Planning for installation

Before you install IBM® Control Center Monitor, you need to be aware of planning considerations regarding choosing an environment, operating system, and how you are going to install IBM Control Center Monitor.

For a more successful installation, answer the following questions before you install IBM Control Center Monitor:
  • Are you going to install IBM Control Center Monitor for a high availability or non-high availability environment?
    • If you plan to have a high availability environment, the first event processor (EP) started becomes the controller EP. For more information, see Controller event processor.
    • If you plan to have a high availability environment, do you want to configure your Jetty Web Application server to not automatically shut down when the EP is stopped?
    • If you plan to have a high availability environment, do you want to configure an EP to run for event processing but without the Jetty Web Application server or Jasper Reports Library server running?
    • What is your CPU allocation for each event processor (EP) in a high availability environment? If you are running at 80 percent or more CPU capacity with IBM Control Center Monitor V6.0, then in V6.1 you need to add more CPU. Adding more CPUs is necessary to properly scale an IBM Control Center Monitor environment with multiple EPs. For more information, see Detailed System Requirements.
  • What computer servers are you going to install IBM Control Center Monitor on?
  • Which operating system are you going to install IBM Control Center Monitor on? IBM Control Center Monitor can be installed on Microsoft Windows, UNIX, AIX, or a Linux operating system. For more information, see Detailed system requirements.
  • How are you going to install IBM Control Center Monitor? You can install IBM Control Center Monitor from the command line or with a GUI installer? For more information, see Installing IBM Control Center Monitor or Installing IBM Control Center Monitor in a high availability environment.
  • What type of database are you going to use to store IBM Control Center Monitor processing information? IBM Control Center Monitor supports DB2, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL server for production databases. For more information, see Databases, Creating and setting up databases, and Database FAQ.
  • Are you going to use any secure connections? For more information, see Configuring secure connections.
After you plan for your installation of IBM Control Center Monitor, see the Pre-installation checklist to begin the installation process.