Business Objects XI 3.X’s Server Intelligence Agent (SIA)

Business Objects XI 3.0 introduced us to an entirely new architectural concept called the Server Intelligence Agent (SIA). The SIA takes over Business Objects service/server management from the Central Configuration Manager of XI Release 2. When you start a SIA you can configure all, some, or none of the servers contained in/managed by the SIA […]
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CMS Tuning: maxobjectsincache and MaximumObjectsToKeepInMemory

I think all Business Objects administrators and developers share at least one goal; they all want their XI system to perform at the best of its ability to realize its full potential. If you have this goal keep reading and please share any comments you might have as well. Observing/Measuring Tuning Impacts Tuning is a […]
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Hard to Find CMC Settings Revealed

I imagine that the Business Objects development team had some heated debates about where to put various settings within the CMC application. However, I suspect that when planning out Business Object XI 3.0 and 3.1 some of the decisions were made by a single sleepless product manager with a grudge. I offer the following points […]
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Java App Server and CMS On Different Machines, Edit “hosts” File Now

If you have deployed your Business Objects XI Central Management Server(s) and your Java Web Application Servers are on the same single machine then this article does not apply to you. If your Java Web Application Server ever needs to run applications (such as InfoView or CMC) that will connect to any CMS that is […]
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The Over-Credited Destination Job Server

Would you get a little upset if someone else kept taking all the credit for the work you do. Would you get down right furious when that person couldn’t fix any issues relating to their ill-earned reputation when a real problem came along and then you had to come along and save the day without […]
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Denying Security Access Explicitly in Business Objects XI 3.1

Maybe I am the only one, but I have struggled twice with this topic and so I thought that I would write this short article to make sure I remember the correct workflow and hopefully help someone else out too. Sometimes You Just Want to Say “Stay Out” There are times when you may want […]
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Fixing the Business Objects XI “destination DLL disabled. CrystalEnterprise.Smtp:” Error

One of the most helpful error messages (sad very sarcastically) in Business Objects XI is “destination DLL disabled. CrystalEnterprise.Smtp:”. You get this one usually after recently configuring a new job server or setting up your first scheduled job in a Business Objects XI environment. This error exists in XI R2 and it is definitely present […]
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Cleanly Stopping and Starting Business Objects Servers

I really cannot explain why it is that I have NEVER seen any documentation that advises Business Objects XI administrators on how to stop and start Business Objects properly. For those of us running part of our business on BO XI we are very concerned about minimizing errors for users and scheduled jobs while we […]
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Sizing Limits to Web Intelligence Report Server Maximum Simultaneous Connections

In Business Objects XI R2 newly created Web Intelligence Report Servers default to 50 “Maximum Simultaneous Connections” (editable in the Central Management Console, or CMC). In Business Objects XI 3.X the “Maximum Simultaneous Connections” setting is defaulted to 100! Can we read anything in to these changes in default settings? Do the default settings mean […]
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The Little Known Business Objects Program Object

Most people are only familiar with the various reporting tools in Business Objects. Of course, these are the reasons organizations set up a Business Objects instance in the first place. However, Business Objects XI has managed to include some additional functionality that goes beyond reporting. For example, BOXI can be used to publish “agnostic” documents, […]
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