This section describes the hardware and software requirements for installing BMC Reporting Foundation. For more information about additional requirements for the particular BMC reporting solution set that you are installing, see the following table:
Supported BMC Reporting products
Supported Versions | Where to find this information |
|---|---|
| BMC TrueSight Operations Management Reporting 10.7, 10.0 | |
BMC TrueSight Reporting 9.6 | |
BMC ProactiveNet Performance Management Reporting 9.6 |
You can install the BMC Reporting Foundation server components and Foundation database on either Windows or Solaris computers. However, the BMC Reporting Foundation Client Tools, a required administrative component, can be installed on only a Windows computer.
Note
Internet Protocol helper (IP helper) service is required for installing BMC Reporting Foundation 4.1 in a pure IPv6 environment on Microsoft Windows platform. Start the IP helper service before installing.
BMC Reporting Foundation 4.1 does not support pure IPv6 environment on Solaris platform.
Use the following table to locate information for each type of installation. Verify that the target computer meets the installation requirements listed in the appropriate table or tables.
Requirements for BMC Reporting Foundation components
| Role | Operating system | Type of requirement | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reporting server | Windows | Hardware | Hardware and software required for the Reporting server on Windows |
| Software | Hardware and software required for the Reporting server on Windows | ||
| Solaris | Hardware | Hardware required for the Reporting server on Solaris | |
| Software | Software required for the Reporting server on Solaris | ||
| Report Viewer | Windows | Software | Browser support by Operating System |
| BMC Reporting Foundation Client Tools | Windows | Hardware and software | Requirements for the BMC Reporting Foundation Client Tools computer |
Requirements for the Reporting server computer
You can install the Reporting server on a Solaris or Windows computer. Most of the Business Objects software is installed here.
If this computer is a different system from the computer hosting the solution database host server, you must install the database client software on the computer for connecting to the solution database. For example, BMC ProactiveNet Performance Management Reporting contains the Oracle database. If this database is on a remote host, Oracle client will be required.
For the Oracle client installer, contact your vendor.
The following table contains hardware and software requirements for installing required components for the Reporting server on Windows computers.
Hardware and software required for the Reporting server on Windows
Resource | Requirement | Comments |
|---|---|---|
Operating systems |
| The server cannot be configured as either a PDC (Primary Domain Controller) or a BDC (Backup Domain Controller). Reporting foundation server component only supports 64 bit Windows operating systems. |
CPU | Intel Pentium 4 processor or equivalent | A minimum of 2 GHz processing speed is required. |
RAM | 16 GB or more | 32 GB is recommended |
Disk space used after installation | 15 GB hard disk space |
|
Ports |
| Default ports used while installation are:
|
Others | Windows .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and Windows installation program 4.5 are required. |
|
Document viewer | Adobe Acrobat 9.0 or later |
|
The following table and the following table contain hardware and software requirements for installing required components for the Reporting server on Solaris computers.
Hardware required for the Reporting server on Solaris
Resource | Requirement | Comments |
|---|---|---|
CPU | Sun UltraSPARC T2 |
|
Disk space used after installation | 15 GB |
|
RAM | 16 GB or more |
|
Software required for the Reporting server on Solaris
| Resource | Requirement | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Operating systems |
| Patches released after the minimum required patch may be used. However, they are not officially tested. |
| Packages required for Solaris 11 |
| Before installing SAP Business Intelligence platform on Solaris 11, you must install these packages. |
| Decompression software | Unrar utility | BMC recommends using the unrar utility for decompressing the install files. |
| Other | Business Objects Client Tools | The Client Tools are required to use BMC Reporting Foundation and must be installed on a Windows computer. |
| Document viewer | Adobe Acrobat 9.0 or later | |
| Kernel parameters |
| The values mentioned are the recommended minimum value for the parameters. |
| Ports |
| Default ports used while installation are:
|
Requirements for the BMC Reporting Foundation Client Tools computer
The following table contains hardware and software requirements for installing required components for the BMC Reporting Foundation Client Tools on Windows computers.
Requirements for the BMC Reporting Foundation Client Tools computer
Resource | Requirements | Comments |
|---|---|---|
CPU | AMD/Intel x86 | 2.0 GHz Core CPU |
Operating systems |
| BusinessObjects BI desktop components are 32-bit, however they can be used on 64-bit operating systems. |
Disk space used after installation | 8 GB |
|
RAM | 2 GB or more |
|
Document viewer | Adobe Acrobat 9.0 or later | Business Objects documentation is installed with the Client Tools. |
Browser support and Communication protocols
The following table contains browser support for the computer used to view reports.
Browser support by Operating System
| Windows Server | Windows Desktop | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web Browser | Java | 2008 SP2 x64 | 2008 R2 SP1 x64 | 2012 x64 | 2012 R2 | Windows 7 SP1 | Windows 8 | Windows 8.1 |
| Internet Explorer 8 | Oracle JRE 6, 7 | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | N |
| Internet Explorer 9 | Oracle JRE 6, 7 | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | N |
| Internet Explorer 10 | Oracle JRE 6, 7 | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N |
| Internet Explorer 11 | Oracle JRE 7 | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N | Y |
| Google Chrome | Oracle JRE 6, 7 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.0.x | Oracle JRE 7 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Note
Only 32-bit browsers are supported.
Communication protocols
Communication between Oracle and BMC Reporting Foundation uses the TCP/IP protocol. BMC Reporting Foundation uses Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for client communication.
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