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Applied to –
SAP BI 4.2
Company –
InfoVille Solutions India Pvt Ltd
Created On –
April 2016

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Scope –
- Skill and Enablement
- Architecture and sizing
- Scope and methodology
- Testing and validation
- New features in CMC
- New features in Webi
- New features in other BI tools
Information Architecture –
Operating system - Windows Server 2008 R2 64 Bit
Database - Microsoft SQL Server 2012 R2
Web Application - Tomcat 7 & Tomcat 8
SAP Business Objects Tools - SAP Business Objects BI Platform for Enterprise 4.2 SP02
Purpose –
- The purpose of this document is to up-grade SAP Business Objects Application from 4.1 SP6 to
SAP Business Objects Application from 4.2.
- Upgrading to BI platform 4.2 involves installing a new deployment and copying your content and
system data from an existing deployment.

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Installation & Configuration steps to upgrade BI4.1 SP06 to BI4.2 SP02 –
Pre Installation Check List –
- Backup of file-store, tomcat configuration files & Data base:
- Backup of CMS & Audit metadata
- Backup of Following Configuration Files available at Tomcat (Web Tier) & BOBJ Layer (Management
Tier & Processing Tier):
 web.xml
 server.xml
 BILaunchpad.properties
 Global.Properties (If you have done any changes)
- Make a note of recurring instance available in current environment
 Pause all instance before doing any upgrade activity
Post Installation Check List –
- Installation of SAP Business Objects 4.2
- Validate your configuration with respect to below points:
- Validate your reports available in your environment
- SSO (SAP, Windows AD, LDAP, & Others like Oracle SIEBEL)
- Start all paused instances and check the status after schedule.

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Installation & Upgrade –
Support Patches –

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Up gradation & Configuration Documents –
Step 1 –
When the prerequisite system check completes successfully, click Next

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Step 2 –
On the "SAP BusinessObjects BI platform services 4.2 setup" page, click Next.

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Step 3 –
Accept the License Agreement, and click Next

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Step 4 –
Type a password for the CMS Administrator account, and click Next

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Step 5 –
To start the installation, click Next.

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Step 6 –
Installation is in progress

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Step 7 –
Updating Repository –
Installation is in progress

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Step 10 –
Post Installation Steps

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Step 10 –
Finish