Installing ARIS Publisher Server using an Oracle database
This procedure describes the installation on the active computer. To perform remote installations on Microsoft Windows machines, first run the ARIS Agent setup on the remote computers.
For a productive ARIS Publisher system you must select the medium or large installation option. For these installation options an external database system is required. The Oracle database management system is not included in the package. If you have not yet installed the Oracle database management system, please follow the instructions in the Oracle installation program, as well as the documentation provided by the manufacturer.
Depending on the ARIS Publisher Server license purchased, the system enables all users to simultaneously work on exports.
We recommend two separate Oracle database instances for ARIS Server and ARIS Publisher. This keeps the two systems from competing for resources, and you achieve better performance and higher availability.
While creating the database instance used by ARIS Publisher, write down all defined connection parameters, for example, the database name, the tablespace names, the user name, and password. You must enter these values later during the setup process.
Use of the database character set AL32UTF8 is mandatory.
We recommend a block size of 8K.
query_rewrite_enabled=true
query_rewrite_integrity=trusted
Two tablespaces, for example, ARISBPDATA (for table data) and ARISBPINDEX (for index data) have been created.
We recommend setting the tablespaces for automatic, unlimited growth. Otherwise, you run the risk of completely exhausting the memory in the tablespaces, which may cause important functions of ARIS Server and ARIS Publisher to fail. If the option for automatic growth is not set, regular monitoring (example: weekly) of the Oracle instance is required to ensure that the tablespaces are manually increased on time.
We recommend turning off the Oracle recycle bin because large quantities of tables accumulate there when exports are deleted.
An Oracle user has been created using the Create_db_and_user.bat and bpadduser.sql scripts (<installation media\Add-ons\DatabaseScripts\PublisherServer\oracle). The ORACLE_SID and the Oracle system user's password must have been adapted in the Create_db_and_user.bat file. Prompted during script execution, the name of the Oracle user as well as the password is arbitrary. To encrypt passwords use the ARIS Server Administrator command encrypt.
Procedure
Start the ARIS Publisher Server installation as an administrator (DVD 2 folder Setups\Windows\ARIS_Publisher_Server).
Install the ARIS Publisher Server on the active computer and use the default agent user's credentials. To perform remote installations on Microsoft Windows machines, first run the ARIS Agent setup on the remote computers.
Select the installation directory.
To import the ARIS license file right now, click Select file... and navigate to the license archive file. Otherwise licenses must be imported after the installation.
Select the ARIS Publisher Server to be installed. A Report Server can only be installed on another machine. This is to optimize system performance when running reports.
If you retain the settings of the installation program, the context path and the default port 14500 to the web server are entered automatically. Either make sure that the default port is not used by other programs, or enter another free port number.
If you use Process Governance please specify the IP address or fully-qualified ARIS Server name. Enter the port number only if it is another than the standard port.
The Process Governance module and the Start governance process pop-up menu are only available in the Publisher exports if a Process Governance license is available for the connected ARIS Server and all Process Governance integration parameters have been entered during the ARIS Publisher Server setup process.
To use the user and license management of another ARIS Server, select Use the ARIS Administration of an existing ARIS Server.
Enter the URL to that ARIS Server ARIS Administration:
http://<IP address or fully-qualified host name>:<load balancer port>/umc
You must enter the port number only if you have changed or redirected (Redirect ports, Redirect ports) the standard port.
Enter the ARIS Administration user name superuser and the corresponding password. You can also enter encrypted passwords.
Select the Medium or Large installation option. You need to take the memory requirement into account to ensure optimum load distribution and better protection against failure.
Select Oracle as database system.
Select the required JDBC driver for the Oracle database management system.
Enter the connection parameters you have defined while creating the Oracle database.
Server: Fully qualified name or IP address of the Oracle system.
Port: Port addressing the Oracle server instance running over TCP. The default port number is 1521.
Database instance name: Oracle SID or Oracle service name.
Application user: Login user name that is used by the application. This is the name of the Oracle user created by the Create_user.bat and bpadduser.sql scripts.
Password: The application user password. This password is automatically encrypted during the setup process. You can also enter encrypted passwords.
Data tablespace name: Name of the tablespace for table data that had been created earlier. The default value is ARISBPDATA.
Index tablespace name: Name of the tablespace for index data that had been created earlier. The default value is ARISBPINDEX.
After the installation, reports are run by ARIS Publisher Server. You can additionally install a Report Server on another machine to optimize system performance when running reports. To install ARIS Publisher Report Server, start the ARIS Publisher Server setup on another machine and install the ARIS Publisher Report Server. After you have installed ARIS Publisher Report Server, exports are managed by ARIS Publisher Server and reports are run by ARIS Publisher Report Server.