BO XIR2 Installation

Did anyone do a new BOXI R2 installation?
I wanted to have an idea as to how much time did it take to install BO and have the repository set up?
Thanks

This depends on many factors, (OS, memory, CPU, etc) I've seen a typical install run from anywhere between 10 minutes(powerful unix servers) and 2 hours (very low memory).
Regards,
Tim

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CR XIR2 installer runs every time designer is opened!?!?!

I just updated a CR XI installation to R2 and now every time I open the designer a dialog appears stating "Please wait while Windows configures Crystal Reports XI Release 2". It shows about 5 or 6 times then I get a dialog stating "This action cannot be completed because the other program is busy...".
What is going on? How can I make it stop doing this????
Does ANYTHING with Crystal Reports work properly? My entire week has been wasted on Crystal Reports issues.

I have seen this happen before. It usually means there is some kind of OS corruption in the Windows Installer registry and is not necessarily CR specific (I have it happen with Frontpage all the time) nor is it OS specific (have seen it in XP Pro as well as Vista Ultimate).
Fuskie
Who usually uninstalls then reinstalls the application...

New CRS XIR2 installation - application server unavailable

Any ideas why CMS and Infoview are not accessible? CCM shows all services running, but when I attempt to go to CMS or Info I get "application server unavailable". We just installed CR Server yesterday and I was able to get into both yesterday. Thanks for any direction anyone can point me in.

Since you say you were at least able to login yesterday, shut down the SIA (assuming you're running XI 3) - or all your servers (except tomcat), then restart Tomcat and your https server (all in the CCM).
Otherwise, try to access your Tomcat launchpad
http://servername:8080/
If you can get there, click on 'Manage' on the left-hand side to see if your InfoView and CMC links (context paths) are there... If you can't login, add the following users to your Tomcat users
<user username="manager" password="manager05" roles="manager"/>
<user username="admin" password="admin05" roles="admin"/>
Then login as user=manager password=manager05
If your paths are in Tomcat and it indicates that the applications are still deployed, you may want to check if someone else who has access to your server installed another application since you last logged in. It is quite possible that another Java application could have been installed that would have inserted a reference to a newer version of the Java JDK in your PATH environment variable. In that case, you'd have to move the reference to the JDK that your Tomcat version is using to the head of the PATH variable.

Will BusinessView + BIAR from XIr2 import directly into 2008 Server?

Customer is looking to deploy on Windows Server 2008 and wants to use Crystal Server 2008. Can they import the Business View and BIAR files from an XIr2 installation or do the individual reports need to be upgraded first? Note that they will not have an existing XIr2 server - just the Business View and BIAR files that are from a XIr2 server.

No one - yes - if you're excluding any but the Crystal Reports Designer people hanging out in this forum.
You might try over at Business Objects -> BusinessObjects Enterprise Admin forum for migration questions.
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda

BO XIR2 Licensing Question

Was hoping if someone could help me out with a licensing question I have. I am trying to understand how BO licensing works.
I think it would be easier if I asked the question through an example.
The scenario is a situation where we have a standard BO XIR2 enterprise installation with an app server, db server and web server.
1. The app server is a normal BO XIR2 installation
2. The web server is also as from a BO XIR2 installation.
3. The db server runs the data store and audit module is on in the db.
4. The following report types are to be used by the end user
    4a. Crystal Reports
    4b. Web Intelligent reports (View, drill down etc)
    4c. Desktop Intelligence report (View, drill down etc)
5. The development box is the same setup in which the 10 developers should have access to have access to these build the universes, crystal, webi and deski reports.
6. The prod environment will be used by 50 users who should be able to access webi crystal and deski reports.
7. These users should also be able to create custom webi reports
Since the licensing for BO is a bit different, can someone please help understand all the different types of licenses required for this setup?

BO licensing is pretty straight forward, but you should speak to a sales rep for particulars. Generally from the server we have 3 types CPU (in which case everything you stated would be supported), Named Users (in which case you would need 1 per user logging in) and concurrent users (which would require enough licenses to support the maximum of concurrently logged on users).
The slow response is likely due to the US thanksgiving holiday, I'm sure more folks will be back next week.
Regards,

Viewing Crystal Report Server reports in web application

I would like to create a .net web application (Visual Studio 2005) to connect to a Crystal Reports Server (XI R2), retrieve a list of reports and then view the reports in crystalreportviewer embedded in the app. Since the BusinessObjects XI .Net Providers does not include crystalreportviewer, it looks like I will need to use Crystal Reports .NET for VisualStudio runtime.
1) Even though the third party would have a licensed Crystal Reports Server would they need an additional license for the use of crystalreportviewer provided in the Crystal Reports .Net runtime?
2) Is there another option for using crystalreportviewer without installing the entire crystal reports .net runtime? The reports will not be modified in any way, they will just be viewed in a web app. I have previously used OpenDocument to view the reports, but that is not an option in this case.
Thanks,
Coleen

Hey koko1313,
I understand that you are looking for the crystalreportviewer control.
You can get the viewer by installing the sdk from the CRS XIR2 installation disc.
Insert disc,
do a custom install,
Unselect all components and select 'businessobjects enterprise .net sdk' from under Client components and finish the installation.
The above steps should update the viewer on you dev box.
Note that sdk should be installed the similiar way on any machine where you deploy the app. No need for sdk if you are deploying to a box with CRServer XIR2 installed.
I do not know anything regarding the licensing question for third party, but cr.net sdk custom app a separate license need to be purchased by third party.Sorry!
cheers!!!
DDCRDev

Broken install of Crystal Reports Server XI R2

Hi
In attempting to install some .NET applications I inadvertantly broke our Crystal Report Server (CRS) XIR2 installation, which was at SP2..
The problem caused the following services to fail:
CMS
CR Cache Server
CR Page Server
Input Fle Repository Server
Output file repository Server
Report Application Server
The changes made to the server that caused the problem involved installing and removing different Crystal client and .NET packages. I also ran out of disk space but that was resolved withiout it fixing my CRS issue.
I have tried to resolve this by installing SP5, in the hope that any invalid DLLs will be replaced during the SP5 install.
However, we still have the problem and I am wondering what to look at next. All the servers have moved from 11.5.8.826 to 11.5.11.1470 as a result of the application of SP5, but I am guessing the objects causing the problem are outside the scope of the SP5 install.
Any suggestions? Can anyone who has CRS XI R2 installed give me a list of ancillary Crystal applications and versions they depend on?
Thanks Jack, London UK

A detailed review of the Windows Application Event log shows this sequence of events
I was trying to get a .NET Crystal automation program to run and it was not working - it looked to me like I need to install a Crstal runtime client to make this work. I realise we should use a test server but this is a small business with no VMs and only a few servers.
Up to 15:49:49 - Crystal Reports Server was running normally. At that time Crystal Reports Basic Runtime was reconfigured - I think I tried using Repair from within Add/Remove Programs. This attempt failed, so I removed it Product Name: Crystal Reports Basic Runtime for Visual Studio 2008. Product Version: 10.5.0.0. Product Language: 1033. At that point the log records application errors for the BO Page Server - full text:-
Event Type:     Warning
Event Source:     BusinessObjects_pageserver
Event Category:     Transport
Event ID:     34700
Date:          20/01/2010
Time:          17:33:48
User:          N/A
Computer:     <server name removed>
Description:
Transport error: Invalid object reference.
In addition there were Job Server child errors like this:-
Event Type:     Warning
Event Source:     BusinessObjects_jobserverchild
Event Category:     Transport
Event ID:     34700
Date:          20/01/2010
Time:          17:34:10
User:          N/A
Computer:     <server name removed>
Description:
Transport error: Invalid object reference.
At that point Crystal Reports Server had stopped working

BO XIR2 SP2 installation order

Post Author: prabhanjana
CA Forum: Deployment
Hi all,
I have installed BO XI R2 Server on my m/c which has Windows 2000 server after that i have installed SP1 --> MHF1 -->CHF13 --> CHF14 and then when i am trying to install SP2 integration pack it is giving error "unable to register critical hot fix for BOXIR2".
Pls let me know what is the order and what are the pre requisites before installing the SP2.Pls let me know the names of the critical hotfixes etc.
I want to work with Content Search facility of BO.For this what are the patches i need to install.
Pls help me in this regard.
Thanks & Regards,
Prabhanjana

Post Author: Long
CA Forum: Deployment
Did you got answer for this, We have same thing, on Windows 2003 server, installed SP1 --> MHF1 -->CHF13 --> CHF15, Now we want to go SP2 with FP2.3 ( I believe that this the latest one), but we do not know how, what should download as there are too many choices, BTW, we download SP2 on much and Aug. twice, the 2 download is not identical. Even for Getting Start file. Any suggestion or experience is welcome.

Brand New Installation of Business Objects XIr2 Application Server

Hello,
We have recently acquired Business Objects XI r2 as we are in the process of migrating from Business Objects 6.5.1
We currently use BO 6.5.1 on a small scale using Business Query via excel to access a remote Data Warehouse. I beleive we will now use Live Office in the new XI world.
We have acquired licenses for the following components, and I really would like some assistance on how to install them and in which order
Business Objects Enterprise Professional
Business Objects Live Office
Business Objects Web Intelligence
I have a windows 2003 server in place to host the application, but where do I start ? Which component do I need to install first ?
Many thanks
Gary
EDX London Limited
10 Paternoster Square
London
EC4M 7LS

Hmm, this is Redhat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4 - it's basically a 'snapshot' of our existing dev system.
One thing I have seen elsewhere is a problem with the libstdc++ compatability library, but it looks like that's installed (we tried tossing in a copy we had from CentOS, and got:
[root@bos-rep-bob01 ~]# rpm -ivh ./compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.i386.rpm
warning: ./compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 443e1821
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
        package compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.x86_64 (which is newer than compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.i386) is already installed
        package compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.i386 (which is newer than compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.i386) is already installed
        file /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5.0.7 from install of compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.i386 conflicts with file from package compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.i386
So it's installed, and pretty up to date.

Multiple installations of XI 3.0 on the same Windows server

Hi,
is it possible to have multiple instances of XI 3.0 installed on the same Windows server? I know that I can create seperate database users for the repositories and that I can have different ports configured for CMS. I'm concerned about the registry and whether a second installation would overwrite the registry for the first installation or if there are anyother show stoppers.
Thanks,
Matt

Not yet, I know our product group is looking at this but currently only 1 per windows server. They are now supporting XI3 on top of XIR2 or other products known as side by side install. I don't have any type of ETA and wouldn't expect it soon.
Regards,
Tim

Installation approach for BO EDGE XI R3.1

Hi,
We are currently using BO Edge standard version XI R2 and there is no service pack installed till date planning to upgrade to XI R3.1. I had few queries regarding this.
Is it recommended to install XIR3.1 full build (so on top of XI R3.1 there is no service pack again required) on the development box first with out removing the existing XI R2 on Windows 2003 server. I believe if i follow this approach it'll prompt me to choose the upgrade. After doing the installation on server will i have to install the client XI R3.1 components on every client machine to make the server and client compatible
If not what is the approach to be followed. Do i need to take the complete back up of development environment first and then uninstall XI R2 after that install XI R3.1. After installation of XI R3.1 the content need to be migrated using import wizard.
If this is the approach do i need to migrate the xI R2 repository using repository wizard and CMS database and what steps in addition i need to follow.
I would appreciate if any one provide the best approach and steps to be followed in order so that no issues would be encountered.
Thanks in advance.

The best aproach is to install XI3.1 SP3 full install build on a separate server from your XIR2 and then use import Wizard to migrate your content.
This way your XIR2 deployment will not be affected at all and can be used with no interruption.

Xcelsius 2008 - Known Issues (Installation)

AA: Area Affected
PD: Problem Description
WA: WorkAround
AA: Installing QAAWS from BOE Client
PD: The Query As A Web Service (QAAWS) application has been combined with the BOE XI 3 BusinessObjects Client application. It was previously a separate application.
This means that to use BOE XI 3 QAAWS with Xcelsius 2008, you must download the BOE XI 3 BusinessObject Client from the Business Objects Support site and install it on your client machine.
WA: To install QAAWS download the BOE XI 3 BusinessObjects Client. You may or may not have access to this download based on the type of licensing agreement you have with Business Objects. Note that the BOE XI 3 BusinessObject client is about 600MB in size.
AA: Installing Xcelsius 2008 when a higher version of the Adobe Flash Player exists
PD: The Xcelsius 2008 installer will install a version of the Adobe Flash Player. If you have previously installed a higher version of the Flash player, you will get a warning message from the Xcelsius 2008 installer.
WA: You can ignore this warning message. Your newer version of the Flash Player will not be changed.
AA: Installing Xcelsius 2008 with other older BOE products.
PD: After installing Xcelsius 2008 on a machine, some other older BOE products on the same machine stop working (eg. WebI Report Server, BOE XIR2)
WA: Many BOE products share the same installer, as a result installing Xcelsius 2008 on the same machine other older products changes the default install folder to the newer BOE folder. For example with BOE XIR2 it changes the default BOE install directory to change to BOE XI 3 folder.
C:\program files\business objects\businessobjects enterprise 11.5\" is changed to
C:\program files\business objects\businessobjects enterprise 12\"
The workaround is to manually edit the registry and change the key folder name back to its previous name.
Use regedit to view the folder name in the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Business Objects/Enterprise/InstallRoot/Path".
Double-click on path and change the Value data. In most cases the folder name is C:\program files\business objects\businessobjects enterprise 11.5\
Note: please back up your registry before making any changes.
AA: Uninstalling Live Office XI 3 from a machine with Xcelsius 2008
PD: If you uninstall Live Office XI3 on a machine with Xcelsius 2008 also installed, the Xcelsius Keycode Expiry dialog box (License manager) pops up asking for the Xcelsius Keycode.
WA: The Xcelsius keycode must be entered again to re-enable Xcelsius.
AA: Installing Xcelsius with Office XP
PD: Currently installing Xcelsius 2008 with Office XP is not supported due to a bug. Use Office 2003 or Office 2007 instead. If Office XP must be used see the workaround.
WA: As a workaround to the issue of Xcelsius 2008 not installing with Office XP, users can manually add a registry key to enable installation. Please make a backup copy of the registry before making any changes.
1. Go to Start > Run. Start the registry editor by entering 'regedit'.
2. Select the folder HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and navigate to \Software\Microsoft\Office\
3. Create an 11.0 folder, if it doesn't exist, by selecting Edit > New > Key from the menu.
4. Create a subfolder called PowerPoint
5. Create a subfolder under PowerPoint called InstallRoot
You should now have the folder structure listed below:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\PowerPoint\InstallRoot
6. From the InstallRoot folder create a string value called "Path" by selecting Edit > New > String Value
7. Select the newly created Path value and select Edit > Modify.
8. Under the Value Data field enter "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\"
9. Click OK.
10. Exit the registry editor.
11. Reboot your machine.
You should now be able to install Xcelsius 2008.
AA: Creating a Web Part for SharePoint Portal Server 2007
PD: The current Xcelsius Web Part installer Setup.exe does not work with SharePoint Portal Server 2007.
Note: Sharepoint Portal 2003 is supported.
WA: You can manually install the web part to use with Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2007. Microsoft does not provide a mechanism to build a Web Part installer for SharePoint 2007. For instruction on manual installation see the Xcelsius Support website. (see follow up post below)

The current Xcelsius Web Part installer Setup.exe does not work with SharePoint 2007 (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0). Here is the workaround to install Web Part in SharePoint 2007 manually.
The easiest way to install a web part in SharePoint is to add the web part assemblies to Global Assembly Cache. To do so:
1. Download and unzip the attached Xwp.zip. Drag Xwp.dll and ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll into C:\WINDOWS\assembly folder on the machine running SharePoint 2007.
2. Open web.config file located in the root of a Windows SharePoint Service 3.0 Web Application directory with Notepad. Normally, the physical location of the default WSS 3.0 Web Application root is C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80.
[Click here for more information on how to Find the Web Application Root|http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms474356.aspx].
3. Insert the following <SafeControl> tag between <SafeControls> and </SafeControls>.
<SafeControl Assembly="Xwp, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7e58495f1a9ea430"
Namespace="CrystalXcelsius.SharePoint.WebParts" TypeName="*" Safe="True" />
4. In SharePoint Portal Site Home page, from Site Actions drop-down menu, go to Site Settings->Modify All Site Settings. Click Web Parts under Galleries to open Web Part Gallery Page. Click New to open New Web Parts page. Check CrystalXcelsius.SharePoint.WebParts.Container checkbox and click Populate Gallery. Once it is populated, you will be able to add Container web part to your web part page in SharePoint 2007.

A deski document from Infoview opens with XIR2 instead og 6.5.1

Hi all,
I have in an installation BO 6.5.1 and XI R2, when trying to edit a deski document from Infoview (6.5 version), somehow it is being opened with
the XIR2 version of Deski and it gives an error. How can I change it so it is opened with BusinessObjects 6.5?
The .rep are associated with the older version, I don't know if I have to take into account anything else.
Thanks

Juan,
It is because of Windows file association. Since XI was installed last, Windows associates .rep files to be opened with XI Reporter. Below is a topic that might help:
http://www.forumtopics.com/busobj/viewtopic.php?t=67785
Kashif

Side by side installation Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 - CRXIR2 ?

we are integrating Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 into our C++ application.
We used to work with CRXIR2.
A customer of ours has upgraded to the VS2010 runtime version for 64-bit,
and seems to be having random crashes.
We haven't been able to pinpoint the problem...
They are running several of our applications simultaniously on terminal servers.
What we noticed is that they did not uninstall CRXIR2 from there system.
Is this side-by-side installation supported?
So XIR2 next to Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 ?
And even: can you have a Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 64bit next to a 32bit? Probably yes?
Next to that: is there any limit of concurrent users (applications) that use the .NET component?
I would think not...
Bart

Hi Bart,
Side by side installation shouldn't be a problem, unless you had Beta version of CRVS2010 installed on the same machine.
For better results try upgrading to use SP1 of CRVS2010. For CRVS2010 resources, you can go through this
Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 - Deployment
I haven't seen any problem with 64bit next to a 32bit til date.
You can go through this for CR support on x64
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/index?rid=/library/uuid/10d5fa88-2013-2c10-c9a5-f11963607d4e
To answer your last question, go through following:
Crystal Reports Maximum Report Processing Jobs Limit
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/index?rid=/library/uuid/f053713e-3e3d-2c10-2a81-f79259e54023
Thanks,
Saurabh

What's the default mysql database name in Crystal Report Server XIR2

Hi Experts,
I am upgrading Crystal Report Server from XIR2 to XI3.1.
I need to know the default mysql database name when upgrading.
Anyone knows?

Hi,
In XI3.1, when BOE installed with default mySQL DB then the installer creates a DataSource with name "Business Objects CMS".
And the DB name will be "BOE120".
I guess in XIR2 DB name will be ''BOE115".
Also, if you launch the CMC admin page then in the settings link the DB info will be displayed.
-Noor.
Edited by: Nooreazam Sayyad Abdullas Peerzade on Dec 15, 2010 1:54 PM

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