APTARE IT Analytics Certified Configuration Guide

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Product(s): APTARE IT Analytics (10.6)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      APTARE IT Analytics Overview
    2.  
      Purpose of this document
  2. Portal and database servers
    1.  
      Portal supported operating systems
    2.  
      Recommended portal configurations
    3.  
      Oracle Database and Memory Requirements
    4. Supported browsers and display resolution
      1.  
        Linux portal server: Exported and emailed reports
    5.  
      Supported third-party and open source products
  3. Data Collector server configurations
    1.  
      Data Collector supported operating systems
    2. Data Collector server memory and CPU guidelines
      1.  
        Customize the Linux file handle setting for large collections
      2.  
        Factors impacting Data Collector performance and memory requirements
    3.  
      Data Collector prerequisites
    4.  
      Firewall configuration: Default ports
  4. Capacity Manager configurations
    1.  
      Supported storage arrays and access requirements
    2.  
      IBM Arrays: Modify profile
    3.  
      Creating a NetApp user with API privileges
    4.  
      Creating a NetApp cluster-mode user with API privileges
    5. Array/LUN performance Data Collection
      1.  
        Port performance metrics
    6. EMC Isilon array performance metrics
      1.  
        EMC Isilon Array Performance
      2.  
        EMC Isilon Disk Performance
      3.  
        EMC Isilon Node Performance
      4.  
        EMC Isilon OneFS Performance
      5.  
        EMC Isilon Protocol Performance
    7. NetApp Cluster-Mode performance metrics
      1.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode Aggregate Performance
      2.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode CIFS Performance
      3.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode Disk Performance
      4.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode Fiber Channel Protocol Logical Interface Performance
      5.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode LUN Performance
      6.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode NFS Performance
      7.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode Processor Node Performance
      8.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode Processor Performance
      9.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode RAID Performance
      10.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode SMB (Server Message Block) Performance
      11.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode System Performance
      12.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode Target Port Performance
      13.  
        NetApp Cluster-Mode Volume Performance
    8. EMC Symmetrix enhanced performance metrics
      1.  
        Create enhanced EMC Symmetrix Performance report templates
      2.  
        EMC Symmetrix Array Performance
      3.  
        EMC Symmetrix Backend Director Performance
      4.  
        EMC Symmetrix Frontend Director Performance
      5.  
        EMC Symmetrix Front-end Port Performance
      6.  
        EMC Symmetrix Storage Group Performance
      7.  
        EMC Symmetrix Database Performance
      8.  
        EMC Symmetrix Disk Group Performance
      9.  
        EMC Symmetrix Disk Performance
      10.  
        EMC Symmetrix Device Groups Performance
      11.  
        EMC Symmetrix Disk by Technology Performance
      12.  
        EMC Symmetrix Storage Tier Performance
      13.  
        EMC Symmetrix Thin Tier Performance
      14.  
        EMC Symmetrix Thin Pool Performance
      15.  
        EMC Symmetrix Enhanced Performance metrics
    9.  
      Host resources prerequisites and configurations
    10. Host access privileges, sudo commands, ports, and WMI proxy requirements
      1.  
        Access requirements by OS
    11.  
      WMI proxy requirements for Windows host Data Collection
    12.  
      Host resources supported configurations
    13.  
      Pure Storage Flash Array performance metrics
    14.  
      Supported host bus adapters (HBAs)
  5. Cloud configurations
    1.  
      Supported systems and access requirements
  6. Virtualization Manager configurations
    1.  
      Supported versions
    2. Virtualization Manager Data Collector requirements for VMware
      1.  
        Creating a VMware Read-Only user
    3.  
      Virtualization Manager Data Collector requirements for Microsoft Hyper-V
  7. File Analytics configurations
    1. Data Collector probes by storage type
      1.  
        CIFS shares
      2.  
        Host inventory probe
      3.  
        File Analytics probe
  8. Fabric Manager configurations
    1. Switch vendors
      1.  
        Download Cisco Data Center Network Manager
  9. Backup Manager configurations
    1.  
      Backup solutions and versions
    2.  
      Centralized NetBackup Data Collection requirements
    3. Veritas NetBackup 8.1 (and later) requirements for centralized collection
      1.  
        Required Software
  10. ServiceNow configurations
    1.  
      ServiceNow configurations
  11. Internal TCP port requirements
    1.  
      Internal TCP port requirements
    2.  
      Internal portal server ports
    3.  
      Internal data collector ports

Supported third-party and open source products

When you install the portal and reporting database, you install a compilation of software, which includes open source and third-party software.

For a list of open source components and licenses, see the license.txt file on the portal server.

Table: Supported software

Software Product

Linux

Windows

Oracle 19c

New Installation and Upgrading to 10.6

  • 19c

New Installation and Upgrading to 10.6

  • 19c

Java

Amazon Corretto 11.0.10.9.1 64-bit

Amazon Corretto 11.0.10.9.1 64-bit

VSphere Web Services SDK

5.5, 64-bit

5.5, 64-bit

Apache HTTP Web Server

  • 2.4.46

  • Apache 2.4.46 includes SafeLogic SSL for Linux environments.

  • 2.4.46. Verify that the C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 is installed.*

  • Apache 2.4.46 includes SafeLogic SSL for Windows environments.

  • 2.4.48

  • Apache 2.4.48 includes SafeLogic SSL for Linux environments.

Note:

The Apache HTTP Web Server ver 2.4.48 is available from APTARE 10.6 P3 and above.

  • 2.4.48. Verify that the C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 is installed.*

  • Apache 2.4.48 includes SafeLogic SSL for Windows environments.

Note:

The Apache HTTP Web Server ver 2.4.48 is available from APTARE 10.6 P3 and above.

  • 2.4.51

  • Apache 2.4.51 includes SafeLogic SSL for Linux environments.

Note:

The Apache HTTP Web Server ver 2.4.51 is available from APTARE 10.6 P7 and above.

  • 2.4.51. Verify that the C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 is installed.*

  • Apache 2.4.51 includes SafeLogic SSL for Windows environments.

Note:

The Apache HTTP Web Server ver 2.4.51 is available from APTARE 10.6 P7 and above.

  • 2.4.52

  • Apache 2.4.52 includes SafeLogic SSL for Linux environments.

Note:

The Apache HTTP Web Server ver 2.4.52 is available from APTARE 10.6 P10 and above.

  • 2.4.52. Verify that the C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 is installed.*

  • Apache 2.4.52 includes SafeLogic SSL for Windows environments.

Note:

The Apache HTTP Web Server ver 2.4.51 is available from APTARE 10.6 P10 and above.

Apache Tomcat Java Servlet Engine

9.0.52

9.0.52

If other versions of the above components are already running on the designated APTARE IT Analytics system, or other components are utilizing resources (such as specific ports) typically used by APTARE IT Analytics, the product usually can be reconfigured to work around these conflicts; however, this cannot be guaranteed.

*Refer to Support for updated binaries as they become available.