Installing IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis

Operations Analytics - Log Analysis supports GUI, console, and silent installations. The installation process differs for 64-bit and z/OS® operating systems.

Procedure

Operations Analytics - Log Analysis can be installed by IBM® Installation Manager or you can run the install.sh wrapper script.
Tip: The best practice is to install the WebGUI and Operations Analytics - Log Analysis on separate hosts.
Restriction: Operations Analytics - Log Analysis does not support installation in Group mode of IBM Installation Manager.

What to do next

  • If the host locale is not set to English United States, set the locale of the command shell to export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 before you run any Operations Analytics - Log Analysis scripts.
  • Install the Tivoli® Netcool®/OMNIbus Insight® Pack into Operations Analytics - Log Analysis to enable ingestion of event data into Operations Analytics. For more information, see Installing the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Insight Pack.
  • (Optional) Install the Network Manager Insight Pack into Operations Analytics - Log Analysis to use the topology search capability. For more information, see Installing the Network Manager Insight Pack.
  • Search on IBM Fix Central for available interim fixes and apply them. See http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/ .