Upgrade OBIEE to 11.1.1.7.1

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This Document Describe how to Upgrade OBIEE 11.1.1.6.0 / 11.1.1.7.0 to 11.1.1.7.1, as Operating

system I am using Oracle Linux 6.4 but the same instruction will be applied on any Linux/Unix Operating

system, for windows you need to replace some command line depend on it.

When you are attending to Upgrade OBIEE you have to choose which version you want, Oracle Released

new patch for OBIEE, for the both Patch you can follow this document.

1st Patch: 16556157

2nd Patch: 17530796 Newer One.

Follow the below document to check new Features , Oracle Document http://support.oracle.com

OBIEE 11g 11.1.1.7.131017 Bundle Patch is Available for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

and Exalytics (Doc ID 1595219.1)

When you apply Patch #17530796 your Build Version will be 11.1.1.7.131017

And the main Features in it:

Support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 10

Support for Oracle BI Mobile App Designer

Support for improved exporting functionality into Microsoft Excel When you are applying one of these patches you should include patch # 16569379.

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Document you maybe need:

OBIEE Suite Bundle Patches (Doc ID 1591422.1)

OBIEE 11g: Required and Recommended Bundle Patches and Patch Sets (Doc ID

1488475.1).

Oracle Exalytics Patchset 3 (PS3) Now Available for Oracle Exalytics (Doc ID

1587470.1).

OBIEE 11g: How To Improve the Functionality of Exporting Data from Analyses,

Dashboards, and other Oracle BI Presentation Catalog Objects into Microsoft Excel with

OBIEE 11.1.1.7.131017 (Doc ID 1595671.1).

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After Download the Patch and Upload it to the server.

Create Directory Called Patch and move all downloaded Patch to it.

Unzip the patches.

Follow the below Steps :

[oracle@SERVER-OBIEE#]export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/fmw/Oracle_BI1/ [oracle@SERVER-OBIEE#]export JAVA_HOME=/u01/app/fmw/Oracle_BI1/jdk [oracle@SERVER-OBIEE#]export MY_PATCH=/share/Patch/ 16556157/ [oracle@SERVER-OBIEE#] export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH

Run the below command:

[oracle@SERVER-OBIEE#]

opatch napply -silent $MY_PATCH -id 16453010,16842070,16849017,16850553,16869578,16916026,16569379

[WARN ][jrockit] MaxPermSize=768m ignored: Not a valid option for JRockit Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 11.1.0.9.9 Copyright (c) 2012, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Oracle Home : /u01/app/fmw/Oracle_BI1 Central Inventory : /u01/app from : /u01/app/fmw/Oracle_BI1//oraInst.loc OPatch version : 11.1.0.9.9 OUI version : 11.1.0.9.0 Log file location : /u01/app/fmw/Oracle_BI1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2014-01-18_11-24-38AM_1.log OPatch detects the Middleware Home as "/u01/app/fmw" Verifying environment and performing prerequisite checks... OPatch continues with these patches: 16453010 16842070 16849017 16850553 16869578 16916026 16569379

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Do you want to proceed? [y|n] Y (auto-answered by -silent) User Responded with: Y All checks passed. Please shutdown Oracle instances running out of this ORACLE_HOME on the local system. (Oracle Home = '/u01/app/fmw/Oracle_BI1') Is the local system ready for patching? [y|n] Y (auto-answered by -silent) User Responded with: Y Backing up files... OPatch succeeded. rm -rv $ORACLE_HOME/bifoundation/web/catalogmanager/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi rm -rv $ORACLE_HOME/bifoundation/web/catalogmanager/configuration/org.eclipse.equinox.app cp $ORACLE_HOME/clients/bipublisher/repository/Tools/BIPublisherDesktop*.exe $ORACLE_HOME/domains/BIDOMAIN/config/bipublisher/repository/Tools/ cp $ORACLE_HOME/clients/bipublisher/repository/Admin/DataSource/msmdacc64.dll $ORACLE_HOME//domains/BIDOMAIN/config/bipublisher/repository/Admin/DataSource rm –rf $ORACLE_HOME/domains/BIDOMAIN/servers/bi_server1/tmp/_WL_user/bipublisher_11.1.1/*/jsp_servlet Now OBIEE Patched Successfully.