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
Attribute merging during the Portal upgrade
Version 10.x.xx introduced several enhancements to attribute management.
A new attribute type, a multi-object attribute, replaces the way that attributes functioned in previous releases. This mult-object attribute enables creation of a single attribute that will be available for all objects, such as hosts, arrays, and switches.
Prior to Version 10.x.xx, object-specific attributes were required. For example, if you wanted a Location attribute for both host and array objects, you needed to create a separate Location attribute for each object. Now, with multi-object attributes, a single attribute can be used for all objects (for example, arrays, hosts, LUNs and switches).
System Attributes are new to Version 10.x.xx. System attributes provide a set of popular attributes that you can populate with your own enterprise-specific values. These new system attributes are multi-object attributes with the following names: Application, Business_Unit, Data_Center, Department, Environment, Location, Organization, Owner, and Region. These system attributes cannot be deleted.
The naming convention for attributes also has been changed in Version 10.x.xx. Attribute names must begin with an alpha character. Use only alpha, numeric, or underscore characters in the name. Spaces and special characters are not allowed. This may mean that you will need to modify attribute names after you upgrade so that you can modify and save the list of values.