Description

This training will provide you with the knowledge necessary to install and configure the different components of SAP BusinessObjects® BI 4. You will discover the architecture, tools, services, the management console as well as best practices for daily server administration.

Who is this training for ?

For whom ?

Systems administrators and engineers.

Prerequisites

Training objectives

Discover and understand the architecture and organization of the different SAP BusinessObjects® BI services 4

Know the SLS tools and good administration practices for the different servers

Have an overview of the configuration possibilities on others specific or transversal services

Identify possibilities for optimizing the platform

Training program

• Presentation and installation
  • - Presentation of the different installation modes: enterprise, installation (standard/custom/silent).
  • - Overall architecture of SAP BusinessObjects® Enterprise.
  • - Presentation of the server architecture.
  • - Client architecture: thin clients, deployment of thick clients.
  • - Supported environments, required disk space, prerequisites.
  • - Configuration wizards for configuring servers.
  • - Practical work Installation of the server and client modules of the SAP BusinessObjects® BI suite.
• Common administration tasks
  • - Overview of administration tools.
  • - Using the CMC (Central Management Console).
  • - Roles of the CMS (Central Management Server) and the CCM (Central Configuration Manager).
  • - Server management, monitoring server status, reading error reports.
  • - Practical work Using the CMC.
• Presentation and configuration of the main services
  • - Crystal Reports: Job Server, Cache Server and Processing Server.
  • - Web Intelligence Servers: Processing Server, Adaptive Job Server.
  • - Dashboard Servers: Cache Server, Processing Servers.
  • - Sizing method.
  • - Practical work Adjusting parameters for the main services.
• Configuring other services

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  • - Multi-server organization: principle of nodes and SIA (Server Intelligence Agent) for server management.
  • - Management of data copy between servers.
  • - Backup and restoring server settings.
  • - Setting up the audit.
  • - Demonstration Presentation of the main configuration elements.