OBIEE 11g Configuration, log and script file locations

Although its best to configure BI using Fusion Middleware Control (also referred to as enterprise manager) or Fusion Middleware Control MBean Browser, yet some of the setting can be updated through text files only.

A warning to admins, each BI host has its own set of configuration files for the components that are deployedon that host. So any changes to one host, should also be made to all other hosts, this is specially true for clustered environments.


BI Configuration files:

1. NQSConfig.INI
and
logconfig.xml

\Middlewarehome\instances\instance1\config\OracleBIServerComponent\coreapplication_obis1

2. instanceconfig.xml

\instances\instance1\config\OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent\coreapplication_obips1

3. ClusterConfig.xml
ccslogging.xml

\instances\instance1\config\OracleBIApplication\coreapplication

4. instanceconfig.xml     (Second instanceconfig.xml dedicated file for BI Scheduler)
\instances\instance1\config\OracleBISchedulerComponent\coreapplication_obisch1

5. config.xml
logging_config.xml
\instances\instance1\config\OracleBIJavaHostComponent\coreapplication_obijh1

6. bridgeconfig.properties (For BI Persentation services Plug-in)

\Middlewarehome\user_projects\domains\bifoundation_domain\config\fmwconfig\biinstances\coreapplication

7. opmn.xml   (OPMN Config file)
/Middlewarehome/instance/instance1/config/OPMN/opmn/opmn.xml
(It contains the PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH values for the system components and the port number for OPMN and optional SSL configuration.)

8. boot.properties
/Middlewarehome/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/servers/[managed_server]/security


Script files:

1. startNodeManager.sh
(Must be started to allow Managed Server to be started from Weblogic console)
/Middlewarehome/wlserver_10.3/server/bin/startNodeManager.sh

2. opmnctl(Command line tool to start BI services)
/Middlewarehome/instance/instance1/bin
-- OPMN can be used to automatically start BI on linux system. To do that following commands must be included in opmn startup script:

/Middlewarehome/instance/instance1/bin ./opmnctl startall

3. startWebLogic.sh(Script to start Weblogic server)
/Middlewarehome/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/bin.

./startManagedWebLogic.sh
/Middelwarehome/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/bin
To start Managed Server - But this typically can be started from Webogic Console after weblogic server is in running mode.

./startManagedWebLogic.sh bi_server1 http://administration_server_host_name:7001

Log Files:

1. Admin Server (Or weblogic server issues)
\user_projects\domains\bifoundation_domain\servers\AdminServer\logs

2. Managed Server
\user_projects\domains\bifoundation_domain\servers\bi_server1\logs\

3. BI Server
\Middlewarehome\instance\instance1\diagnostics\logs\OracleBIServerComponent\coreapplication_obis1

4. BI Persentation Server:
\Middlewarehome\instance\instance1\diagnostics\logs\OracleBIPresentationServicesComponent\coreapplication_obips1