AIX operating systemsLinux operating systemsWindows operating systems

Installation checklist

Before you install the Operations Center, you must verify certain information, such as the installation credentials, and you must determine the input to provide to IBM® Installation Manager for the installation.

The following checklist highlights the information that you must verify or determine before you install the Operations Center, and Table 1 describes the details of this information:
  • Verify the host name for the computer where the Operations Center is to be installed.
  • Verify the installation credentials.
  • Determine the Operations Center installation directory, if you do not want to accept the default path.
  • Determine the IBM Installation Manager installation directory, if you do not want to accept the default path.
  • Determine the port number to be used by the Operations Center web server, if you do not want to accept the default port number.
  • Determine the password for secure communications.
Table 1. Information to verify or determine before you install the Operations Center
Information Details
Host name for the computer where the Operations Center is to be installed.
The host name must meet the following criteria:
  • It must not contain double-byte character set (DBCS) characters or the underscore character (_).
  • Although the host name can contain the hyphen character (-), it cannot have a hyphen as the last character in the name.
Installation credentials
To install the Operations Center, you must use the following user account:
  • AIX operating systemsLinux operating systemsThe root user
  • Windows operating systemsAdministrator
Operations Center installation directory

The Operations Center is installed in the ui subdirectory of the installation directory.

The following path is the default path for the Operations Center installation directory:
  • AIX operating systemsLinux operating systems/opt/tivoli/tsm
    For example, if you use this default path, the Operations Center is installed in the following directory:
    /opt/tivoli/tsm/ui
  • Windows operating systemsc:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM
    For example, if you use this default path, the Operations Center is installed in the following directory:
    c:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\ui
The installation directory path must meet the following criteria:
  • The path must contain no more than 128 characters.
  • The path must include only ASCII characters.
  • The path cannot include non-displayable control characters.
  • The path cannot include any of the following characters:
    % | < > ' " $ & ; *
IBM Installation Manager installation directory
The following path is the default path for the IBM Installation Manager installation directory:
  • AIX operating systemsLinux operating systems/opt/IBM/InstallationManager
  • Windows operating systemsC:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager
Port number that is used by the Operations Center web server.
The value for the secure (https) port number must meet the following criteria:
  • The number must be an integer in the range 1024 - 65535.
  • The number cannot be in use or allocated to other programs.

If you do not specify a port number, the default value is 11090.

Tip: If you later do not remember the port number that you specified, refer to the following file, where installation_dir represents the directory where the Operations Center is installed:
  • AIX operating systemsLinux operating systemsinstallation_dir/ui/Liberty/usr/servers/guiServer/bootstrap.properties
  • Windows operating systemsinstallation_dir\ui\Liberty\usr\servers\guiServer\bootstrap.properties

The bootstrap.properties file contains the IBM Spectrum Protect™ server connection information.
Password for secure communications

The Operations Center uses Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) to communicate with web browsers.

The Operations Center requires secure communication between the server and the Operations Center. To secure communication, you must add the Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificate of the hub server to the truststore file of the Operations Center.

The truststore file of the Operations Center contains the certificate that the Operations Center uses for HTTPS communication with web browsers. During installation of the Operations Center, you create a password for the truststore file. When you set up secure communication between the Operations Center and the hub server, you must use the same password to add the certificate of the hub server to the truststore file.

The password for the truststore file must meet the following criteria:
  • The password must contain a minimum of 6 characters and a maximum of 64 characters.
  • The password must contain at least the following characters:
    • One uppercase letter (A – Z)
    • One lowercase letter (a – z)
    • One digit (0 – 9)
    • Two of the non-alphanumeric characters that are listed in the following series:
      ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * _ - + = ` |  
      ( ) { } [ ] : ; < > , . ? /
Related tasks:
Configuring for secure communication
Resetting the password for the Operations Center truststore file