BOE330 SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform: Designing and Deploying a Solution

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1 SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform: Designing and Deploying a Solution SAP BusinessObjects - Business Intelligence Course Version: 96 Revision A Course Duration: 2 Day(s) Publication Date: Publication Time: 1508

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3 Contents Contents Course Overview... v Course Goals... v Course Objectives...vi Unit 1: Reviewing Architecture, Administration, and Security in SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform,... 1 SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform Architecture... 1 SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform Security... 1 Unit 2: Identifying Requirements... 2 Planning your SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform deployment... 2 Unit 3: Ensuring Availability of your SAP BusinessObjects BI Solutions 3 Understanding Terms in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Solution... 3 Ensuring Availability in Multiple Tiers... 3 Unit 4: Performance, Scalability and Sizing... 4 Designing a Scalable System... 4 Sizing an SAP BusinessObjects BI platform deployment... 4 Designing an Architecture Plan... 4 Unit 5: Deploying a System... 5 Clustering Central Management Servers... 5 Unit 6: Content Management... 6 Understanding the Upgrade Management Tool... 6 Using Lifecycle Management Console... 6 Using Monitoring and Auditing... 6 Managing the Federation SAP AG. All rights reserved. iii

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5 Course Overview Course Overview This four-day instructor-led course teaches system administrators the skills and knowledge required to design and deploy a SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform. In this course, students will learn how to analyze and identify customer requirements in order to design a solution using the concepts of High Availability, Scalability, Sizing, Disaster Recovery and Lifecycle Management. Using a case study, students will design, build and troubleshoot a system and then produce a content management plan using advanced security and replication techniques. The business benefit of this course is that it provides system architects/administrators with an understanding of the concepts necessary to effectively design and deploy a Business Intelligence solution using the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform. Target Audience This course is intended for the following audiences: The target audience for this course is system architects/administrators who are experienced with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform.and will be responsible for designing and deploying solutions for their organization. Course Prerequisites Required Knowledge SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform: Administration and Security SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform: Administering Servers Windows Recommended Knowledge Windows conventions Familiarity with Windows Server 2000/2003 administration Windows Server 2000/2003 security concepts (global/local groups, and directory structure) Course Goals This course will prepare the participant to: Analyze and identify customer requirements in order to design a SAP BusinessObjects BI solution using the concepts of High Availability, Scalability, Sizing, Disaster Recovery and Lifecycle Management Produce a content management plan using advanced security and replication techniques Design and deploy a SAP Business Intelligence solution using the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform SAP AG. All rights reserved. v

6 Course Overview Course Objectives After completing this course, the participant will be able to: Explain SAP BusinessObjects BI platform architecture, administration, and security Ensure availability of your SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions Design a scalable system Size a SAP BusinessObjects BI deployment Deploy a SAP BusinessObjects BI platform Manage content across BI deployments SAP AG. All rights reserved. vi

7 Unit 1 Reviewing Architecture, Administration, and Security in SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform, Unit Overview This first unit covers the architecture and security model in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform. Lesson: SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform Architecture Define SAP BusinessObjects BI platform architecture terms Describe key architectural process flows Lesson: SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform Security Understand how rights work in SAP BusinessObjects BI platform Describe how access levels are used Understand top-level, folder-level and object-level security Understand inheritance SAP AG. All rights reserved. 1

8 Unit 2 Identifying Requirements Unit Overview This unit provides you with information for planning your SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform deployment. It explains the key requirements and choices you need to make before you begin your deployment. Lesson: Planning your SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform deployment Consider the many different requirements that might affect a SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform deployment Evaluate your organization s needs before you deploy your SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform system Describe the checklist of criteria that helps you plan your SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform deployment, SAP AG. All rights reserved. 2

9 Unit 3 Ensuring Availability of your SAP BusinessObjects BI Solutions Unit Overview This unit focuses on the concepts that must be taken into account when you design and deploy a Business Intelligence solution so that it is available to your business and your users. Scalability, fault tolerance, deployment strategies, and disaster recovery are key concepts to cover. Lesson: Understanding Terms in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Solution Describe the challenges in a Business Intelligence solution Explain the key factors in making your systems fault tolerant and highly available Define the deployment strategies for high availability in SAP BusinessObjects BI platform Lesson: Ensuring Availability in Multiple Tiers List deployment options for the application tier Explain vertical and horizontal scaling options Describe the new capabilities of the wdeploy tool and its role in creating high availability in the application tier Understand high availability in the Intelligence tier Describe the process of CMS clustering Manage active/passive file repository servers Describe the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform servers in the Processing tier Understand the concept of server groups Create and work with server groups SAP AG. All rights reserved. 3

10 Unit 4 Performance, Scalability and Sizing Unit Overview This unit provides an overview of how SAP BusinessObjects BI platforms is designed. It discusses the various reasons for sizing a system including the concept of scalability. The lesson includes a methodology you can use to calculate a sizing solution. Lesson: Designing a Scalable System Define scalability List and describe general SAP BusinessObjects BI platform scalability considerations Lesson: Sizing an SAP BusinessObjects BI platform deployment Define the sizing process Size a SAP BusinessObjects BI platform deployment Lesson: Designing an Architecture Plan Determine system usage, reporting, document interaction, and general deployment requirements Analyze deployment requirements to determine the size and configuration of a deployment Identify service thresholds SAP AG. All rights reserved. 4

11 Unit 5 Deploying a System Unit Overview After you have designed a system architecture plan, you then deploy the system in a test environment to ensure that it is operating as expected. Lesson: Clustering Central Management Servers Describe clustering Central Management Servers Explain how to secure your deployment Understand how web applications are deployed SAP AG. All rights reserved. 5

12 Unit 6 Content Management Unit Overview Once you have deployed a SAP BusinessObjects BI platform you need to design and implement a content management plan. Lesson: Understanding the Upgrade Management Tool Describe the roles of the upgrade management tool Migrate objects using the upgrade management tool Lesson: Using Lifecycle Management Console Explain Lifecycle Management Describe the Lifecycle management console Manage promotion jobs Lesson: Using Monitoring and Auditing Use Monitoring Use Auditing Lesson: Managing the Federation Recognize when to use the different types of replication Manage replication conflict resolution SAP AG. All rights reserved. 6