Hyperion distributed installation question

Question

Gurus,
We are upgrading from 9.3.3 to 11.1.2.1(Distributed environment) and have gone through the 11.1.2.1 start here , installation and configuration guides.
Existing environment:
Machine1(Windows 2003 R2): Hyperion Shared Services, EAS webapp,Essbase Provider Services(WebApp)
Machine2(Windows 2003 R2): Workspace, BI+ Services, BI+ UIServices, BI+ Client, Web Analysis, Financial Reporting, Interactive Reporting
Machine3(Windows 2003 R2): Planning Application/Web Server,EPMA web
Machine4(Windows 2003 R2): HFM Web/App , FDQM Web/App
Machine5(Linux 32bit) : Essbase Server
Machine6(Linux 64bit) : Oracle RDBMS
On Upgraded env plan to move to Windows 2008 and have:
Machine1(Windows 2008 x64): Foundation Services (Hyperion Shared Services,Workspace web,EAS webapp, EPS webapp)
Machine2(Windows 2008 x64): Web Analysis,Reporting&Analysis Framework,Financial Reporting,Interactive Reporting,
Machine3(Windows 2008 x64): Financial Management App/Web, FDQM Web/App
Machine4(Windows 2008 x64): Planning Application/Web Server,EPMA
Machine5(Linux 64bit) : Essbase Server
Machine6(Linux 64bit) : Oracle RDBMS
From Page 94 "Oracle® Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System Installation and Configuration Guide RELEASE 11.1.2.1 Updated: June 2011" states:
a)
On the machine on which you plan to administer the WebLogic Server, you must install all
Web applications for all applications you plan to deploy on any machine in the environment.
(The WebLogic Administration Server is installed and deployed on the Foundation Services
machine.)
b)
On each remote machine in a distributed environment, install the Web applications you
plan to run on that machine and then use EPM System Configurator to deploy the Web
applications automatically, or manually deploy the Web applications.
Note that EPM System Installer installs WebLogic Server on each machine (for Web tier and
Service tier components) in a distributed environment.
c)
If you are deploying Web applications on a machine other than the WebLogic
Administration Server machine, WebLogic Administration Server must be running
Question:
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1) After installing components on respective machines per guideline a),b) above do we have to deploy webapps from products related to machine2,3,4 on machine1(foundation services). If everything gets deployed on Shared service machine -- we are concerned about the system resources that will be needed to run all the webapps.
2) Assuming we do not want to use a cluster - do we still have to depoy to admin server? Please clarify.
Best Regards

Answer 1

When you say:
Machine B Install Planning web application server
Then go back to Machine A and install Planning web application server
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For this I understand from EPM Installer options need to select option of install components individually or by tier and choose all relevant components for plannnig
Could you please clarify why this step is required - meaning what is purpose behind this - It would create software directory and install files right.
We have already done this on above machine B earlier right? So duplicating the installation piece?
Are we doing this in order to setup weblogic cluster like active passive config or just for convenicen to deploy?
Deploy and Configure Planning web application server on Machine B and deploy to an exisiting domain on Machine A
So this part is just launching EPM configurator and do tasks related to Plannnig on machine B and when choosing the domain select option to use already created on machine A right?Also when I do the installation for Planning on Machine B - wont it also install admin server on same machine which I can use to deploy locally? Please clarify.