IBM Netcool Operations Insight Version 1.4.1

Checking prerequisites

Before you install each product, run the IBM® Prerequisite Scanner (PRS) to ensure that the target host is suitable, and no installation problems are foreseeable. Also check the maxproc and ulimit settings on the servers you are configuring to ensure they are set to the appropriate minimum values.

Before you begin

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
Tip: When you create a report, search for Netcool Operations Insight and select your version (for example, V1.4). In the report, additional useful information is available through hover help and additional links.
For example, to check the compatibility with an operating system for each component, go to the Operating Systems tab, find the row for your operating system, and hover over the icon in the Components column. For more detailed information about restrictions, click the View link in the Details column.
Download IBM Prerequisite Scanner from IBM Fix Central at http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/. Search for "IBM Prerequisite Scanner".
After you download the latest available version, decompress the .tar archive into the target directory on all hosts.
On the IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact host, set the environment variable IMPACT_PREREQ_BOTH=True so that the host is scanned for both the Impact Server and the GUI Server.

For a list of all product codes, see http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27041454

About this task

Operations Analytics - Log Analysis and IBM DB2® are not supported by IBM Prerequisite Scanner. For the installation and system requirements for these products, refer to the documentation.

Procedure

Using the IBM Prerequisite Scanner

On the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus and IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact host, run IBM Prerequisite Scanner as follows:

Product Command

IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus prereq_checker.sh NOC detail

IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact prereq_checker.sh NCI detail

Product	Command
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus	`prereq_checker.sh NOC detail`
IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact	`prereq_checker.sh NCI detail`

On the host for the GUI components:

Product	Command
Jazz for Service Management	`prereq_checker.sh ODP detail`
Dashboard Application Services Hub	`prereq_checker.sh DSH detail`
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI	`prereq_checker.sh NOW detail`

On the Networks for Operations Insight host

Product	Command
IBM Tivoli Network Manager	`prereq_checker.sh TNM detail`
IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager	`prereq_checker.sh NCM detail`
Tivoli® Common Reporting	`prereq_checker.sh TCR detail`

Check the maxproc settings.

Open the following file: /etc/security/limits.d/90-nproc.conf
Set nproc to a value of 131073

Check the ulimit settings.

Open the following file: /etc/security/limits.conf
Set nofile to a value of 131073