Installing Watson AIOps

IBM Watson® AIOps 2.1 brings together a set of complementary components to create a unified, robust AIOps solution for your organization.

You can install Watson AIOps AI Manager and Event Manager together, with Metric Manager separately. Purchasing a license for Watson AIOps entitles you to all three components, but installation is performed on a per-component basis.

Note: IBM Watson AIOps is available as an IBM Cloud Pak. For details and documentation, see IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps.

Installation paths

Before installing Watson AIOps, determine what you have entitlement to and what you want to install. AI Manager can be installed either as a stand-alone offering, or as part of the Watson AIOps platform. The requirements and operator that you choose to install depend on what you want to install.

Before you install the components that make up Watson AIOps, make sure that you have the proper permissions on your cluster.

Example installation workflow with typical tasks Complete prerequisites Create a namespace Install Strimzi 0.19 Create the entitled registry secret Click a box for more information.Shift-click to open in a new window. Watson AIOps and AI Manager install pathsDetermining what to install Install stand-alone IBM Netcool Agile Service Manager Install stand-alone AI Manager operator By CASE By OLM UI Create AI Manager Instance (OLM UI) Install the Watson AIOps operator By CASE By OLM UI Create AI Manager instance (OLM UI) Create Event Manager instance (OLM UI) Install Metric Manager Install extensionsWatson AIOpsStand-alone AI ManagerOptional Required

Installing Watson AIOps (AI Manager and Event Manager specifically)

  1. Ensure that you meet the requirements and prerequisites for both AI Manager and Event Manager.
  2. Prepare to install Watson AIOps.
  3. Install the IBM Watson AIOps operator by OLM UI, or CASE.
  4. Create an Event Manager instance.
  5. Create an AI Manager instance.
  6. Install Metric Manager.

Installing stand-alone AI Manager

  1. Ensure that you meet the requirements and prerequisites for AI Manager.
  2. Install stand-alone IBM Netcool Agile Service Manager.
  3. Prepare to install AI Manager.
  4. Install the IBM Watson AIOps AI Manager operator either by OLM UI, or CASE.

Note: If Watson AIOps AI Manager with stand-alone IBM® Netcool® Agile Service Manager is installed previously, you must uninstall stand-alone Netcool Agile Service Manager before you install Watson AIOps Event Manager. For more information about this exception, see Installing the Watson AIOps Event Manager service component.