[OBIEE 11g] Node Manager As Windows Service

Node Manager as Windows Service – OBIEE 11G

 Oracle Business Intelligence runs within Oracle WebLogic Server, and therefore Oracle WebLogic Administration Server must be started before Oracle Business Intelligence components can be started and maintained.

To start the Oracle Business Intelligence system, you start:

• the Node Manager(It is by default windows service in Enterprise Installation of OBIEE 11G)
• the Administration Server (It is weblogic Admin Server)
• the Managed Servers(Comes with Enterprise Installation of OBIEE 11G)
• and then you start the system components.(All OBIEE Components : BI Server,Presentation Server,Schedular,Java Host,Cluster Services.

Steps to Install Node Manager as Windows Service:

Note : Take a Backup of the config file before edit.

Step 1:

Navigate to the path “<MiddlewareHome>\wlserver_10.3\common\nodemanager” and edit the ‘nodemanager.properties’ file and change the following properties to:
CrashRecoveryEnabled=true
StartScriptEnabled=true.

Step 2:

Navigate to the path “<MiddlewareHome>\wlserver_10.3\server\bin” and run the batch file “installNodeMgrSvc.cmd” . This script should create a Windows Service called “Oracle WebLogic NodeManager (PATH_TO_DOMAIN)”.