Quick reference to installing

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Use this information as a quick reference if you are new to IBM Netcool Operations Insight and want to perform an installation from scratch. This overview assumes detailed knowledge of the products in Netcool Operations Insight. It does not provide all the details. Links are given to more information, either within the Netcool Operations Insight documentation, or in the product documentation of the constituent products of Netcool Operations Insight.

This topic lists the high-level steps for installing Netcool Operations Insight.

Installing Operations Management
Installing Network Management
Installing Service Management

Installing Operations Management

You can install Operations Management on premises, or within a private cloud using Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform .

Installing Operations Management on premises

The following table lists the high-level steps for installing Operations Management on premises.

For information on the product and component versions to install, including which fix packs to apply, see On-premises components.

Tip: To verify the versions of installed packages, select View Installed Packages from the File menu on the main IBM Installation Manager screen.

Table 1. Quick reference for installing Operations Management on premises
Item	Action	More information
1	Prepare for the installation by checking the prerequisites.	For information about hardware and software compatibility of each component, and detailed system requirements, see the IBM Software Product Compatibility Reports website: http://www-969.ibm.com/software/reports/compatibility/clarity/index.html Checking prerequisites
2	Install IBM Installation Manager on each host where components of the Netcool Operations Insight are to be installed. Installation Manager is included in the compressed file distribution of IBM Tivoli® Netcool/OMNIbus and Operations Analytics - Log Analysis. Download Installation Manager separately if you are installing directly from an IBM repository or from a local repository. If you need to install Installation Manager separately, you can download it from IBM Fix Central.	http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/ Obtaining IBM Installation Manager Installing Installation Manager (GUI or console example)
3	Install the Netcool/OMNIbus core components, and apply the latest supported fix pack. Associated tasks include creating and starting ObjectServers, and setting up failover or a multitier architecture.	Installing Netcool/OMNIbus and Netcool/Impact https://ibm.biz/BdE6tr https://ibm.biz/BdE6t4 https://ibm.biz/BdE6tF See On-premises components for latest supported fix packs.
4	Install the Db2® database. Apply the REPORTER schema.	Installing Db2 and configuring the REPORTER schema
5	Install the Gateway for JDBC and the Gateway for Message Bus.	Gateway for JDBC documentation: https://ibm.biz/BdE9Db Gateway for Message Bus documentation: https://ibm.biz/BdEQaD
6	Install Netcool/Impact, and apply the latest supported fix pack.	Installing Netcool/OMNIbus and Netcool/Impact https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSSHYH/welcome See On-premises components for latest supported fix packs.
7	Configure the ObjectServer to support the related events function of the Event Analytics capability. Run the nco_sql utility against the relatedevents_objectserver.sql file, which is delivered with Netcool/Impact.	Configuring the ObjectServer
8	Install a supported version of IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis. Create a data source called omnibus.	https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSPFMY/welcome See step 3 in Configuring integration with Operations Analytics - Log Analysis. See On-premises components for supported versions.
9	Configure the Gateway for Message Bus as the interface between the ObjectServer and Operations Analytics - Log Analysis. Optionally configure the Accelerated Event Notification Client if you do not want to use the default IDUC channel.	Configuring the Gateway for JDBC and Gateway for Message Bus https://ibm.biz/BdEQaD
10	To support Event Search, install the latest supported version of Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Insight Pack.	For more information, see Installing the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Insight Pack. See On-premises components for latest supported versions.
11	Install the Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI, and apply the latest supported fix pack. During the installation, ensure that the latest supported versions are selected for the following components, based on the information in On-premises components. IBM WebSphere® Application Server. Jazz® for Service Management. Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI In addition, make the following selections during the installation: When installing Jazz for Service Management, Installation Manager discovers two required packages in the Jazz repository. Select the Jazz for Service Management extension for IBM WebSphere and Dashboard Application Services Hub packages for installation. IBM WebSphere SDK Java™ Technology Edition 8.0.8.0. Install the Netcool Operations Insight Extensions for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI feature. To install Event Analytics with seasonality reporting, ensure that install Event Analytics is selected.	Installing Dashboard Application Services Hub and the UI components https://ibm.biz/BdE6kW See On-premises components for latest supported fix packs.
12	Configure the Web GUI for integration with Operations Analytics - Log Analysis. In the `server.init` file, set the scala.* properties appropriately.	Configuring integration with Operations Analytics - Log Analysis

Installing Network Management

The following table lists the high-level steps for installing Network Management.

For information on the product and component versions to install, including which fix packs to apply, see On-premises components.

Tip: To verify the versions of installed packages, select View Installed Packages from the File menu on the main IBM Installation Manager screen.

Table 2. Quick reference for installing Network Management
Item	Action	More information
1	Installing the Probe for SNMP and Syslog Probe for Network Manager	Installing the Probe for SNMP and Syslog Probe
2	Optional: Configure the ObjectServer for integration with Network Manager by obtaining the ConfigOMNI script from the Network Manager installation package and running it against the ObjectServer.	Optional: Preparing the ObjectServer for integration with Network Manager Important: If you have already installed Netcool/OMNIbus, the Netcool/OMNIbus Knowledge Library, and the Probe for SNMP, you can now install Network Manager, and do not need to follow the steps in this task. The Network Manager installer configures Netcool/OMNIbus for you during the installation process. If the ObjectServer setup changes after you have already installed and configured Network Manager and Netcool/OMNIbus, then you must reintegrate the ObjectServer with Network Manager as described in this topic.
3	Prepare the topology database for use by Network Manager	Preparing the database for Network Manager
4	Install Network Manager core and GUI components, and apply the latest supported fix pack.	Installing Network Manager IP Edition and Netcool Configuration Manager More information: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSSHRK_4.2.0/install/task/ins_installing.html See On-premises components for latest supported fix packs.
5	Install and configure Netcool Configuration Manager and apply the latest supported fix pack. This involves configuring the integration with Network Manager.	Installing Network Manager IP Edition and Netcool Configuration Manager Configuring integration with Netcool Configuration Manager More information: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/netcoolconfigmanager/6.4.2.0?topic=installing For more information about fix packs for Netcool Configuration Manager 6.4.2 , see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SS7UH9_6.4.2/ncm/wip/relnotes/ncm_rn_top.html. See On-premises components for latest supported fix packs.
6	To support Topology Search, install the latest supported version of Network Manager Insight Pack and configure the connection to the NCIM topology database.	For more information, see Installing the Network Manager Insight Pack. See On-premises components for latest supported versions.
7	Configure the topology search capability. Run nco_sql against the scala_itnm_configuration.sql file, which is delivered in the Netcool/OMNIbus fix pack. Install the tools and menus to launch the custom apps of the Network Manager Insight Pack in the Operations Analytics - Log Analysis UI from the Web GUI.	Configuring topology search
8	Configure the Web GUI to launch the custom apps of the Network Manager Insight Pack from the event lists.	See step 3 of Configuring topology search.

Installing Service Management

The following table lists the high-level steps for installing Service Management.

Table 3. Quick reference for installing Service Management
Item	Action	More information
1	To add the service management feature, install the Agile Service Manager core, observers, and UI, and then follow the steps for integrating the observers: Integrate the Event Observer with the Netcool/OMNIbus gateway. Integrate the ITNM Observer with the Network Manager ncp_model Topology manager process.	Installing on-premises Agile Service Manager