1. SHERRYANNE MEYER [ ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER MEMBER SINCE: 2000 ANUP MAHESHWARI [ ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER MEMBER SINCE: 2008 AJAY VONKAREY [ ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER MEMBER SINCE: 1999 ] Doubling Down: Multiple Node Scenarios for BOE Kevin McManus McManus Software + Consulting

2. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Speaker  Kevin McManus brings over 17 years of world wide consulting experience with a specialization in delivering reporting and analysis solutions to customers in many industries.  BI Chair of the Central Texas ASUG Chapter  Speaker at the User Conference in Dallas, TX, Berlin, Germany and other ASUG events  BusinessObjects Enterprise Certified Professional  Founder of McManus Software + Consulting  Creator of Report Launch for Business Objects

3. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 3 Learning Points  Some scenarios where multiple SIAs make sense  What steps are necessary  What to expect once its done

4. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Remote Administration Scenario  Create a CMS on a local server as backup when remote CMS is down  No additional services are needed to be added  For Remote External Administration  But not report viewing/modification.  Only supported by Enterprise  Considered a cluster so Edge not supported

5. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Logical thought process  Create a SIA with a CMS and point at the existing CMS Database Repository  Logical but incorrect  This is for creating a dedicated CMS

6. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Logical thought process ?  Use same database as the current CMS ?

7. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Logical thought process ??  Use same database credential as the default CMS ??

8. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Logical thought process ???  Entered the current CMS password ?  Now is the point I started to wonder

9. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Not quite logical after all !  This failed – progress bar went away!  SIAINT.cms was partially created

10. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Correct Process  Create an SIA  Then add a CMS  Then point to the database  Then set start properties  Do a backup first

11. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Create an SIA  Use default CMS  Overall ignore the rest of the list as some entries are invalid

12. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Create an SIA  SIA properly created  Visible in the Central Configuration Manager

13. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Create the CMS  Login to the CMC  Right mouse-click on the Nodes or Servers link

14. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Create the CMS  Create the CMS service  SSO (if needed)

15. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Create the CMS  Ignore Warning  Use the Central Configuration Manager to ensure the Server Intelligence Agent for this node has valid CMS System Database Configuration and Auditing Database Configuration.  This step cannot be done yet anyway (Wait 2 slides)  Set Port to an alternative for administrative purposes only

16. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ CMS Properties  Different Port  Set Automatic Start

17. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Set CMS Database  Start and then stop new SIA in the CCM  Click on “Specify CMS Data Source”

18. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Point to the Database  Point to the existing CMS database

19. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ So what do we do with this?  Partial Separation  Same Software Installation  Same Directories  Same Database  Same File Store  Duplicate SIA services (/win23_x86)  Duplicate CMS services (/auditing & /logging)  Use when main CMS is down  Use local CMS to identify and resolve issue  Provide remote administrative support by opening only CMS ports  Audit Administrative Logins separate from user logins

20. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Multiple Node Scenario  Multiple Nodes on a single server  Sandbox and Development  Development and Test  Development and Production on the same server  A Private/Internal and a Public / External

21. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Total Separation  Same Software Installation  Same Directories  Two separate executions  Duplicate Databases  Duplicate SIA services  Duplicate CMS services  Duplicate Report Services  Separate Caching  Separate Ports  Twice the licensing  Watch performance!

22. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Getting Started  Backup your database  Open the CCM

23. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Create an SIA  Choose a port that is logical (i.e. 7500)  Make sure its available

24. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Create the CMS  Choose a port that is logical (i.e. 7400)  Make sure its available

25. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Create the CMS  Create a second new database  One for CMS  One for Audit

26. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Create the CMS  Don’t forget to specify the Audit Database  Database userid/password not checked until you click “Next > “ Button

27. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Shuffling wont take long….

28. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Proof is in the cards  Check the task manager for the second CMS.exe

29. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Directories  Check the file directories for the updates for  Separate Auditing Cache  Separate serverpids  Separate logging  Separate file stores

30. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Directories

31. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Proof is in the cards  Start it up from the CCM

32. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Lots of services

33. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Time to configure  Login to CMC using new CMS

34. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Before you cash out….  Set services that you don’t need to not start with SIA  Set ports for services you want externalized to specific ports  Web Intelligence Processing Server  Processing / Page Server (Crystal)  Cache Server (Crystal)  Add new databases to your backups streams  Disaster Recover Test  Before users get on new system test the recoverability  www.mcmanusconsulting.com/Articles.htm www.mcmanusconsulting.com/Articles.htm

35. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ Total Separation  Same Directories  Two separate executions  Duplicate Databases  Duplicate SIA services (/win23_x86)  Duplicate CMS services (/auditing & /logging)  Duplicate Report Services (/serverpids)  Separate Caching (/data)  Twice the licensing

36. Real Experience. Real Advantage. [ 36 Contact Information Kevin McManus McManus Software + Consulting www.reportlaunch.com kevin@mcmanusconsulting.com 877-857-7407