Rules and Guidelines for the Metadata Manager Agent
Rules and Guidelines for the Metadata Manager Agent
Use the following rules and guidelines when you install the Metadata Manager Agent:
Install the Metadata Manager Agent on a Windows machine if the Metadata Manager Service runs on UNIX.
The Metadata Manager Agent runs on Windows. If the Metadata Manager Service runs on UNIX, you must install the Metadata Manager Agent on a separate Windows machine. If the Metadata Manager Service runs on Windows, the Metadata Manager Agent is installed as part of the Metadata Manager Service installation.
Configure the Metadata Manager Agent to run in HTTP or HTTPS.
Configure the Metadata Manager Agent to run in HTTP or HTTPS (HTTP security mode). The mode of the Metadata Manager Agent that you install must be the same security mode as the Metadata Manager Service. You must generate the keystore file to use with HTTPS.
If the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) Presentation Server runs in HTTPS mode, configure HTTPS mode for the Metadata Manager Agent.
You can stop and start the Metadata Manager Agent.
The Metadata Manager Agent starts as a Windows service after you install it. You can stop or start the Metadata Manager Agent from the Windows
Start
menu or from the Windows
Services
panel. Alternately, you can run the Metadata Manager Agent from the command prompt. The batch files that start and stop the Metadata Manager Agent are in the Metadata Manager Agent installation directory.
You can install the Metadata Manager Agent on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows machines.
The Metadata Manager Agent can run on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows machines. By default, the Metadata Manager Agent configures a 1 GB maximum Java Virtual Machine (JVM) heap size on a 32-bit machine. It configures a 4 GB maximum JVM heap size on a 64-bit machine.