APTARE IT Analytics Installation and Upgrade Guide for Linux
- Install the APTARE IT Analytics Portal on a Linux server
- Introduction
- Portal installation memory requirements
- OVA-based deployment on VMware ESXi
- Installer-based deployment
- Task 1: Portal and database deployment strategies (Linux)
- Task 2: Pre-installation configuration (Linux)
- Task 3: Install Oracle database application binaries (Linux)
- Task 4: Install the Portal application binaries (Linux)
- Task 5: Installing the database schema (Linux)
- Task 6: Start the Portal services (Linux)
- Task 7: Request the license key file (Linux)
- Task 8: Log into the Portal
- Task 9: Install the license key file (Linux)
- Task 10: Performing a cold backup of the database (Linux)
- Recommended database backup process
- Supported third-party and open source products
- Uninstall the APTARE IT Analytics Portal
- Upgrade APTARE IT Analytics Portal on Linux
- Overview
- Upgrade path
- Before upgrading
- Upgrade Oracle database application binaries to 19c (Linux)
- Upgrade APTARE IT Analytics Portal
- Upgrade a shared services environment
- Run the upgrade utility installer (Linux)
- Known issues
- Run the upgrade utility
- After the upgrade
- Upgrade methods to incorporate enterprise objects
- Attribute merging during the Portal upgrade
- Upgrade the Portal with additional licensed modules
- Upgrade scenarios
- Database table creation scripts
- Add additional products
- Enable new features and report templates using the Portal
- Data Collector upgrades
- Troubleshoot - Manual Data Collector upgrades
- Collector updates from the APTARE IT Analytics Portal
- Oracle patches for the database server
- Upgrade and Migrate to a new server
- Upgrade and migrate to a new server
- Install the latest release of APTARE IT Analytics on the new server
- Perform an export of the database on the existing server
- Stop Portal and agent services on the new server
- Drop and re-create the existing portal user on the new server
- Import the database onto the new server
- Start Portal and agent services on the new server
- Download, install, and execute to upgrade the database schema
- Testing
- Update Data Collector binaries (if necessary)
- Upgrade and migrate to a new server
- Portal upgrades (Linux): Tomcat and Apache
OVA-based deployment on VMware ESXi
Note:
This OVA is supported with VMware ESXi 6.5 and above only. The OVA comes with CentOS operating System with 300GB storage and 32GB RAM.
Steps to deploy
- Download the OVA from Download Centre : https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/downloads.
- Deploy OVA on vCenter using Deploy OVF Template option.
- Login to VMware vCenter and select Deploy OVF Template.
- Select a name and the Folder. Click NEXT to navigate to the next page.
- Review the details and click NEXT.
- Select storage. To avoid getting any error, ensure that you select a Datastore that Host has access to. Click NEXT to navigate to the next page.
- Select the network and click NEXT.
- Customize Network parameters for VM by providing Hostname, Domainname, IP, Netmak, gateway, and DNS details.
- Click FINISH to complete the process.
Portal will be accessible with URL http://aptareportal.<domainname> with default login credentials as follows:
Username: admin@<domainname>
Password: P@ssw0rd
You can login to the Virtual machine created from OVA with the following credentials:
Username: admin
Password: P@ssw0_rd
To get root privileges type # sudo bash and use P@ssw0_rd as password.
It is strongly recommended that you change default password for admin and root users.
After VM bootup, the APTARE IT Analytics Portal will be re-configured with the user provided parameters for hostname, domainname and network parameters. In case of any issues while logging in to the portal, check the log file /opt/aptare/logs/boot-time-reconfig.log and the status of systemctl service aptare-init.service. The log file will have an error statement and steps to resolve the issue.