Author:-Sanjay Purohit
Audience: Hyperion Solution Architects and Hyperion
Database Administrator
Oracle
has done a great job to package all the EPM installation files. The EPM 11.1.2.3 installation is pretty smooth and work well. I personally have not seen any
issue with installer but this time I had to install Hyperion 11.1.2.3 on
RedHat-6.5. As per the certification matrix Red Hat EL 6 (UL1+) is certified to
install EPM. The UL1+ refers the version update of operating system. By seeing
the certification matrix I assume that 6.5 is also certified. However Oracle
policy and EPM 11.1.2.3 support matrix contains the following information:
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“OS
Version: Red Hat EL 6 (UL1+)
A
plus sign (+) after a version number indicates that this and all higher
versions at that decimal level are certified. Oracle's Backward Compatibility
Policy: Oracle acknowledges and supports the backward compatibility assertions
for platform software as provided by its vendor. Therefore when vendors assert
backward compatibility, subsequent maintenance releases and service packs may
be used. If an incompatibility is identified, Oracle will specify a patch
release on which EPM System should be deployed (and remove the incompatible
version from the supported matrix) or provide a maintenance release or service
fix to the EPM System product software. “(Source-Oracle documentation)
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If
we convert Oracle statement in simple English, Oracle assume that Red Hat
Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 can do what Red Hat EL 6 (UL1) is able to
do. If Red Hat Linux 6.5 stops supporting a feature that was supported in Red
Hat EL 6 (UL1), there could be some issues. I assume Oracle
has never tested EPM installer with RedHat-6.5.
Objective
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the issue
and fix of EPM installer on Red Hat 6.5. I will not clam this as a fix but its
workaround to pass the installer error. After making a small change on /etc
folder. You should be able to install Hyperion components.
how To
If
you are running installer on Red Hat (6.5). You would get following error. I am
not sure what is RedHat-Red and how
the installer is picking it up.
After
spending few hours I figured out that installer is picking up operating system name
from /etc/redhat-release file. The original file contains the name of operating
system. The secret of Red is still unknown to me.
I just replaced the entire line to “6” and I was able to run the EPM installer with no error.
Related blogs and URLs
EPM 11.1.2.3 Installation and configuration
changes
EPM 11.1.2.3 Installation and configuration
guide.
