Reinstall OBIEE

Hi:
After apply the 11.1.1.6.2 OBIEE patches, our test instance is really messed up. Weblogic starts up but it has errors. Enterprise Manager show "no data" in the pie chart meant to show the status of the OBIEE components. I feel that I need to reinstall OBIEE.
Can anyone offer any cautions or problems I may face with doing this reinstall?
Thanks.

I would suggest check your steps with the below link, before you unistall
http://www.rittmanmead.com/2012/07/applying-patches-to-obiee-11-1-1-6-2-bp1/
Pls mark if helps

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Thanks

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copy /Y C:\OracleBI\xmlp\XMLP\Admin\Security\principals.xml C:\OBIEE_Backup
copy /Y C:\OracleBI\xmlp\XMLP\Admin\Security\security.xml C:\OBIEE_Backup
copy /Y C:\OracleBI\xmlp\XMLP\Admin\DataSource\datasources.xml C:\OBIEE_Backup
copy /Y C:\OracleBI\web\msgdb\l_en\messages\logonmessages.xml C:\OBIEE_Backup
copy /Y C:\OracleBI\web\app\res\s_oracle10\portal\portallogo.gif C:\OBIEE_Backup
copy /Y C:\OracleBI\web\app\res\s_oracle10\b_mozilla_4\bg_banner.jpg C:\OBIEE_Backup
copy /Y C:\OracleBI\web\app\res\sk_oracle10\answers\answerslogo.gif C:\OBIEE_Backup
echo Backing up web catalog.Please wait….
if not exist “C:\OBIEE_Backup\samplesales” mkdir “C:\OBIEE_Backup\samplesales”
xcopy /s/Y/Q C:\OracleBIData\web\catalog\samplesales C:\OBIEE_Backup\samplesales
echo Backup Complete!
@pause
Save the file with .bat extension.
Note: The above list of files may vary from Project to Project.
You can run this batch file whenever you move the code to Production.
So this is all about taking the backup of customized files.
Now, in any circumstances if something goes wrong with your application you should be in a position to restore it with quick turn around time.
Following are the steps which you need to follow while restoring the files.
Reinstall OBIEE.
Make all the OBIEE services down, if any of the services are up.
Restore all the files from backup folder.
Make all the OBIEE services up.
Clear the browser history.
And your application is up and ready to use.
You can create a batch file which will make the OBIEE services down, restore the backup files at relevant OBIEE folder and make the services up.
@echo off
echo Stopping OC4J..
“C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_10\bin\java.exe” -jar C:\OracleBI\oc4j_bi\j2ee\home\admin.jar ormi:// oc4jadmin oc4jpassword -shutdown force
net stop “Oracle BI Scheduler”
net stop “Oracle BI Presentation Server”
net stop “Oracle BI Server”
net stop “Oracle BI Java Host”
echo Restoring Repository file…
xcopy /s/Y/Q C:\OBIEE_Backup\samplesales.rpd C:\OracleBI\server\Repository
echo Restoring all Configuration files…
xcopy /s/Y/Q C:\OBIEE_Backup\NQSConfig.INI C:\OracleBI\server\Config
xcopy /s/Y/Q C:\OBIEE_Backup\DBFeatures.INI C:\OracleBI\server\Config
del C:\OracleBIData\web\config\instanceconfig.xml
copy C:\OBIEE_Backup\web_instanceconfig.xml C:\OracleBIData\web\config\instanceconfig.xml
xcopy /s/Y/Q C:\OBIEE_Backup\credentialstore.xml C:\OracleBIData\web\config
del C:\OracleBIData\scheduler\config\instanceconfig.xml
copy C:\OBIEE_Backup\scheduler_instanceconfig.xml C:\OracleBIData\scheduler\config\instanceconfig.xml
xcopy /s/Y/Q C:\OBIEE_Backup\xmlp-server-config.xml C:\OracleBI\xmlp\XMLP\Admin\Configuration
xcopy /s/Y/Q C:\OBIEE_Backup\datasources.xml C:\OracleBI\xmlp\XMLP\Admin\DataSource
xcopy /s/Y/Q C:\OBIEE_Backup\logonmessages.xml C:\OracleBI\web\msgdb\l_en\messages
xcopy /s/Y/Q C:\OBIEE_Backup\uimessages.xml C:\OracleBI\web\msgdb\l_en\messages
xcopy /s/Y/Q C:\OBIEE_Backup\portallogo.gif C:\OracleBI\web\app\res\s_oracle10\portal
xcopy /s/Y/Q C:\OBIEE_Backup\bg_banner.jpg C:\OracleBI\web\app\res\s_oracle10\b_mozilla_4
echo Restoring web catalog.Please wait….
xcopy /s/Y/Q C:\OBIEE_Backup\samplesales C:\OracleBIData\web\catalog
echo Restore Complete!
echo Starting OC4J..
start C:\OracleBI\oc4j_bi\bin\oc4j.cmd -start
net start “Oracle BI Java Host”
net start “Oracle BI Server”
net start “Oracle BI Presentation Server”
net start “Oracle BI Scheduler”
echo Oracle Business Intelligence is up and ready..
@pause
So this is how you can restore your application with minimum turn around time.
Reference:
http://oraclebi.blog.com/obiee-disaster-recovery/
Hope this helps
Regards
MuRam

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Hello,
I have installed in "Basic mode" OBIEE version 1.3.3. I have chosen "complete". I had no error message during the installation.
When I check in services, I have "Oracle BI Presentation Server" which is present, when I try to reinstall OBIEE in custom mode, the installation tells me :
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Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services Plug-in (installed)
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I only have :
Administration
Administration help file
ODBC client
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Stop OC4J
Welcome to Oracle BI EE
Catalog Manager
Job Manage
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Reinstalling RPD in OBIEE environment 11g

Hi,
I have installed OBIEE 11g and oracle database in Linux environment. Earlier i installed an RPD in my linux server ( RPD was generated in a different windows machine in which BI client is installed.) Now , I have made some offline changed ising Bi administrator and i believe the RPD file i now have in my windows machine is updated one with all the changes. I now want to deploy this RPD file in my linux machine.
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