Installing OBIEE 10G on Windows 7 a 32 bit Machine

Hi Folks,

Posting after a long period,

one of my collegue asked me about installation process for OBIEE 10g on windows 7 32 Machine..
Here is the steps to follow before running the setup.exe
Thanks for Nico and Wilson !!]

As per certification Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition is only certified on the following Windows Versions;

• Windows XP x86Windows 2003 x86
• Windows 2003 AMD64
• Windows 2003 EM64T
• Windows Vista x86
• Windows Vista AMD64
• Windows Vista EM64T and
• Windows 2000 x86

Issue on installing OBIEE on windows 7 ?
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You can install OBIEE by double clicking on “setup.exe“ but installation will fail with below error message on Windows 7
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Oracle Business Intelligence is not supported on this Windows version. Oracle Business Intelligence is only supported on Windows XP x86, Windows 2003 x86, Windows 2003 AMD64, Windows 2003 EM64T, Windows Vista x86, Windows Vista AMD64, Windows Vista EM64T, and Windows 2000 x86.

Workaround
You can by pass this error by changing compatibility mode on “setup.exe” to Windows vista as shown in screenshot below
Yes, after all Windows 7 is a leaner and meaner Vista, so try to install it in compatibility mode.













Right click on “setup.exe”. In the setup properties, click on “Change settings for all users” the in the new window, check the check box “Run the program in compatibility mode for” and choose Windows Vista in the drop down.
Click ok and start setup.exe, thereafter the usual selections will be invoked.

Another work around 

1. Turn off Aero. OBIEE does not seem to like when Aero is running, so if you have that running, turn it off while you’re installing.
   
2. Install the correct (32-Bit)JDK prior to installing OBIEE. I ran through an install using the 64-Bit version and the install succeeded but OBIEE refused to load. The 32-Bit worked on the first try.
   
3. Prior to running the Setup.exe file, a quick right click and into Properties gives you the following image:
   
   

 You want to make sure that you have the compatibility set to Vista. I tried a few others and they didn’t work for me. Your mileage may vary, but that’s what I found.When you go to run Setup.exe, right click, and select “Run as Administrator”, as I errored out during my install because I didn’t have sufficient privileges.

1. Write down your OC4J password! If I had a nickel for every time I forgot that damn password…. I’d have quite a few nickels.
   
2. Restart your computer, on the restart, you’ll see the OC4J client run:

Next we have to set up the ODBC Connection. The tool is found here

 

8. Load odbcad32 and you’ll get this: