obiee 11g installation requirements

The OBIEE 11g installation requirements can be a bit hard to find - a series of links through the documentation leads you to here:

http://download.oracle.com/docs/html/E18558_01/fusion_requirements.htm#BGBBDBBH

From the above link:

"... the recommended hardware and system configuration requirements for an Oracle Business Intelligence installation on Linux and 32-bit Windows operating systems is:

• Disk Space: 20GB or more
  
• Available Memory: 4GB or more
  
• Temp Space: 950MB or more
  
• Swap Space: 3GB or more
  
• CPU: dual-core Pentium, 1.5GHz or greater"
  
  
  
  

Installing OBIEE 11g

Here are a handful of guides on installing OBIEE 11g:

http://oraclebi.blogspot.com/2010/08/installing-obiee-11g.html
A basic step by step through the installer screens using linux.

http://www.skurabigroup.com/blog/?p=676
http://www.skurabigroup.com/blog/?p=700
http://www.skurabigroup.com/blog/?p=719
A three part series using Windows 2003 on VM Ware. Worth reading for the "lessons learnt" section - could save a few hours being wasted.


http://www.oraclenerd.com/2010/08/obiee-11g-install-part-i.html
Actually how not to install obiee 11g - 1.5GB RAM is a bad start.

http://www.rittmanmead.com/2010/08/14/obiee-11gr1-installation-and-initial-configuration/
Another step by step through the installer screens.


http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14571_01/bi.1111/e10539/toc.htm
Real men don't normally read manuals, but it might be worth it in this case.