Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
[. . . ] Business Objects Crystal Decisions Installation Guide - Linux
Business Objects Crystal Decisions Linux
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Business Objects owns the following U. S. patents, which may cover products that are offered and sold by Business Objects: 5, 555, 403, 6, 247, 008 B1, 6, 578, 027 B2, 6, 490, 593 and 6, 289, 352. Business Objects, the Business Objects logo, Crystal Reports, and Crystal Enterprise are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects SA or its affiliated companies in the United States and other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. [. . . ] For more information, see "Beginning your installation" on page 19. To perform a new installation From the list of options on the Installation Type screen, select New. Choose whether to use an existing database or to install MySQL.
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If you choose to use an existing database: a. Provide the required information about your database in the fields provided, and press Enter. The required information is summarized in the following table: Database type Information required MySQL Host Name User ID for CMS Password for CMS MySQL port number TNS name User ID for CMS Password for CMS CMS port number b. Select the database type for your CMS.
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Database type Information required DB2 Alias name User ID for CMS Password for CMS CMS port number Sybase Service name User ID for CMS Password for CMS CMS port number
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d. Reinitialization of the Business Objects Crystal Decisions database will erase all previous content in that particular database. Note: If you are using an existing database, the database client must be installed, configured and accessible to the user account and database environment. Consult the documentation specific to your database environment for further details. For more information on sourcing your database, refer to "Preparing your existing database server" on page 16.
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If you choose to install MySQL: a. Enter the MySQL port number and the password for database administrator, and then press Enter. If you leave the MySQL port number field blank, port 3306 will be used. Provide information for your MySQL CMS database, and then press Enter. Database type Information required MySQL MySQL CMS name User ID for MySQL CMS database Password for CMS database
d. Type the port number for the CMS, and then press Enter, or press Enter to accept the default of 6400.
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Choose whether to use an existing Java application server or to install Tomcat.
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To install Tomcat: a. Type the HTTP, the Redirect and the Shutdown ports for Tomcat, and then press Enter, or press Enter to accept the defaults. Note: The default ports are 8080 (HTTP), 8443 (Redirect), and 8005 (Shutdown).
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To use Java application server that is already installed, select Use an existing Java application server.
Press Enter to start the installation.
When the new installation is finished, the setup program starts the servers as daemons and then enables each server that is registered with the CMS. Note: If you did not install Tomcat when you installed Business Objects Crystal Decisions; InfoView and the Central Management Console (CMC) must be deployed before you use them. For more information on deploying on the supported web application servers, consult the BusinessObjects Enterprise Installation Guide for Unix. For more information about the system architecture of an installation of Business Objects Crystal Decisions, see the Business Objects Enterprise Architecture chapter in the BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide.
Finishing a system installation
If you chose to perform a system installation, the setup program script prompts you to run the setupinit. sh script after it is finished. The setupinit. sh script copies the run control scripts to your /etc/rc# directories. When implemented, these run control scripts start/stop servers associated with Business Objects Crystal Decisions on system startup/shutdown. [. . . ] For details about security, see BusinessObjects Enterprise Security Concepts in the BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide.
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Viewers Report Viewers display Web Intelligence documents and Crystal reports pages in users' web browsers. For more information, see Report Viewers in the BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide.
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Import Wizard The Import Wizard is a locally installed tool that allows administrators to import users, groups, folders, and reports from an existing BusinessObjects Enterprise, Crystal Enterprise, or Crystal Info implementation to Business Objects Crystal Decisions. For more information, see Importing Objects to BusinessObjects Enterprise in the BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide.
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Publishing Wizard The Publishing Wizard is a locally installed tool that allows administrators and users to add Crystal reports to Business Objects Crystal Decisions. For more information, see Publishing Objects to BusinessObjects Enterprise in the BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide.
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Repository Migration Wizard The Repository Migration Wizard is a tool that allows you to copy the data from an existing repository database into another data source. [. . . ]