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JP1 Version 12 JP1/Base User's Guide


N.1 System configuration for using JP1/Base linked with the auto-scaling functionality

This subsection describes the system configuration needed to use JP1/Base linked with the auto-scaling functionality.

The system consists of hosts to be monitored (agent hosts) and a host that monitors the agents (manager host).

Figure N‒1: System configuration for using JP1/Base linked with the auto-scaling functionality

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Organization of this subsection

(1) Prerequisite cloud services

Amazon EC2 service

(2) Supported OSs

Windows
  • Windows Server 2012 R2

  • Windows Server 2016

  • Windows Server 2019

Linux
  • Linux 6 (x64)

  • Linux 7

(3) Prerequisite programs

The programs to be installed on the manager host and the agent hosts are as follows:

Manager host
  • JP1/Base 11-00 or later

  • JP1/Integrated Management - Manager 11-00 or later

  • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.7 or later

  • Amazon EC2 API Tools (prerequisite program for Amazon EC2 API Tools)

If you plan to use JP1/PFM for monitoring, install the following program:

  • JP1/Performance Management - Manager 11-00 or later

Agent hosts
  • JP1/Base 11-00 or later

If you plan to use JP1/PFM for monitoring, install the following programs:

  • JP1/Performance Management - Agent Option for Platform 11-00 or later

  • JP1/Performance Management - Base 11-00 or later

(4) Environment conditions for hosts

The environment conditions for the manager host and the agent hosts are as follows:

Manager host

There are no special restrictions. The manager host can be run in either a physical machine environment or a virtual machine environment (including on a virtual machine in a cloud environment).

Agent hosts

Agent hosts must be run in a virtual machine environment (Amazon EC2 instance) provided by the Amazon EC2 service.