Prerequisites

IBM Netezza SaaS BYOC in AWS environment

Before deploying IBM Netezza SaaS BYOC in your AWS environment, ensure that the following prerequisites are met:

  1. You must have administrative access to deploy the pre-configured AWS CloudFormation templates and to create the necessary IAM roles.
  2. Your AWS account must have sufficient resource quotas to support the infrastructure components needed for the deployment, such as EC2 instances, EKS nodes, and networking resources.
  3. An active IBM ID is required to subscribe to and provision the IBM Netezza SaaS BYOC.
Note: To create a new instance, users must be assigned at least one of the following roles:
  • Admin, Owner, and Viewer at the Account level.
  • Admin, Owner, and Viewer at the Subscription level.

IBM Netezza SaaS BYOC in Azure environment

Requirements that must be met before setting up your Netezza SaaS BYOC environment on Azure.

The following prerequisites must be met before deploying Netezza SaaS BYOC on Azure:

  1. Azure administrative access

    You must have sufficient administrative privileges to deploy an Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template. This deployment will create:

    • Resource groups
    • Managed identities
    • Role assignments
    • Azure Lighthouse delegation for IBM-managed access

    Verify you have sufficient administrative privileges using Azure Portal.

    1. Navigate to the resource group or subscription where you plan to deploy the template.
    2. Go to Access control (IAM).
    3. Click on View my access.
    4. Review the roles assigned to your user account.
    5. Ensure you have a role like:
      • Owner
      • Contributor
      • User Access Administrator
      • Or a custom role that includes:
        • Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*
        • Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/write
  2. Azure subscription quotas

    Verify that your Azure subscription has adequate resource quotas to support the required infrastructure components (e.g., compute, storage, networking).

    1. Sign in to the Azure Portal.
    2. In the top search bar, type "Quotas" and select "Quotas" from the results.
    3. On the Quotas page, select "My quotas" from the left-hand menu.
    4. Use the filters at the top to narrow down by:
      • Subscription
      • region
      • Provider (e.g., Microsoft.Compute, Microsoft.Network)
    5. You will see a list of quota categories and their current usage vs. limits. You can expand each category to see detailed metrics
  3. An active IBMid is required to subscribe to and provision the Netezza SaaS BYOC service.

    Obtain an IBMId

    1. Go to the IBMid registration page: Create an IBMid.
    2. Fill in the required information, including:
      • Business email (this becomes your IBMid)
      • Password
      • First and last name
      • Country or region
      • Company (optional)
    3. Verify your email: IBM will send a verification code to the email address you provided.
    4. Complete multi-factor authentication setup (optional but recommended).