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You can access all these books plus the newly published books in a downloadable format at this location - SAP Business Intelligence Platform - Pattern Books Index

Deploying SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform in the real world

Deploying SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (BIP) can involve more than just installing BI platform software on a single machine. To fully leverage SAP BI platform in your company's environment, you may want to complete the following tasks:

Set up firewalls, reverse proxy servers, and load balancer
Configure your company's existing software, such as application servers and database servers
Install and configure BI platform software on multiple machines to achieve scalability and redundancy
Integrate with your company's existing security infrastructure

Since setup instructions vary for different operating systems, application server vendors, and database vendors, this wiki contains end-to-end instructions for setting up various deployment scenarios in your company's environment. Each deployment scenario is called a pattern.

Available Patterns

BIP on Linux with Tomcat and Sybase ASE		BIP Integration with SAP Netweaver
In this pattern, we deploy SAP BusinessObjects BI platform on Linux. This pattern uses one web server, two application servers (Tomcat 7), and two BI platform installations (Red Hat). The CMS database is Sybase ASE and the authentication is Windows AD. This pattern is applicable to Red Hat and SUSE.		You can now purchase or preview the following comprehensive end-to-end guide to integrate SAP BusinessObjects BI platform with SAP NetWeaver. For more information, click the graphic.
BIP on Windows with Mobile and Explorer		SAP BI Pattern Books: Pattern Book on BI 4.1 Update
In this pattern, we deploy SAP BusinessObjects BI platform on Windows 2008 release 2. This pattern uses one web server, two application servers (Tomcat 7), and two BI platform installations. The CMS database is SQL Server 2008 R2, and the authentication is Windows AD.		This pattern book covers the workflow required to perform an UPDATE of the SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 SP04 environment to the SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 SP04 release on Microsoft Windows platform.
SAP BI Pattern Books - Pattern Book on BI 4.1 Upgrade		BI Platform 4.x Performance Testing Pattern Book
This pattern book covers the workflow required to UPGRADE objects (reports, users, groups, and so on) from the source (SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1 SP07 platform) system to the target (SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 SP04 platform) system deployed on Microsoft Windows platform.		This pattern book provides comprehensive and step-by-step instructions for creating and executing performance tests on BI platform. It also demonstrates how to monitor, collect detailed performance information, and tune the environment based on the data.
Updating from SAP BI 4.x to SAP BI 4.2		Upgrading from BOE XI 3.x to SAP BI 4.2
This pattern book covers the workflow required to perform an UPDATE of SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.x to SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 on Microsoft Windows platform.		This pattern book covers the workflow required to UPGRADE objects from the source (BOE XI 3.X platform) system to the target (SAP BI 4.2 platform) system deployed on Microsoft Windows platform.