APTARE IT Analytics Installation and Upgrade Guide for Windows

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Product(s): APTARE IT Analytics (10.5)
  1. Install APTARE IT Analytics Portal on a Windows server
    1.  
      Introduction
    2.  
      Portal installation memory requirements
    3.  
      Task 1: Portal and database deployment strategies (Windows)
    4.  
      Task 2: Pre-installation configuration (Windows)
    5. Task 3: Installing Oracle application binaries (Windows)
      1.  
        Troubleshoot the Oracle installation
    6.  
      Task 4: Installing Portal application binaries (Windows)
    7.  
      Task 5: Request the license key file (Windows)
    8.  
      Task 6: Log into the Portal (Windows)
    9.  
      Task 7: Install the license key file (Windows)
    10.  
      Task 8: Performing a cold backup (Windows)
    11.  
      Supported third-party and open source products
    12.  
      Uninstall Portal server software
  2. Upgrade APTARE IT Analytics Portal on Windows
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Upgrade path
    3.  
      Before upgrading
    4. Upgrade the Oracle database application binaries to19c (Windows)
      1.  
        Upgrading the Oracle database application binaries (Windows)
    5. Upgrade APTARE IT Analytics Portal
      1.  
        Upgrading a shared services environment
      2.  
        Run the upgrade utility installer (Windows)
      3.  
        Running the upgrade utility
      4. Attribute merging during the Portal upgrade
        1.  
          Attribute management during the Portal upgrade
      5.  
        Upgrading the Portal with additional licensed modules
      6.  
        Database table creation scripts
      7.  
        Add additional products
      8.  
        Enable new features and report templates using the Portal
    6.  
      Data Collector upgrades
    7.  
      Troubleshooting - manual Data Collector upgrades
    8.  
      Collector updates from the APTARE IT Analytics Portal
    9.  
      Clustered NetBackup Upgrade Procedure
    10.  
      Upgrade methods to incorporate enterprise objects
  3. Oracle patches for the database server
    1.  
      Install Oracle 19c Windows July 2021 patch
  4. Upgrade and migrate to a new server
    1.  
      Upgrade and migrate to a new server
  5. Portal upgrades (Win): Tomcat and Apache
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Upgrade from Tomcat 7 to Tomcat 8 (Win)
    3.  
      Upgrade the Apache Web Server to 2.4.xx to 2.4.yy (Windows)

Upgrade from Tomcat 7 to Tomcat 8 (Win)

  1. Stop all APTARE services by running:

    C:\opt\aptare\utils\stopallservices.bat

  2. Remove portal services by running:

    C:\opt\aptare\utils\removeportalservices.bat

  3. Rename C:\opt\tomcat to C:\opt\tomcat-old

  4. Log into the Veritas Support to retrieve the distribution files that are used in these instructions.

  5. Download the latest Tomcat binary distribution, setupAgentTomcatService.bat, setupPortalTomcatService.bat, agent-java-settings.bat, portal-java-settings.bat and Tomcat configuration tar ball containing the aptare-instances folder to your Windows Portal server.

  6. Unzip apache-tomcat-8.5.xx.zip to C:\opt folder

    The new path should be: C:\opt\tomcat folder

  7. Extract tomcat_windows_release_10500.tar.gz into C:\opt\tomcat folder. After this operation the folder structure will look like:

    C:\opt\tomcat\aptare-instances\portal

    C:\opt\tomcat\aptare-instances\agent

  8. Copy the content of agent-java-settings.bat into the following and update the settings as required:

    C:\opt\aptare\datarcvrconf\tomcat\java-settings.bat

  9. Copy content of portal-java-settings.bat into the following and update the settings as required:

    C:\opt\aptare\portalconf\tomcat\java-settings.bat

  10. Copy setupPortalTomcatService.bat into the following folder:

    C:\opt\aptare\utils

  11. Copy setupAgentTomcatService.bat into the following folder:

    C:\opt\aptare\utils

  12. Locate the folder C:\opt\aptare\utils\

  13. Modify the following files by renaming all occurrences of tomcat7.exe to tomcat8.exe:

    • removeservices.bat

    • removeportalservices.bat

  14. Install the portal services by running:

    C:\opt\aptare\utils\setupPortalTomcatService.bat
    C:\opt\aptare\utils\setupAgentTomcatService.bat

  15. Start all services by running:

    C:\opt\aptare\utils\startallservices.bat