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Meeting the Host Name and Network Requirements

Your UNIX server must have a fixed host name before you run the installation script. You must have root privileges to set or modify this information about your system. If you are unfamiliar with these procedures, see your UNIX system documentation.

Your UNIX server host IP should be properly configured in /etc/hosts file so that there is no IP resolution problem. You should check /etc/hosts before running the installation. The follow entries should occur once:

IP-Address  Full-Qualified-Hostname  Short-Hostname

For example, if the hostname is abc0008, the domain is myhost.com, and the IP is 141.0.0.0, the following entries display:

141.0.0.0 	abc0008.myhost.com	abc0008
127.0.0.1	localhost.myhost.com	localhost

Ensure there are no duplicate entries for each of the host names. Once you have configured the file, restart the network.

Important! If /etc/hosts is not configured properly, the installation fails.

When installing BusinessObjects Enterprise on multiple computers, ensure that each target computer is able to communicate over TCP/IP with the computer that is running as your Central Management Server (CMS).

Note: If you are installing BusinessObjects Enterprise in a firewall environment, you must be aware of additional configuration details. See Firewalls.