EPM Maestro Tutorial: How to install Standalone

Introduction

As you might know, the latest version (v15) of EPM Maestro by AMOSCA uses a Java Web service to expose the new HFM Java based API to EPM Maestro. As a prerequisite, EPM Maestro Java web service must be installed on a EPM server, HFM Web seems to be recommended by the vendor.

However, for various reasons, you might what to keep EPM and third-party products like EPM Maestro strictly separated.

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What will you learn

After completing this tutorial you will know how to install EPM Maestro standalone successfully. In addition you will get some best practice guidelines. This tutorial doesn't replace the official installation and configuration manual.

FDM EE Tutorial: How to change the ODI SUPERVISOR password

Introduction

As part of installing and configuring FDM EE, securing EPM is typically forgotten. As you might know, FDM EE is built on top of ODI 11g. Sadly ODI is configured with the factory default credentials, which imposes a security risk. The more because ODI is not only accessible through the ODI Studio (which is per default not installed), but also through the web based ODI Console.

What will you learn?

During this tutorial you will learn how to enhance ODI security by changing the "SUPERVISOR" password without breaking FDM EE.

Applying Oracle CPU's on Oracle EPM, is that a good thing?

Introduction

CPU's are Critical Patch Updates which have the soul goal of solving known vulnerabilities. For EPM Oracle releases Patch Sets (PS), Patch Set Updates (PSU) and Patch Set Exceptions (PSE). These patches only address functional, technical and/or security issues for EPM software components. Thus Oracle Middleware used by EPM e.g. Weblogic and OHS remain untouched. For these products CPU's are released to address known vulnerabilities.

More and more clients are now performing security audits and penetration tests on Oracle EPM environments, with the consequence I get request to install Oracle CPU's on Oracle EPM environments.

During this post  I will go in to more detail why CPU's can be important, what the result is and how to apply them.

Note: Not familiar with the concept of EPM patches? Checkout my following post Clarifying Oracle EPM Versioning.

Tutorial: Dell Warranty Status Monitoring for PRTG

Introduction

A while back I published my PSDellAsset PowerShell module. Although this module can be universally used within PowerShell, it was written with the intention to enable Dell warranty status monitoring using PRTG which is a Window based monitoring solution. This post will explain how to configure PRTG to enable Dell warranty status monitoring using the PSDellAsset module. Feel free to make adjustments to match your environment and requirements.

How to migrate EPMA enabled Planning applications from 11.1.2.1 to 11.1.2.4 - Part II

Introduction

During Part I we discussed the general steps. In this post I will go into commonly faced issues and how to address them. Although these issues where experienced by myself, it could very well be others / you will experience different issues.

Do-It-Your-Self Demo - PSKeePass

​Introduction

This post will provide a do-it-your-self demo in order to understand the basics and potential of the PSKeePass PowerShell module. Completion time is about 10 minutes.

What will you learn?

After completing the demo you will have a basic understanding on how to use the module and how it can be applied.

Geek Stuff (Linux) - Show Chmod Numerical Permissions

During Linux installations of EPM, setting and validating the correct security on folders and files can be a challenge. The chmod command is used to set security access, while chown sets the ownership's. As you might now chmod has two modes of reading and applying security access: Symbolic and Octal mode.