any DB client software to be installed on the server.
Have both the permanent Business Object Enterprise Key code and Performance Manager key code (if applicable) ready before the start of the install.

Steps:

1. Run setup.exe from the BOE XI R2 software directory. Select “English” and click OK.
Note: Close all the programs before starting the installation.

2. Click Next.

3. Accept the license agreement and click Next.

4. Select the “Perform Server Installation” option to install both the server and client components on the server. Click Next.

5. Enter the Key codes for Business Objects Enterprise and Performance Management and Click Next.

6. Specify the destination directory. By default the destination folder is displayed as “C:\Program Files\Business Objects”. If this needs to be changed to another folder or another drive, it can be changed here. Even though it is possible to change the folder locations or names, it is suggested to keep the same names as default. But drives (from C to E) can be changed and there is not going to be any impact on the installation. Click Next.

7. Select the install type as “Custom” as we need to select the components which we want to install. Use “Expand” option if you want to install any additional components on the servers for scalability or load balancing. Click Next.

8. When selecting the components, make sure to deselect the default “MySQL Server” under servers\Central Management Server as we want our repository to be SQL Server. Also deselect the “Java Web Component Adapters” as Wheels installation is a .NET installation. Click Next.

9. Select the checkbox and click Next.

10. Select “Yes” for new installation. If you want to install BO XI R2 components on additional server and to cluster with the existing CMS, choose the NO option and enter the existing CMS name. Click Next.

11. Select ODBC DSN for both the CMS database and for Auditing database using the browse button which displays all the system DSN entries. Select BOE115 for CMS and BOE115_AUDIT for audit database. Click Next.

12. Select only IIS ASP.NET checkbox as Wheels installation is a .NET installation. Click Next.

13. Click Next.

14. Installation begins.

15. At the end of the installation, hit “Register Later” button and click Next.

16. Click Finish to end the installation. By default all the Business Objects Services will be started and enabled after the install.

17. Make sure to reboot the server after the installation.
Note: Please find post-install configuration requirements on “Configuration of Business Objects Enterprise XI R2” document.