5 Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Configuring Essbase Server

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Objectives After completing this lesson, you should be able to: Set up runtime and connection options for Essbase Configure block storage and aggregate storage disk allocation Identify the primary information logs available to Essbase system administrators Create an essbase.cfg server configuration file Configure Smart View for Office

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. About Configuring Essbase Runtime configuration Running Essbase Servers as background processes and Windows services Connection options Disk allocation Transaction and lock settings Information logs

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. #!/bin/sh PASS=$1 Essbase -b -secure << EOF & ${PASS} EOF essbase.secure essbase.exe –service install essbase.exe –service remove Running Essbase Servers as Background Processes Windows service* UNIX * Prior to Release 9.3

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Windows Service Considerations Advantages: –Cannot accidentally close windows (no visible agent window) –Can shutdown client processes without affecting server –Can give priority to foreground services Disadvantages: –Cannot use agent commands –Cannot observe server activity directly –Cannot monitor running applications –Cannot shut down Essbase Server from the server console window—must use command-line interface or stop Windows service

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Run window commandBAT files Primary instance All other instances Running Multiple Essbase Servers as Windows Services (Release 9) Effective with release 9.3, you can run multiple Essbase Servers as Windows services using the following method:

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. EPM System Installer Install primary instance Install other instances Running Multiple Essbase Servers as Windows Services (Release 11) Effective with release 11.1, you can run multiple Essbase Servers as Windows services using the following method: Configure primary instance EPM System Configurator Configure other instances

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Connection Options Use these to eliminate network timeouts: NETDELAY –Network request delay time in milliseconds –Default value: 200 milliseconds NETRETRYCOUNT –Number of times Essbase tries to make a network connection before reporting an error –Default value: 600 retries

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Disk Allocation Block storage Aggregate storage

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Block Storage Disk Allocation Default directory is ARBORPATH/apps directory Maximum file size is 2GB (ess00001.ind, ess00001.pag,…) Can span volumes, for example: 12 GB allocated for Essbase files 16 GB allocated for Essbase files

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Aggregate Storage Disk Allocation TablespaceContains Change location/size? default Database structure and data Yes, if empty temp Temporary work space Yes, if empty log Transaction log No metadata File locations No Four tablespaces

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Aggregate Storage Load Buffers Data sources ASO MDB Administration Services Console Load buffer(s) Essbase Server Rules files MaxL DDL scripts MaxL shell

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Data Slices Incremental commits of the data load buffer to aggregate storage databases Create in Administration Services Console… …or MaxL import database HyptekAS.HyptekAS data from load_buffer with buffer_id 1 override values create slice;

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Information Logs Server log Application log Outline Change log Starting Log Viewer for an application

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Outline modification information –Date/Time/User –Type of modification –Details Outline Change Log file size limits –Minimum/Maximum/Default –Maintain settings in essbase.cfg file Outline Change Log File

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Log Analyzer Provides a graphical analysis tool for log information Is accessed from Administration Services Console

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Essbase Configuration File Is an ASCII file located in ARBORPATH\bin Specifies server-wide application and database settings Requires Essbase server restart after changing essbase.cfg

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Smart View Smart View Client ConnectionData SourceData Model XML Planning Provider Financial Management Provider Analytic Provider Java API Infrastructure Planning Application Server Financial Management Application Server Client Tier Application Tier Web Tier HTTP(s) TCPIP / DCOM Essbase RDBMS Data Tier

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Quiz In Release 11.1, you can run more than one instance of the Essbase agent as a Windows service. 1.True 2.False

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Quiz Select the advantages of running Essbase as a Windows Service. 1.You cannot accidentally close the agent window. 2.When Essbase Server is started from a client process, the agent does not automatically shut down when the client process is shut down. 3.You cannot use the agent commands. 4.You can give priority to foreground services.

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Quiz Select the Essbase log files. 1.Server log 2.Application log 3.Outline change log 4.Captain's log

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Quiz The Essbase configuration file (essbase.cfg) specifies server- wide application and database settings. 1.True 2.False

Copyright © 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Summary In this lesson, you should have learned to: Set up runtime and connection options for Essbase Configure block storage and aggregate storage disk allocation Identify the primary information logs available to Essbase system administrators Create an essbase.cfg server configuration file Configure Smart View for Office