How to Upgrade BI 4.1 SP6 to BI 4.2 SP 02

InfoVille Solutions India Pvt Ltd How to Upgrade BI4.1 SP06 to BI4.2 SP02

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Applied to –

SAP BI 4.2

Company –

InfoVille Solutions India Pvt Ltd

Created On –

April 2016


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Scope –

- Skill and Enablement

- Architecture and sizing

- Scope and methodology

- Testing and validation

- New features in CMC

- New features in Webi

- New features in other BI tools

Information Architecture –

Operating system - Windows Server 2008 R2 64 Bit

Database - Microsoft SQL Server 2012 R2

Web Application - Tomcat 7 & Tomcat 8

SAP Business Objects Tools - SAP Business Objects BI Platform for Enterprise 4.2 SP02

Purpose –

- The purpose of this document is to up-grade SAP Business Objects Application from 4.1 SP6 to

SAP Business Objects Application from 4.2.

- Upgrading to BI platform 4.2 involves installing a new deployment and copying your content and

system data from an existing deployment.


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Installation & Configuration steps to upgrade BI4.1 SP06 to BI4.2 SP02 –

Pre Installation Check List – - Backup of file-store, tomcat configuration files & Data base:

- Backup of CMS & Audit metadata

- Backup of Following Configuration Files available at Tomcat (Web Tier) & BOBJ Layer (Management

Tier & Processing Tier):

web.xml

server.xml

BILaunchpad.properties

Global.Properties (If you have done any changes)

- Make a note of recurring instance available in current environment

Pause all instance before doing any upgrade activity

Post Installation Check List –

- Installation of SAP Business Objects 4.2

- Validate your configuration with respect to below points:

- Validate your reports available in your environment

- SSO (SAP, Windows AD, LDAP, & Others like Oracle SIEBEL)

- Start all paused instances and check the status after schedule.


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Installation & Upgrade –

Support Patches –


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Up gradation & Configuration Documents –

Step 1 –

When the prerequisite system check completes successfully, click Next


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Step 2 –

On the "SAP BusinessObjects BI platform services 4.2 setup" page, click Next.


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Step 3 –

Accept the License Agreement, and click Next


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Step 4 –

Type a password for the CMS Administrator account, and click Next


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Step 5 –

To start the installation, click Next.


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Step 6 –

Installation is in progress


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Step 7 –

Updating Repository –

Installation is in progress


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Step 10 –

Post Installation Steps


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Step 10 –

Finish

How to Upgrade BI 4.1 SP6 to BI 4.2 SP 02

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