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Course Title:
BusinessObjects Enterprise XI Administering Servers

Duration: 3 days

Course Overview
This course details the operation, configuration, and process flows associated with the servers in BusinessObjects Enterprise. The course features solo and group activities which are designed to enable learners to configure and manage servers.
The business benefit of this course is that it provides a foundation for System Architects/Administrators who are responsible for setting up and maintaining a BusinessObjects Enterprise system.

Target Audience


Who should attend?
The target audience for this course is System Architects/Administrators who are responsible for setting up and maintaining a BusinessObjects Enterprise system.

Prerequisites


To be successful, learners who attend this course should have attended the following offerings or have the equivalent knowledge:
• BusinessObjects Enterprise XI Administering Users and Content with the CMC.

While not required for this course, experience with these products or technologies will be helpful:
• Tasks involved in supporting BusinessObjects Enterprise users and groups so they can access corporate data through InfoView
• Familiarity with Windows NT/2000 and NT administration
• NT enterprise security concepts (global/local groups and directory structure)

Course Content


BusinessObjects Enterprise Architecture
• Understanding Business Intelligence
• Understanding the BusinessObjects Enterprise architecture
• Information process flows in BusinessObjects Enterprise

Preparing, Installing, and Configuring BusinessObjects Enterprise
• Preparing and Installing BusinessObjects Enterprise
• Configuring BusinessObjects Enterprise

Performing Common Server Management Tasks
• Describing server management tools
• Using the Central Configuration Manager (CCM) to manage servers
• Using the CMC to manage servers
• Managing auditing

Managing the Web Application Services
• The web application services
• Configuring the Java Web Application Server and the Java Web Component Adapter
• Configuring the .NET Web Application Server and the .NET Web Component Adapter
• Configuring the web application services to communicate across a firewall

Managing the Central Management Server and the Repository
• The role of the Central Management Server
• Migration and backup of CMS system data
• Clustering Central Management Servers

Managing the File Repository Servers
• The role of the File Repository Servers
• Configuring the File Repository Servers

Managing the Crystal Reports Servers
• The roles of the Crystal Reports servers
• Configuring the Crystal Reports Servers
• How to set and run a schedule for a report

Working with List of Values (LOV) Objects
• The role of the LOV Job Server and LOV objects
• Configuring the LOV Job Server
• How LOV objects are processed

Managing the Web Intelligence Servers
• The role of the Web Intelligence servers
• Configuring the Web Intelligence servers
• How report viewing requests are processed by the Web Intelligence servers
• How report scheduling requests are processed by the Web Intelligence servers

Managing the Desktop Intelligence Servers
• Responsibilities of the Desktop Intelligence servers
• Configuring the Desktop Intelligence Report server
• Configuring the Desktop Intelligence Cache server
• Publishing Desktop Intelligence documents
• Using 3-tier Desktop Intelligence mode
• Process flows for the Desktop Intelligence servers

Managing the Destination Job Server
• The role of the Destination Job Server
• Configuring the Destination Job Server
• Setting a schedule to send an object or instance to a destination

Managing the Program Job Server
• The role of the Program Job Server
• Configuring the Program Job Server
• How scheduled programs are processed

Managing the Event Server
• Understanding events in the BusinessObjects Enterprise
• Responsibilities of the Event Server
• Configuring the Event Server

Managing Server Groups
• Understanding server groups
• Creating server groups

Troubleshooting BusinessObjects Enterprise
• Troubleshooting BusinessObjects Enterprise



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