Pre-installation checklist
There are several considerations and tasks to complete before you decide to install IBM® Sterling Control Center Monitor for the first time. This pre-installation checklist helps you install IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor successfully for either a high availability or non-high availability environment.
Important: When you install IBM Sterling Control Center
Monitor and configure the Microsoft SQL
server, determine whether you want to enable the globalization parameter. If you enable this
parameter, then IBM Sterling Control Center
Monitor can store
multi-byte characters among all of your event processors. If you do not enable this parameter during
the initial installation and use a multi-byte character, then IBM Sterling Control Center
Monitor cannot run and you must manually
remove the character from your database. If you choose to enable the globalization parameter later,
you must reinstall IBM Sterling Control Center
Monitor.
The
following table is a checklist of items to help you make decisions before you install IBM Sterling Control Center
Monitor for the first time:
| # | IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor pre-installation checklist | Related links | Your notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Review the release notes. | Release Notes | |
| 2 | Review topics about installing, including topics about a high availability and a non-high availability environment. Determine whether you plan to install one or more IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor event processors. | ||
| 3 | Review topics about upgrading. | Installing maintenance and fixes for IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor | |
| 4 | Review topics about migrating information. | Upgrading and migrating | |
| 5 | Download any product updates from IBM Passport Advantage. | IBM Passport Advantage | |
| 6 | Determine the computers where IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor needs to be installed. | ||
| 7 | Determine which operating system you will install IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor on. IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor supports Microsoft Windows, AIX, UNIX, and Linux operating systems. You can install IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor from the command line or with a GUI installer. | ||
| 8 | Based on the operating system, estimate the engine and database system requirements. Important: If you are running at 80 percent or more CPU capacity with IBM Control Center
Monitor V6.0, then in V6.2 you need
to add more CPU. Adding more CPUs is necessary to properly scale an IBM Control Center
Monitor environment with multiple
EPs.
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| 9 | Determine the type of database you will use to store IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor processing information. | ||
| 10 | If consoles access the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor event processor by using a secure connection, gather information to configure the HTTPS connection. | Determine HTTPS information for the engine and console connection | |
| 11 | If you are installing multiple IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor event processors, ensure an event processor is the controller event processor. All event processors must be installed on the same operating system. Ensure that any Sterling Connect:Direct® File Agent is configured to send traps to the controller EP. | Controller event processor | |
| 12 | If you are installing multiple event processors, determine the server assignment, failover, and monitoring policy for the event processors. | Setting a server assignment, failover, and monitoring policy for an event processor |