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OBIEE 12c as a Windows Service

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Machiel Treffers
Machiel Treffers Rank 3 - Community Apprentice
edited Aug 13, 2024 6:15PM in Oracle Analytics Cloud and Server

All,

Just as OBIEE 11g, I'm trying to get OBIEE 12c running as a service.


Unfortunately when using the same technique as for 11g, OBIEE won't start completely. The AdminServer and bi_server1 are started by the Windows Service, but the BI services remain down. For 11g I was able to start them using the "Oracle Process Manager" service in Windows. But with OPMNCTL gone, this service isn't available anymore.


Does anyone know how to get these (or the complete OBI stack) running using Windows Services? Or make OBI 12c in any other way available on Windows without the need of a logged on user?

Thanks!


Regards, Machiel

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  • Venkata Rachuri
    Venkata Rachuri Rank 5 - Community Champion

    Try this

    Windows

    For example on Windows 2012 you could create a scheduled task that would get executed when the server starts and point it to OBIEE start script by following these steps:

    1. Open Task Scheduler from Administrative Tools
    2. Create a new Task, give it a name.
    3. Select "Run whether user is logged on or not"
    4. Create a New Trigger to run "At system startup".
    5. Create a New Action to "Start a program". Click Browse button, navigate to [DOMAIN_HOME]/bitools/bin directory and select start.cmd

    Thanks

    Venkat

  • Machiel Treffers
    Machiel Treffers Rank 3 - Community Apprentice

    Hi Venkat,

    Thanks for your reply. I did try that but no luck. Absolutely no activity from OBI when trying to run from the task scheduler: not on start-up, not when clicking "run" from the scheduler.

    Regards, Machiel

  • Machiel Treffers
    Machiel Treffers Rank 3 - Community Apprentice

    Does anybody has a suggestion?

    Thanks!


    Regards, Machiel

  • OBI_Kenobi
    OBI_Kenobi Rank 2 - Community Beginner

    Hello Machiel,

    I'm experiencing the exact same behavior and stuck at the same place... Were you ever able to get past it and get Windows Services to start up fully?

    Many thanks,

    Jeremy

  • jepva
    jepva Rank 5 - Community Champion

    Yes I have this configured successfully running as a task.

    The trick is that under "Actions" for your task, you need to specify the directory for start.cmd in the "Start in (optional):" box.  Put your directory to DOMAIN_HOME\bitools\bin there, and only specify "start.cmd" in the "Program/Script:" box.  I have the task running as the SYSTEM account so it is not relient on a user account, and check "Run with highest privileges".

  • OBI_Kenobi
    OBI_Kenobi Rank 2 - Community Beginner

    Fantastic, thanks jepva! Works for me now too.  

  • 803253
    803253 Rank 3 - Community Apprentice

    OBI_Kenobi - Can you share the steps you took to configure this? Or point me to the documentation you followed to configure in 12c?

    Thanks I appreciate it!

  • OBI_Kenobi
    OBI_Kenobi Rank 2 - Community Beginner

    Hey 803253,

    I went through Oracle Support ticket: "How To Start OBIEE 12c Automatically When The Server Reboots Or Starts (Doc ID 2077764.1)" for this. Exact same steps as user 957880 listed out above. And then be sure to follow jepva's suggestion above too about the "Start in (optional)" box. That all ended up working for me!

    Jeremy

  • Machiel Treffers
    Machiel Treffers Rank 3 - Community Apprentice

    Hi Jepva,

    Thank you very much for your suggestion. I'll try it this week! I'll post the results.

    Regards Machiel

  • user951146
    user951146 Rank 1 - Community Starter

    This was excellent.  Struggled with it, looking deep into the bowels of the system, and it turns out the solution was fairly straightforward.

    Not sure why Oracle doesn't make automated startup (or user-agnostic) easier out of the box or at least documented!