Veritas Data Insight Installation Guide

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Product(s): Data Insight (6.5.1, 6.5)
Platform: Windows
  1. Understanding the Veritas Data Insight architecture
    1.  
      About Veritas Data Insight
    2.  
      About the Management Server
    3. About the Collector worker node
      1.  
        About the Collector
      2.  
        About the Scanner
    4.  
      About the Indexer worker node
    5.  
      About the Classification Server
    6.  
      About the Self-Service Portal node
    7.  
      About Communication Service
    8.  
      About the DataInsightWatchdog service
    9.  
      About the DataInsightWorkflow service
    10. About Veritas Data Insight installation tiers
      1.  
        About three-tier installation
      2.  
        About two-tier installation
      3.  
        About single-tier installation
  2. Preinstallation
    1.  
      Pre-installation steps
    2.  
      Minimum system requirements for Data Insight components
    3.  
      System requirements for classification components
  3. Installing Veritas Data Insight
    1.  
      About installing Veritas Data Insight
    2.  
      Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)
    3.  
      Performing a single-tier installation
    4.  
      Performing a two-tier installation
    5.  
      Performing a three-tier installation
    6.  
      Installing the Management Server
    7.  
      Installing the worker node
    8.  
      Installing the Classification Server
    9.  
      Installing the Self-Service Portal
    10.  
      Installing a Linux Indexer worker node
    11.  
      Installing Veritas Data Insight in Azure Cloud Environment
    12.  
      Installing Veritas Data Insight in AWS Cloud Environment
  4. Upgrading Veritas Data Insight
    1.  
      Upgrading Data Insight to 6.5
    2.  
      Upgrading the product data using the Upgrade Data Wizard
    3.  
      Names and locations of cache files
    4.  
      Upgrading the Data Insight web service for SharePoint
  5. Post-installation configuration
    1.  
      Post-installation configuration
    2.  
      Registering the worker node
    3. About post-installation security configuration for Management Server
      1.  
        About SSL client/server certificates
      2.  
        Generating Management Console certificate
    4.  
      Configuring your corporate firewall
  6. Installing Windows File Server agent
    1.  
      About Windows File Server agent
    2.  
      Installing Windows File Server agent manually
    3.  
      Configuring the Windows File Server using ConfigureWindowsFileServer.exe
  7. Getting started with Data Insight
    1.  
      About the Data Insight Management Console
    2.  
      Logging in to the Data Insight Management Console
    3.  
      Logging out of the Data Insight Management Console
    4.  
      Displaying online help
  8. Uninstalling Veritas Data Insight
    1.  
      Uninstalling Veritas Data Insight
  9. Appendix A. Installing Data Insight using response files
    1.  
      About response files
    2.  
      Installing Data Insight using response files
    3.  
      Sample response files

Installing a Linux Indexer worker node

You can choose to install the Indexer on a server installed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0. The Linux indexer works exactly the same way as the Windows indexer.

Before you install the Indexer on the Linux server, ensure the following:

  • The compat-expat1 RPM resource package is installed on the server.

  • The firewall is configured to allow access to port 8383 between the Management Server, Indexer, and Collector.

  • The worker node should be able to ping itself and other nodes.

SSH to the Linux server where you want to install the worker node . You can install the package either as root or as non-root user. Ensure that you are logged in as that user.

Steps needed for non root users

Installing the worker node

  1. Run the following command to launch the installer package:
    sh Veritas_DataInsight_linux_6_5_N_<RHELVER>_x64.s

    where N is the build number, and RHELVER is RHEL7 depending on the version of your operating system.

  2. The Welcome to the Veritas Data Insight Setup Wizard window appears. Click Next.
  3. In the License Agreement window, select I accept the agreement, and click Next.
  4. Enable FIPS Mode? Yes [y], No [n]

    FIPS are standards and guidelines for federal computer systems that are developed by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in accordance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and approved by the Secretary of Commerce. Choice of FIPS mode should be same for Management server and Worker nodes. You can enable FIPS mode only during fresh product installation or upgrade. You will not be able to make any changes post product installation or upgrade.

  5. In the Select Destination Directory window, browse to the directory in which you want the Indexer to be installed. By default, the destination directory is /opt/DataInsight.
  6. Click Next.
  7. In the Configure Data Directory window, browse to the location where you want to store the product data.

    Select a location with enough free space and high-performance disks.

  8. In the Worker Node address window, enter the Fully Qualified Host Name (FQHN) or IP address of the host. Ensure that the Management Server and the other worker nodes are able to resolve this hostname.
  9. In the Configure Networking window, enter the following information:

    Communication Service Port

    See About Communication Service.

    Configuration Service Port

    Configuration service is a process that provides interface to configuration and other product data stored on the local system. This service port does not need to be accessible outside the host machine.

    Note:

    The installer validates whether the appropriate ports are free to accept connections.

  10. To register the worker node with the Management Server after you exit setup, select the Launch Worker Node Registration Wizard after exit checkbox.

    See Registering the worker node.

  11. To exit setup, click Finish.
  12. Optionally, to use an alternate location for the log files, edit the following files that are located in the /opt/DataInsight/conf directory, to replace /opt/DataInsight/log with the new log location:

    cli_logging.properties

    dscli_logging.properties

    commd_logging.properties

    watchdog_logging.properties

    webserver_logging.properties

    Export the new log directory using the following command:

    export MATRIX_LOG_DIR=/DataInsight/log

    Add the export entry to .bash_profile file of the user to reflect the change when you restart the system.

    Execute the following command to update the profile path:

    source .bash_profile

  13. When installing as a non-root user, after you have registered this node with the Management Server, add following entries to /etc/rc.local to automatically start the services after you restart the system:
    su  -  <name of non-root user>
    # export MATRIX_LOG_DIR=/DataInsight/log (Optional)
    /opt/DataInsight/bin/DataInsightConfig start
    /opt/DataInsight/bin/DataInsightComm start
    
    /opt/DataInsight/bin/DataInsightWatchdog start
    
    logout

    To stop services during shutdown, add the following entries to /etc/rc.local.shutdown:

    /opt/DataInsight/bin/DataInsightWatchdog stop
    /opt/DataInsight/bin/DataInsightComm stop
    /opt/DataInsight/bin/DataInsightConfig stop

Note:

The DataInsightConfig service does not start after registration if the queryd.lock is present in the /tmp folder. The lock file is present if the installation is done using root, or when the machine is restarted. You must delete the queryd.lock file before you restart the DataInsightConfig service.

In case of upgrade:

If previous installation is done using root user and Data Insight is configured for non-root user, perform the following steps:

  1. Log in to Data Insightas a root user.
  2. Delete the following files

    rm /tmp/i4jdaemon__DIdata_DataInsight_bin_DataInsightComm

    rm /tmp/i4jdaemon__DIdata_DataInsight_bin_DataInsightWatchdog

    rm /var/run/queryd.pid

  3. Assign execute permissions to the non root user.
  4. Stop all services using root user by executing configcli stop_services from /opt/datainsight/bin folder
  5. Navigate to the Data Insight 6.5 installer and assign execute permissions.
  6. Log in to Data Insightas a non root user.
  7. The Welcome to the Veritas Data Insight Setup Wizard window appears. Click Next.
  8. In the License Agreement window, select I accept the agreement, and click Next.
  9. Enable FIPS Mode? Yes [y], No [n]

    FIPS are standards and guidelines for federal computer systems that are developed by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in accordance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and approved by the Secretary of Commerce. Choice of FIPS mode should be same for Management server and Worker nodes. You can enable FIPS mode only during fresh product installation or upgrade. You will not be able to make any changes post product installation or upgrade.

    Note:

    You need to upgrade product data before services can be enabled. Execute the following command to launch the Upgrade Data Wizard after exiting the installer: /opt/DataInsight/bin/UpgradeData