APTARE IT Analytics Installation and Upgrade Guide for Windows
- Install APTARE IT Analytics Portal on a Windows server
- Introduction
- Portal installation memory requirements
- Task 1: Portal and database deployment strategies (Windows)
- Task 2: Pre-installation configuration (Windows)
- Task 3: Installing Oracle application binaries (Windows)
- Task 4: Installing Portal application binaries (Windows)
- Task 5: Request the license key file (Windows)
- Task 6: Log into the Portal (Windows)
- Task 7: Install the license key file (Windows)
- Task 8: Performing a cold backup (Windows)
- Supported third-party and open source products
- Uninstall Portal server software
- Upgrade APTARE IT Analytics Portal on Windows
- Overview
- Upgrade path
- Before upgrading
- Upgrade the Oracle database application binaries to19c (Windows)
- Upgrade APTARE IT Analytics Portal
- Upgrading a shared services environment
- Run the upgrade utility installer (Windows)
- Running the upgrade utility
- Attribute merging during the Portal upgrade
- Upgrading the Portal with additional licensed modules
- Database table creation scripts
- Add additional products
- Enable new features and report templates using the Portal
- Data Collector upgrades
- Troubleshooting - manual Data Collector upgrades
- Collector updates from the APTARE IT Analytics Portal
- Clustered NetBackup Upgrade Procedure
- Upgrade methods to incorporate enterprise objects
- Oracle patches for the database server
- Upgrade and migrate to a new server
- Portal upgrades (Win): Tomcat and Apache
Upgrade and migrate to a new server
If you are upgrading from an 8.4.02 Portal to a 9.x Portal and then to APTARE Release Version 10, you may need to migrate your Linux server. This section covers migrating to a Linux Portal server and then migrating the APTARE IT Analytics Database to this new server.
Users must be running a minimum of version 9.x to upgrade to APTARE Release Version 10.
The Portal must be running a minimum of APTARE IT Analytics version 10.3 to upgrade to APTARE IT Analytics 10.5.
Download the latest release and installation instructions from the www.veritas.com.
Perform a fresh install of the database and portal on the new server.
See Introduction.
Request a new license key for the server from license-aptare@veritas.com.
Install the new license, once you receive it.
Follow the instructions for your platform in the System Administrator Guide to create a database export.
Copy/Transfer the export file to your new server.
On Windows (as an admin):
Execute \opt\aptare\utils\stopportal.bat Execute \opt\aptare\utils\stopagent.bat
On Windows (as member of ORA_DBA group):
sqlplus / as sysdba
drop user portal cascade;
Follow the instructions for your platform in the Importing the Oracle Database section in the APTARE IT Analytics System Administrator Guide.
On Windows (as an admin):
Execute \opt\aptare\utils\startportal.bat Execute \opt\aptare\utils\startagent.bat
Download the upgrade installer and documentation from the www.veritas.com.
Run the upgrade installer.
See Run the upgrade utility installer (Windows).
This installs the upgrade executable, but does not execute it.
Verify that all APTARE IT Analytics application services are up and running.
As user , run the following relevant command and respond to the prompts accordingly:
On Windows:
C:\opt\aptare\upgrade\upgrade.bat
You will receive warnings that your current version is already up to date, proceed.
Once the script has completed, review the log file indicated to check for any errors
If desired, you can use the local host file method of IP address resolution to test the functionality of the new portal prior to any DNS cut-over from the existing server.
Do not install on the same machine as the new portal/database server.
Download the Data Collector installer and documentation from www.veritas.com.
Follow the instructions in the documentation for your Data Collector to uninstall.
Re-install the Data Collector to the latest version, giving the correct URL for the new server.