Instructions for the Downloading and

Installation of Partner VM Images

Version 5.10.4

Prepared by: Daniel Davis

Business Objects (UK) Ltd

Objects House
Vanwall Business Park
Vanwall Road
Maidenhead, Berkshire
SL6 4UB

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Date: 7 June 2007
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Contents

Contents 2

1 Introduction 3
1.1 Purpose of this Document 3
1.2 Software and License Prerequisites 3
1.3 Downloading the VMWare 4
1.4 Unpacking the VMWare 5
1.5 Initial Server Start-Up 6
1.6 Post Installation Procedures 13

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1 Introduction

1.1 Purpose of this Document

There is a need to distribute the corporate demo image to partners in order to help
drive sales. However, Microsoft's licensing arrangements specifically prohibit Business
Objects from simply handing over a fully configured virtual machine. The keycodes
used to build the operating system, install the Office application suite and deploy the
databases are specific to Business Objects and are not redistributable.

The Corporate Demo Team have managed to ‘remove’ the Microsoft Key codes from
the standard corporate demo image and the notes below highlight the steps that are
required to re-apply the official keys from our partner community. Please note – The
Partner will need to obtain a copy of either the VMWare Player or VMWare
Workstation for this process to work – see http://www.vmware.com/ for more
information

1.2 Software and License Prerequisites

What do partners need?

VMWare Workstation 5.xx or higher if they are not familiar with this or don't have the
software partners will need to procure it through normal software sales channels. We
don't provide this software. For information on this the partners can go to

http://www.vmware.com/products/ws

Partners will also require VOLUME LICENSE KEYS of Windows 2003 Server, not
retail keys. Again they need to procure this through their normal software channels.
For information on this the partner can go to

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/purchasing/default.mspx

It is very important they use Volume keys as the retail keys will not work. A large PC,
recommended 2 GB of RAM or higher and a BIG hard drive, the VMWare image is
over 20 GB - the bigger the better for this. A high speed connection as the download
is very large 5 GB+ and as such it may take hours to download. The download is
available from ESD, so partners will also need an ESD account.

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1.3 Downloading the VMWare

Distribution of the Partner VMWare is via the Electronic Software Delivery (ESD) site.
All partners should have login credentials to access this site. Should you not have your
account details please contact your partner manager.

To access the site point your browser at

https://businessobjects.subscribenet.com

Once you have logged into the ESD site you should navigate to the ‘Partners’ section
and then to the ‘Business Intelligence Platform’ section where you will see an item
in the list called:

‘5.10 Corp DEMO: BOE SP2/PROD PACK-PAR – IDD, DI, BOMM – INTL’

You should now have access to the 5 files that make up the distribution set.

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Select the ‘Download’ option for each file and save the 5 files into a common folder on
your PC. File #2 is a readme that might open in a new browser window – this file is not
needed for the installation. You should end up with the following files on your hard
disk:

14-00758-085.rar 2,097,152 KB
14-00759-085.rar 2,097,152 KB
14-00760-085.rar 1,848,208 KB
14-00758-085_PD.doc 68 KB

1.4 Unpacking the VMWare

You will need to unpack each of the three .RAR files using the WinRAR application. A
trail version on this can be found at http://www.rarlab.com/rar/wrar370.exe. Unpack the
3 RAR files into a new folder and you should end up with a folder containing the
following 15 files.

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1.5 Initial Server Start-Up

Start your VMWare Workstation application and point to the configuration file
‘winNetEnterprise.vmx’ that you unpacked into the selected folder. This VMWare is
configured to use 2000 MB of memory but depending on your machine specification
this may be set down to use 1200 MB for better performance.

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Start the Virtual Machine ignoring all messages during start-up. This version on the
Corporate Demo Image contains a fully working image however the keys for Windows
2003 Server Standard Edition, Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft SQL Server have
been removed. During start-up you will be prompted to apply your organisations keys
for the products listed above.

The first OS screen can take several minutes to disappear so please be patient if you
see this screen.

This will be followed by more of the same…

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Finally we get to the point that you need to start to configure the Operating System
etc. You start with the End User License Agreement Dialog.

Followed by the Regional and Language Options – You can alter these settings to be
specific for the region and language of your choice.

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Next step is to enter your Name and the Organisation you represent.

Finally you will need to enter the Serial Number for your organisation for Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 – Standard Edition.

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Fill in the License Type that your organisation has obtained from Microsoft.

Enter a name for the machine and select the administrator password – bobj

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Set the Date, Time and Time Zone for the installation.

Select ‘Typical Settings’ for the Network Settings Dialog.

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Select ‘WORKGROUP’ for the Workgroup or Domain settings.

Finally select ‘Next >’ and this completes the installation options.

The VMWare will now restart.

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1.6 Post Installation Procedures

As the Microsoft Keys have now been applied to this VMWare and you have selected
the configuration required the second start-up works just like starting any normal copy
of windows. Enter a username of ‘Administrator’ and the password selected earlier.

There are a few issues that occur when starting the 5.10 demo image the first time.
They are mostly due to moving the virtual machine to a new physical machine. All are
relatively easy to resolve, and need to be resolved one time only per physical machine.
The issues are: Xcelsius Designer needs to be activated and the Search Server
needs to be bound to a new IP address.

1.6.1 Creation of Page File

Although the Windows Pagefile has been created within the VMWare Image you may
need to alter the size of this file depending on the amount of memory your host PC
has installed. Searching the internet for the optimum size seems to recommend a
Pagefile of about 1.5x the memory allocated to the VMWare. To change the size of
your Pagefile select

START >> CONTROL PANEL >> SYSTEM

and from the advanced tab edit the Performance Settings. Select the Advanced tab
and Change the Virtual Memory settings. Make the appropriate changes and make
sure to click the Set button to force the changes.

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1.6.2 Registration of Xcelsius

Xcelsius Designer needs to be reactivated whenever the IP address/physical

environment of a machine changes. This is easiest to do via the web, so it’s easiest if
your VM image is in NAT network mode as recommended below so that it has internet
connectivity.

• Launch Xcelsius Designer 4.5.

• If the Activation dialogue box appears and your VM image is in NAT mode,
choose "Automatic Activation" (the 1st/default radio button) and click "Next".
Your copy of Xcelsius will be automatically activated.

• If you can't run the VM in NAT mode or don't have an internet connection for
some other reason, choose "Manual Activation", and choose "activate from
another machine with an internet connection", then follow the activation
wizard's instructions.

1.6.3 Recreation of the Search Server

There are known issues with Search that are caused by a change in the IP address /
environment of the machine.

• Stop the Search server in CCM (Central Configuration Manager)

• Delete the server entry in CMC (Central management console)

• Start the search server in CCM again

• Enable the search server in CMC

• Stop the Search server in CCM (Central Configuration Manager)

• Delete the server entry in CMC (Central management console)

• Start the search server in CCM again

• Enable the search server in CMC

This process only needs to be done once as the IP address will be fixed for the
VMWare after the first installation.

1.6.4 Services on the image

All core Business Objects services have been set to Manual start on the image, and a
Scheduled Task has been created to call a .bat file on system start which starts all the
services.

• The .bat file is located on the image at C:\Files\Corporate\CDI5\Batch

scripts\startService.bat. Within the .bat file, the services have been
separated into logical groups according to the product which they are for, and
remarks have been added to identify that product.

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• It is highly recommended to shut-down any unnecessary services in a demo

situation to improve performance. You can also remark out any services in the
.bat file that you don't want to start when you boot your image---just add "REM"
in front of the "Net Start" command for the respective service.

• There are delays built in to the service start process to ensure that everything
starts cleanly on VM images with smaller amounts of dedicated RAM. So,
when starting up the VM image, please be patient---give the image a few
minutes to start all the services. All the services will start by themselves.

1.6.5 Microsoft Office Support

The installation contains a full copy of Microsoft Office 2003 and this too has been
installed with no serial numbers. During the first use of Excel, Word or PowerPoint you
will be prompted to end your license details in the following dialog.

You will only have to enter the details for one of the Office applications as they all use
a common set off keys. The VMWare is now ready to use and contains a full
compliment of products and demonstration content.

In the case of Microsoft SQL Server, it is replaced by its "free" versions-MSDE for
MSSQL 2000, and SQL Server Express for MSSQL 2005. This document lists the
steps involved on an image running MSSQL 2000 SP 4. With care, there should be no
need for any further configuration in order for repositories, reports, and dashboards to
function.

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For Microsoft Analysis Services, local offline cube files can be produced using Excel.
OLAP Intelligence and Voyager reports will need to be configured to hit the local
offline cube files. At this time there appears to be no workaround for reconfiguring
OLAP universes to run off local offline cube files. Additionally, any cube role security
that has been defined will be lost as this functionality is not supported by offline cube
files.

However, partners can re-install Microsoft Analysis Services using their own license to
get around this as long as backups of the original cubes are available on the image
(and they will be on upcoming Corporate Demo Images). Similarly, replacing MSDE
with the full version of Microsoft SQL Server would make client applications like
Enterprise Manager and Query Analyzer available once again, in all their wonderful UI
glory!

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