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JP1 Version 13 JP1/Integrated Management 3 - Manager Configuration Guide


2.3.4 Notes about installing (for UNIX)

Organization of this subsection

(1) Relationship between products

JP1/IM - Manager requires JP1/Base. When you install the products, note the following:

(2) About Hitachi Network Objectplaza Trace Library (HNTRLib2)

When you install JP1/Base, Hitachi Network Objectplaza Trace Library (HNTRLib2) is installed.

(3) Settings in the OS environment

During installation, the following information is set in the OS:

In the services file, the port numbers indicated in Appendix C. Port Numbers in the JP1/Integrated Management 3 - Manager Overview and System Design Guide are set.

During uninstallation of JP1/IM - Manager, the port numbers indicated in Appendix C. Port Numbers in the JP1/Integrated Management 3 - Manager Overview and System Design Guide are deleted.

(4) About downgrade installation

JP1/IM - Manager and JP1/IM - Agent does not support downgrade installation. If you want to downgrade the product that has been installed, uninstall the product, and then reinstall it.

(5) About information that JP1/IM - Manager manages

Do not perform the following operations, because JP1/IM - Manager manages such information as program information, configuration information, and maintenance information in files and in the registry. If you perform the following operations, JP1/IM - Manager may not work properly.

(6) About installation

Before installing JP/IM - Manager, confirm that the temporary directory (/tmp) has 5 MB of free space.

(7) About anti-virus software

When you install JP1/IM - Manager, if anti-virus software performs a virus scan on the installation destination of JP1/IM - Manager, an application error might occur due to conflict between the installer and the anti-virus software and installation might fail. To avoid this, stop the anti-virus software before performing an installation.

(8) About silent installation

(a) For JP1/IM - Manager

JP1/IM - Manager can be installed by using the silent installation functionality. Execute the following command:

For Linux: <DVD-R-media>/X64LIN/setup -f -k P-CC842C-9MDL <path-of-DVD-R-media>

For SUSE Linux: <DVD-R-media>/SLES/setup -f -k P-CC9W2C-9MDL <path-of-DVD-R-media>

  • To execute the contents of DVD-R media directly from a hard drive, copy the contents of the DVD-R media to a directory on the hard drive whose path does not include any spaces. Then, compare the copied files to the original files (at the binary level, for example) to ensure that they are the same.

  • Check the return value of the execution result to verify that the installation ended successfully. For details about the return values, see the JP1 website.

  • When installing this software product by using the silent installation functionality, you can not specify user information. To specify user information, install software product in the installation procedure described in the 2.3.1 Installation procedure (for UNIX).

(b) For JP1/IM - Agent

The silent installation feature provides an installation method for JP1/IM - Agent.

Command

For Linux: DVD-R media/X64LIN/setupΔ-fΔ--kΔP-CC842C-9GDLΔDVD-R media pass

Δ: One or more half-width spaces

(9) Notes on upgrading JP1/IM - Agent from version 13-00 or 13-01

See 1.3.3(14) Notes on upgrading JP1/IM - Agent from version 13-00 or 13-01.

(10) Notes on upgrading JP1/IM - Agent from version 13-00 or 13-10

When JP1/IM - Agent is upgraded, ExecStart rows are updated for unit definition file listed in the following tables in order to apply OSS wrapper to OSS that supports the add-on management functionality. In JP1/IM - Agent installer log, verify that KAVB9447-I messaging is displayed for the respective unit definition file. For details about JP1/IM - Agent installer log, see 12.2.2(8) Installer Log in the JP1/Integrated Management 3 - Manager Administration Guide.

Add-on program

Unit definition file Name

Backup file name

Prometheus server

jpc_prometheus_server.service

jpc_prometheus_server.service.bk

Alertmanager

jpc_alertmanager.service

jpc_alertmanager.service.bk

Blackbox exporter

jpc_blackbox_exporter.service

jpc_blackbox_exporter.service.bk

Yet another cloudwatch exporter

jpc_ya_cloudwatch_exporter.service

jpc_ya_cloudwatch_exporter.service.bk

process_exporter

jpc_process_exporter.service

jpc_process_exporter.service.bk

Promitor

jpc_promitor_resource_discovery.service

jpc_promitor_resource_discovery.service.bk

jpc_promitor_scraper.service

jpc_promitor_scraper.service.bk

Script exporter

jpc_script_exporter.service

jpc_script_exporter.service.bk

Fluentd

jpc_fluentd.service

jpc_fluentd.service.bk

VMware exporter

jpc_vmware_exporter.service

jpc_vmware_exporter.service.bk

node exporter

jpc_node_exporter.service

jpc_node_exporter.service.bk

If KAVB9448-W and KAVB9450-W messages are displayed, update ExecStart row by manually editing the appropriate unit definition file. For details about the descriptions in ExecStart line, see Unit definition file (jpc_program-name.service) in Chapter 2. Definition Files of the JP1/Integrated Management 3 - Manager Command, Definition File and API Reference.

(11) Notes on upgrading JP1/IM - Manager from version 13-00 to 13-11 to 13-50 or later

When JP1/IM - Manager is upgraded, the recommended settings for log output of the Intelligent Integrated Management Database are not reflected. Check the setting values of the following parameters of Intelligent Integrated Management Database configuration file (postgresql.conf). If there are no parameters or the settings are different from those listed below, set them as shown below.

Parameters

Set value

log_min_messages

fatal

log_error_verbosity

terse

log2

on

log2_rotation_count

5

log2_rotation_max_size

70M

For details about the parameters of Intelligent Integrated Management Database configuration file and for information about reflecting changed settings, see Intelligent Integrated Management Database configuration file (postgresql.conf) in Chapter 2. Definition Files in the JP1/Integrated Management 3 - Manager Command, Definition File and API Reference.