I want to apologize in advance if this is a bit of a naive question.
We unfortunately dont have a dedicated administrator on my team for OBIEE. Our OBIEE was installed by a contractor, and he is now gone - Now my manager would like to upgrade OBIEE to the latest version and I was asked to look into it.
Currently we have OBIEE 12.2.1.2 installed on a Unix box, and I was looking at doing an in place upgrade as I am assuming this may be the easier route.
I was reading the documentation provided here: https://docs.oracle.com/middleware/bi12214/lcm/OBIUP/GUID-93B3A0DC-7546-4ABB-946E-593B3AAE444D.htm#OBIUP-GUID-93B3A0DC-7…
And I have been trying to read as many items as I can but wanted to confirm a few things
-Are there any patches or anything I need to install before starting the actual OBIEE install?
I know I need to install these items: Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure (fmw_12.2.1.3.0_infrastructure_generic.jar) and Oracle Business Intelligence (UNIX: fmw_12.2.1.4.0_bi_platform_linux64.bin) - But i had read on a blog that I may need to install some patches before I start these items?
-When I am doing an in place upgrade, it mentions to install OBIEE into a new Oracle home. For all the reports/RPD and other items I am assuming these are all in the domain folder - Which if I understand correctly when I run the re-configuration wizard and go through the steps then it will all point to the new Oracle home afterwards.
So for example, we currently have two folders
-/<dir>/Oracle_home_12212
-/<dir>/Oracle_Domain_home
After I run through the guide, would I then end up with 3 folders finally?
-/<dir>/Oracle_home_12212
-/<dir>/Oracle_home_12214
-/<dir>/Oracle_Domain_home
If this is the case, then is it safe for me to remove the old oracle home once everything has been validated?
I guess I am generally trying to ask if anyone else experienced any issues while doing a similar upgrade to 12.2.1.4. I am also trying to get an idea of what the end state would look like so I have an idea what to expect at a high level.
My manager would really like to have the expertise in house in being able to upgrade our OBIEE instance moving forward vs having to call a consultant in each time to upgrade. So I am some what starting from the bottom here and any insight would be much appreciated
