Recommended Installation and Configuration Sequence

The following steps will guide you through some of the key aspects of Control Center Director. At the conclusion of the Installation and Configuration sequence, you’ll have reached an excellent starting point for further, more detail-driven activities.

It is recommended that you follow this sequence to manage and monitor upgrade and maintenance activities for Connect:Direct Servers in your environment.

Attention: It's not recommended to install Control Center Director on the same server running IBM® Control Center.
Step Action Procedure/Related resources
1 Setup the database See, Setting up the database
2 Install and Configure Control Center Director Installing and Configuring Control Center Director
3 Export Server Roster from IBM Control Center (Optional)
Note:
  • Connect:Direct servers that have been configured for Control Center Director will automatically be added to the Connect:Direct Server roster.
  • Even if you import IBM Control Center data, Connect:Direct® Servers will need to be configured for IBM Control Center.
  • IBM recommends you use Control Center Director Web Console to add and manage Servers in your environment or dynamically discover Connect:Direct servers before you monitor them.
4 Start Control Center Director Web Server
  1. Execute runEngine.sh
  2. Log into Web Console.
5

Upgrade to an appropriate Control Center Director compatible Connect:Direct for UNIX/Windows fix pack
  1. Go to Fix Central site and download required level of maintenance version of Connect:Direct.
  2. Upgrade and Install Connect:Direct Secure Plus for UNIX or Connect:Direct for Windows.
  3. Configure Connect:Direct Server and Agent settings. See, Configuring IBM Connect:Direct support for Control Center Director.
    Note: In some cases, after a failed upgrade, the fastest solution is to roll back to a previous release you were using. For more information see, Emergency Restore.
6 Start Connect:Direct Agent Invoke startAgent.sh.

This script is available at: cdinstallation_location/install/agent/bin For more information see, Connect:Direct documents.
7 Verify if Control Center Director Installation is complete User successfully logs into Control Center Director Web Console. For more information see, Accessing Control Center Director Web Console.
8 Verify if Connect:Direct Server and Agent discovery is successful
  1. User successfully logs into Control Center Director Web Console.
  2. Dashboard displays Server roster data (status) for Connect:Direct Servers available in your environment.
  3. Control Center Director's Administrators can now:
    1. Add Connect:Direct resources (packages) into Control Center Director
    2. Deploy Connect:Direct resources using over target nodes
    3. Schedule upgrades for one or more Connect:Direct Servers
    4. Manage one or more Connect:Direct Servers
    5. View license usage by environment type the following day.