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Reports Pre-Installation Checklist

Print the following checklist to be sure that you meet the minimum system and database requirements before installing the Report Server:

• Be sure that the Windows or UNIX system on which you are installing the Report Server meets the minimum system requirements.
• If you create a database instance for the Snapshot Database, run the following scripts on the new database:
  • Microsoft SQL: C:\Program Files\CA\Identity Manager\IAM Suite\Identity Manager\tools\imrexport\db\sqlserver\ims_mssql_report.sql
  • Oracle: C:\Program Files\CA\Identity Manager\IAM Suite\Identity Manager\tools\imrexport\db\oracle\ims_oracle_report.sql

    To execute these scripts, the database user needs DBA, connect, and resource roles and system privileges to create tables, indexes, sessions and views with global query rewrite permission.

• On UNIX, set the following parameters as global in the local .profile files:
  • ORACLE_BASE: the top-level directory where Oracle is installed.
  • ORACLE_HOME: the path to the Oracle root directory under ORACLE_BASE
  • LD_LIBRARY_PATH: $ORACLE_HOME/lib32:$ORACLE_HOME/lib

    If Oracle is a 64-bit installation, use lib32. Use SQL Plus to connect to the oracle database instance to determine if it is a 64-bit installation.

  • ORACLE_SID: the SID name used in the tnsnames.ora file.
  • JAVA_HOME: the path to the Java root directory. Business Objects installs a JDK in the following location:

    report_server_home/jre
    

    Note: JDK 1.5 is the minimum version supported for reports.

  • PATH: $LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$JAVA_HOME:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH
  • LC_ALL: en_US.UTF-8

    Note: Be sure that the CASHCOMP environment variable is empty.

• On UNIX systems:
  • 3 GB of free space is required under /tmp.
  • You need access to a non-root user account to install the Report Server.

    This user should have a home directory in the local file system. For example, the following command creates a user with a local home directory:

    useradd -u 505 -g 0 -d /export/home/cabi -m cabi
    

    Also, add the non-root user to the install group and any group for which the root user is a member.

  • Enter the database server name in the /etc/hosts file if the database server is not on the same system as the Report Server. (If you have DNS, this step is unnecessary.)
  • If you encounter problems, inspect the SDK.log under these locations:

    /opt/CA/SharedComponents/CommonReporting3/ca-install.log

    /opt/CA/SharedComponents/CommonReporting3/CA_Business_Intelligence_InstallLog.log