Configure BI publisher in Enterprise Manager 13c

You can configure BI publisher during the EM13c installation phase. If you have choosen not to configure BI publisher, then you can enable/configure it by the following way.

Check the status of BI publisher:

$ emctl status oms -bip_only
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c Release 3
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BI Publisher Server is Down
BI Publisher is disabled, to enable BI Publisher on this host, use the ’emctl config oms -enable_bip’ command

Enable BI Publisher:

$ emctl config oms -enable_bip
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c Release 3
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Enter Enterprise Manager Root (SYSMAN) Password :
Starting BI Publisher Server …
WebTier Successfully Started
BI Publisher Server Could Not Be Started. Check BIP Server log file for details.
BI Publisher Server Logs: /u01/app/oracle/gc_inst/user_projects/domains/GCDomain/servers/BIP/logs/
BI Publisher Server is Down
BI Publisher is enabled for startup on this host with the ’emctl start oms’ and ’emctl start oms -bip_only’ commands.
Overall result of operations: SUCCESS

Start the publisher:

$ emctl start oms -bip_only
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c Release 3
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Starting BI Publisher Server only.
Starting BI Publisher Server …
WebTier Successfully Started
BI Publisher Server Successfully Started
BI Publisher Server is Up

Check the status again:

$ emctl status oms -bip_only
Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13c Release 3
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BI Publisher Server is Up