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Tips and Tricks for the OBIEE linux sysadmin

As well as industry-leading solution architecture, consultancy and training on Oracle BI, here at Rittman Mead we also provide expert services in implementation and support of such systems. In this blog I want to share some of the things I find useful when working with OBIEE on a Linux system.

Oracle BI Suite EE

Patch OBIEE the quicker way - with OPatch napply

Since 2012, Oracle's patching strategy for OBIEE has been Bundle Patches released approximately once a month. These bundle patches are usually cumulative ones, applied on top of the .0 version of the product. Patching is done through Oracle’s standard OPatch tool, which manages the application of patches

Technical

Applying patches to OBIEE : 11.1.1.6.2 BP1

The recent release of OBIEE 11.1.1.6.2 BP1 [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2012/07/obiee-11-1-1-6-2-bp1-new-features-oracle-bi-mobile-hd-and-patching-upgrade-considerations/] weighs in with a hefty eight individual patches to apply. They use the standard Oracle opatch mechanism. Here we see how to apply the patches, and note any "gotchas"

Technical

Downloading OBIEE patches from Oracle with wget

Last week saw the release of OBI 11.1.1.6.2 BP1 [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2012/07/obiee-11-1-1-6-2-bp1-new-features-oracle-bi-mobile-hd-and-patching-upgrade-considerations/] , and with it, some eight patches to download (seven OBIEE, plus one JDeveloper). A very useful option when downloading the patches, particularly if you are working on Linux servers