Installation checklist

Before you start your on premises installation of IBM® Netcool® Operations Insight®, check that you have all the required information ready. During the installation, you must define various configuration parameters. Some of these configuration parameters are needed later in the installation. Note down the following information as you install Netcool Operations Insight and related components.

Information to collect before and during installation

Collect all the information in the following list that is relevant to your deployment before and during your installation. You can print this checklist and take note of the information as you go through the installation process.

Preliminary steps information checklist
The available disk space on your computer: ______________________________.
Group and user details you want to use for the installation such as ncoadmin or netcool: ______________________________ .
Variables names:______________________________ . The default ones are: NCHOME=/opt/IBM/tivoli/netcool. OMNIHOME=/opt/IBM/tivoli/netcool/omnibus . IMPACT_HOME=/opt/IBM/tivoli/impact. JAZZSM_HOME=/opt/IBM/JazzSM. WEBGUI_HOME=/opt/IBM/netcool/gui/omnibus_webgui . UNITY_HOME=/opt/IBM/LogAnalysis.

IBM Installation Manager information checklist
Installation location: ______________________________ . Where the IBM Installation Manager unpacks packages. An example is /home/netcool/IBM/InstallationManager.
Data location: ______________________________. The location where IBM Installation Manager unpacks packages and stores packages for rolling back. An example location for the data location is /opt/IBM/netcool/IBMIMData .
Share location: ______________________________. You are asked for this location when you install the first product into IBM Installation Manager, not during the installation of IBM Installation Manageritself. An example location for share location is /opt/IBM/IBMIMShared.

Db2® information checklist
Directory where Db2 is installed: ______________________________. The default one is /opt/ibm/db2
The hostname of the server where the database is installed: ______________________________ . An example is example database-server
The Db2 user and password to use to log in to the database such asdb2inst1: ______________________________ .
The port used by the database, for example 50000: ______________________________ .
The Db2 version number and the operating system you are using to install it: ______________________________ .

Object Server information checklist
Name of the object server: ______________________________. An example is NOI_AGG_P
Port that is configured for connections to the object server: ______________________________ .
Super user ID for the object server. For example, the root user: ______________________________ .
Password for this user: ______________________________ .
Collect the same information also for the backup and virtual object servers (for example, NOI_AGG_Band NOI_AGG_V): ______________________________ .

Gateway for JDBC information checklist
Repositories that you need to select to install Gateway for JDBC: ______________________________. For example, $SW_Repository/JDBC-gate/NCOMNI_GTW_JDBC.zip
Location of the configuration file: ______________________________ . An example is $OMNIHOME/etc
Hostname, such as netcool1-server1: ______________________________ .

Probes information checklist
Which type of probes you need: ______________________________ .
Location of the configuration file. For example, OMNIHOME/probes/linux2x86/xml.props: ______________________________ .
Repositories to select. For example, SW_Repository/MsgBus-probe/Im-nco-p-message-bus-5_0.zip: ______________________________ .

Process Agent checklist
Name of the process agent: ______________________________ . An example is NCO_PA
Hostname, such as netcool1-server1: ______________________________ .
Port number, for example 4200: ______________________________ .
Processes that are managed by the process agent: ______________________________ . Examples are object servers, XML Gateway probe, or Gateway for JDBC.
Your user ID: ______________________________ .

Dashboard Application Services Hub(IBM WebSphere® Application Server and Jazz® for Service Management) checklist
Installation location: ______________________________ . For example, /home/netcool/IBM/WebSphereor /home/netcool/IBM/JazzSM.
Packages to be installed (IBM WebSphere Application Server, Jazz for Service Management, IBM WebSphere SDK Java™ Technology Edition): ______________________________.
Server name such as server1: ______________________________ .
Server username (for example, smadmin) and password: ______________________________ .
HTTP port: ______________________________ .
Installation directory: ______________________________ .
Repositories to select: ______________________________ . For example, SW-Repository/DASH3130/JazzSMRepository/disk1/diskTag.inf).

Web GUI checklist
Password for Web GUI user such as ncoadminand ncouser: ______________________________ .
Repositories to select: ______________________________. An example is SW_Repository/WebGUI/WebGUI8104/OMNIbusWebGUI_NOIExtensionsRepository/re- pository.xml.
Installation location: ______________________________ . For example, /opt/IBM/netcool/gui/omnibus_webgui.

IBM Tivoli® Netcool/Impact checklist
Installation location: ______________________________ . For example, /opt/IBM/tivoli/impact.
Port number of the Netcool/Impact server, such as 9080: ______________________________ .
Port number of the GUI server, for example 17310: ______________________________ .
Hostname, such as netcool1-server1: ______________________________ .
Repositories to select: ______________________________. An example is SW-Repository/Impact/ImpactRepository/disk1/diskTag.inf.
Server username (such as impactadmin) and password: ______________________________ .
Limit of number of open files: ______________________________ .

IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis checklist
Installation location: ______________________________. For example. /opt/scala/IBM/LogAnalysis
Repositories to select such as SW_Repository/SCALA1353/diskTag.inf: ______________________________ .
Hostname: ______________________________ .
Port number, such as 9988: ______________________________ .
Username and password: ______________________________For example, icpadmin/icpadmin
Location and file name of Insight packs to install, for example /opt/images/OMNIbusInsightPack_v1.3.1.0.zip: ______________________________ .