Follow BEST practice KBA- 1952120 – SAP BusinessObjects (XI 3.1 and BI 4.0) Installation pre-requisites & best practices / KBA-1757132 – BI4 Support Pack Upgrade and Patch Install Best Practice Guide.Ensure you take the necessary backup of CMS database and Filestore for safe side using KBA-1275068 – Backup and restore BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.x / BI 4.x system from one environment to another.
Phase-wise installation of BI 4.2 installer You can now perform the installation of BI platform 4.2 in two phases – Caching and Installation after caching.ĭuring caching the system downtime is eliminated, which reduces the overall system downtime.This will save your time and more importantly if you have issues in INSTALL-DATA folder or any files or any issue which may arise during the update because of Cache will be minimized and your main server update will be unaffected.
