Web Intelligence/Desktop IntelligenceSpecial Interest Group

Life Cycle Management for XI 3.1

Jay Riddle - Senior ConsultantConsultancy by Kingfisher, Inc.07/21/2009

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Topics• Introduction• Architecture Review• Installing Life Cycle Manager v1• Live Demonstration

• LCM Security & Administration• Creating & Promoting a LCMBIAR file• Creating & Promoting from CMS to CMS• Version Management

• FAQ

INTRODUCTION

What is LifeCycle Manager for XI 3.1?• BusinessObjects LifeCycle Manager (LCM) is a web-based tool (Java

based) that enables you to move BI resources from one system to another system, without affecting the dependencies of these resources. It also enables you to manage different versions of BI resources, manage dependencies of BI resources, and roll back a promoted resource to restore the destination system to its previous state.

• The LCM tool is a plug-in for the BusinessObjects Enterprise application. You can promote a BI resource from one system to another system only if the same version of the BusinessObjects.

Promotion

Mapping

Test Promotion

Dependencies

SecurityRollback

Auditing

Scheduling

Version Control

LIFE CYCLE MANAGER XI 3.1

Promotion vs. Migration vs. Replication

LCM

Import Wizard

Federation

Download – SAP Support Portal

http://service.sap.com/bosap-downloads

LCM ARCHITECTURE

Best Practice Architecture

Reminder: No additional licensing required when installing LCM – including when creating a separate BOE XI 3.1 system purely for LCM.

In Future: Will be a tab in CMC

Diagram care of David Brockington, Product Manager, SAP BusinessObjects - (2009)

INSTALLATION

Pre-requisites• Windows Server 2003/2008**• Disk Space: 225mb• RAM: 2GB• Processor: 32 or 64-bit (x86) AMD or Intel• BOE XI 3.1 System w/ enabled servers:

• Central Management Server• Input/Output File Repository Servers• Adaptive Processing Server• Web Application Server (Tomcat)

** Reference the LCM User Guide for more specific information on supported platforms.

Package Contents

Installation Wizard…

This is a GUI installation…

…but a CLI installation is also available*

CLI = Command Line Interface

* See Installation Guide for details…

…

Accept the license agreement to get the party started…

… Subversion

Already have Subversion?

Create a new repository…

HINT: Set up the repository using port: 3690

Subversion is an open source version control system

More Info @ http://subversion.tigris.org/

… Subversion Config

This section will only appear if you chose to “Use an existing Subversion Installation” on the previous screen…

… SVN Repository Password

If installing Sub-version using wizard Set your password to secure your SVN repository…

SVN

… CMS Credentials

Enter the BOE server & credentials for the system you are deploying LCM on…

For the purposed of this seminar, against best practice, LCM was deployed onto our Development box…

… Repository PasswordWant to deploy the web tier piece separately?

Use Wdeploy to un-package the war files on your web app server. *

* See Installation Guide for CLI commands…

…

Begin the installation when ready…

…

Fin.

BOE LCM Subversion Service

Subversion Repository Location

Subversion Check-In Path

Stored by CUID (similar to CMS repository)

CUID = Cluster Unique Identifier

Example of deployed LCM web app

Hot Tip – Avoid Auditing Errors

• To use the Audit feature in LCM, you must… Have a functioning Audit DB enabled in SIA settings Enable ‘Audit Events’ on Adaptive Processing Server

Enable ‘Audit Events’ on LCM Job Server

… Audit DB in SIA Properties (CCM)

… Adaptive Processing Server (CMC)

… LCM Job Server (CMC)

Known Issues & FAQ

FAQ• Is LCM supported in Edge?

• Yes. Although not packaged with Edge, you can download it and implement in conjunction with an existing Edge installation. However, the download is in the Enterprise area which you may not have access to. Contact SAP Support for help getting access to the download.

• Are Linked Universes supported?• Unless they were broken during a previous migration or other issue,

then yes – LCM identifies and supports promotion of linked universes.

• Will LCM work with IIS?• No. LCM is Java based and requires a web app server that hosts

as a java servlet container such as Tomcat, or Weblogic.

FAQ Continued…• Do our environments need to be at the same SP

level?• Yes. Separate environments should be at same SP level. Some

flexibility exists in patch level (FP, HF, etc), but problems can occur with universe/connection mappings, as well as other things if not closely mirrored.

• Can you cluster the LCM Job Server?• Installing more than one LCM Job server per CMS is not supported.

Hence, the LCM Job server cannot be clustered. There is also no need for this.

• Are DI object supported?• Currently DI objects do not reside in the CMS repository, so not

currently. However, it is said that DI objects may moved into the CMS repository in a future release of BOE.

FAQ Continued…• Does LCM support the promotion of Overloads (aka

‘Overrides’)?• Yes. If you recall this is a checkbox in the Import Wizard. You can

find more information on Overloads in the Release Notes provided with the other documentation in the LCM installation package.

• Does LCM support the promotion of Application rights (Example: InvoView, CMC, Widgets, etc)• No. Continue to use the Import Wizard to migrate application rights

if needed, or once initial promotion of group security to the destination system is accomplished (ie. to Production system), manually setup these rights.

Known Issues:• LCM v1 has a bug in displaying non-english folder names. If all your

folders are "english" then it should display in the LCM UI. The LCM SP2 patch should be able to fix this issue.

• LCM cannot promote Application Rights or Document Instances. Use the Import Wizard for this

• If a user is logged into the destination system’s Infoview or CMC (ie. Prod) - when objects are being promoted they may receive errors. Have them log out and log back in once promotion is complete or set promotions to occur in off hours to avoid this.

• When looking at the History of a job, the “Rollback” button is grayed out. You have to click “Refresh”, then select the job you wish to roll back, and the button will finally become selectable.

Q&A

• Jay Riddle• Senior Consultant• Consultancy by Kingfisher, Inc.• jay.riddle@kingfisherinc.com

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