Starting Essbase Server in the Foreground

Starting Essbase Server in the foreground starts the Agent in an operating system window, in which you can enter commands and monitor Essbase Server activities.

When starting an Essbase Server for the first time (for example, after installing Essbase), the administrator enters a company name, Essbase Server system administrator user ID, and a system password. This information is saved in the Essbase security file (essbase.sec). As long as essbase.sec is present in your Essbase installation, you are not prompted to provide this information when subsequently starting Essbase Server.

Note:

Only the registered Essbase administrator who started an Essbase Server for the first time can subsequently start the same Essbase Server. To register a new administrator user, you must remove the Essbase security file (essbase.sec), and all log (.log) and application (.app) files, and restart Essbase Server. Then a new administrator user ID and password is required to register a new administrator user.

Essbase Server start and stop scripts redirect to Oracle Process Manager and Notification Server. See Starting and Stopping Essbase Using OPMN.

To start Essbase Server in the foreground, use a method for the operating system on which Essbase Server runs (these examples assume that Essbase Server had been started at least once before):