APTARE IT Analytics Certified Configurations Guide

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Product(s): APTARE IT Analytics (10.5)
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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 metrics
    7.  
      NetApp cluster-mode metrics
    8.  
      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.  
      Supported host bus adapters (HBAs)
  4. Cloud configurations
    1.  
      Supported systems and access requirements
  5. 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
  6. File Analytics configurations
    1. Data Collector probes by storage type
      1.  
        CIFS shares
      2.  
        Host inventory probe
  7. Fabric Manager configurations
    1. Switch vendors
      1.  
        Download Cisco Data Center Network Manager
  8. 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
  9. Internal TCP port requirements
    1.  
      Internal TCP port requirements
    2.  
      Internal portal server ports
    3.  
      Internal data collector ports

Oracle Database and Memory Requirements

The embedded Oracle Database license is a restricted license and may only be used or accessed in conjunction with APTARE IT Analytics software.

As a best practice, Oracle memory size should be at least 25% of the Portal server's total memory size, recommended in the above table, with a minimum of 12 GiB.

APTARE IT Analytics software is certified with the Oracle binaries embedded with the software product. Note that the use of the embedded binaries must comply with Oracle Database Standard Edition 2 license requirements, which permits use only on servers (including any virtual server platform) that have a maximum capacity of 2 physical CPU sockets (populated or not). If using a Cloud Provider, Oracle Database Standard Edition 2 may be licensed only on Authorized Cloud Environment instances up to 8 virtual cores. Using non-embedded versions of Oracle (for example, installing in other pre-existing Oracle instances) is not a certified configuration and is not allowed by the license grant.

If explicitly licensed for the APTARE IT Analytics with Partitioning, the embedded Oracle binaries are Oracle Database Enterprise Edition with Partitioning. Note that the use of the embedded binaries must comply with Oracle Database Enterprise Edition with Partitioning. Using non-embedded versions of Oracle (for example, installing in other pre-existing Oracle instances) is not a certified configuration and is not allowed by the license grant.

If explicitly licensed for APTARE IT Analytics for Shared Services, the APTARE IT Analytics embedded Oracle binaries are not provided or licensed with the APTARE IT Analytics software and cannot be used with the APTARE IT Analytics for Shared Services. End Users are solely responsible for purchasing and licensing the Oracle database binaries required for the operation of the APTARE IT Analytics for Shared Services software.

For APTARE IT Analytics Managed Services Editions, the APTARE IT Analytics embedded Oracle binaries are not provided or licensed with the APTARE IT Analytics software and cannot be used with the Managed Services Editions of APTARE IT Analytics. Managed Services Partners are solely responsible for purchasing and licensing the Oracle database binaries required for the operation of the APTARE IT Analytics Managed Services Editions software.