Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server

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by  Hitachi Data Systems

Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor
Installation and Configuration Guide
MK-96HIAA002-02
November 2016
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Contents
Preface.................................................................................................9
Intended audience.................................................................................................10
Product version......................................................................................................10
Release notes........................................................................................................10
Related documents.................................................................................................10
Document conventions...........................................................................................11
Conventions for storage capacity values...................................................................12
Accessing product documentation........................................................................... 12
Getting help...........................................................................................................13
Comments.............................................................................................................13
1 Overview.............................................................................................15
Infrastructure Analytics Advisor overview.................................................................16
Infrastructure Analytics Advisor system configuration................................................16
Installation option..................................................................................................17
Infrastructure Analytics Advisor installation and configuration workflow......................18
Default installation location.....................................................................................21
2 System requirements........................................................................... 23
Infrastructure Analytics Advisor requirements...........................................................24
Data Center Analytics server requirements...............................................................24
Analytics probe server requirements........................................................................26
Configuration Manager REST API requirements........................................................28
VMware vSphere Client requirements.......................................................................28
Browser requirements............................................................................................ 29
Management target requirements............................................................................29
3 Installation with virtual appliances........................................................ 33
Installing Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server and Data Center Analytics server on
VMware vSphere Client...........................................................................................34
Preparing for installation...................................................................................34
Installation.......................................................................................................34
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Installing Analytics probe server on VMware vSphere Client.......................................35
Preparing for installation...................................................................................35
Installation.......................................................................................................36
Initial setup of the guest OS or VMs........................................................................ 37
4 Installation on a Linux host...................................................................41
Installing Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server and Data Center Analytics server on a
Linux host............................................................................................................. 42
Preparing for installation...................................................................................42
Installation.......................................................................................................44
Installing Analytics probe server on a Linux host...................................................... 48
Preparing for installation...................................................................................48
Installation.......................................................................................................50
5 Installation of Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server on Windows...........55
Installing Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server on a Windows host..........................56
Preparing for installation...................................................................................56
Installation.......................................................................................................56
6 Initial setup after installation................................................................ 59
Initial setup of Data Center Analytics server.............................................................60
Initial setup of Analytics probe server......................................................................61
Initial setup of Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server...............................................63
Logging on to Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server..........................................63
Changing the system account password.............................................................64
Setting up a connection with Data Center Analytics server...................................64
Configuring the mail server................................................................................64
Configuring initial settings for limiting the IO activity of Hitachi storage resources.......65
Setting up an environment for limiting the IO activity of resources ......................65
Setting up a connection with Hitachi Automation Director....................................69
7 Adding probes to Analytics probe server................................................71
Setting up the Hitachi Enterprise Storage probe........................................................72
Verify the connection between host and monitoring targets.................................72
Creating an instance environment......................................................................75
Adding Hitachi Enterprise Storage probe.............................................................77
Deleting an instance environment......................................................................80
Starting and stopping RAID Agent services.........................................................81
Adding Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage (AMS) probe............................................82
Adding Hitachi NAS probe.......................................................................................83
Adding VMware probe............................................................................................84
Adding Brocade Network Advisor probe...................................................................84
Adding Cisco DCNM probe...................................................................................... 85
Initial setup after adding a probe............................................................................ 86
8 Installing Data Center Analytics server Windows-based probe.................89
Data collection methods......................................................................................... 90
Installing the Windows-based probe........................................................................92
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Configuring Data Center Analytics Windows-based probe..........................................93
Configuring the collection method......................................................................93
Configuring the FTP or HTTPS server................................................................. 95
Starting the Windows-based probe service......................................................... 96
Initial setup after adding a probe............................................................................ 96
9 Upgrading Infrastructure Analytics Advisor environment......................... 99
Upgrade the Infrastructure Analytics Advisor system...............................................100
Upgrade the Data Center Analytics server.........................................................100
Upgrade the Analytics probe server..................................................................101
Upgrade the RAID Agent.................................................................................103
Upgrade the Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server...........................................103
Upgrade the Data Center Analytics server Windows-based probe.............................104
10 Configuring secure communications.................................................... 105
About security settings......................................................................................... 106
Workflow for configuring secure communications....................................................107
Configuring an SSL server (Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server)..........................111
Creating a private key and a certificate signing request for Infrastructure Analytics
Advisor server.................................................................................................111
Applying for a server certificate for Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server from the
certificate authority.........................................................................................112
Enabling SSL communication for the Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server........112
Checking the expiration date of the certificate for Infrastructure Analytics Advisor
server............................................................................................................116
Configuring SSL servers (Data Center Analytics server and Analytics probe server)....117
Applying self-signed certificates to the Data Center Analytics server................... 117
Exporting a self-signed certificate for the Data Center Analytics server................119
Importing a certificate to the truststore file for the Infrastructure Analytics Advisor
server............................................................................................................119
Applying server certificates to the Data Center Analytics server and the Analytics
probe server...................................................................................................121
Checking the expiration dates of certificates for Data Center Analytics server and
Analytics probe server.....................................................................................124
Changing the SSL port number between the Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server
and a web client.............................................................................................124
Deleting a certificate from the truststore for Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server
.....................................................................................................................127
11 Changing Infrastructure Analytics Advisor system settings.....................129
Starting and stopping the Infrastructure Analytics Advisor service............................130
Starting the Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server service................................ 130
Stopping the Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server service...............................130
Starting the Data Center Analytics server or Analytics probe server service......... 131
Stopping the Data Center Analytics server or Analytics probe server service........132
Changing the system information of Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server..............133
Changing the installation directory of Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server.......133
Changing the Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server host name.........................133
Changing the Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server IP address.........................134
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Changing the port number used between Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server and
the web browser.............................................................................................135
Changing the port number used between Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server and
common component....................................................................................... 138
Changing the port number between Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server and the
SMTP server...................................................................................................139
Changing the time settings of the Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server............140
Changing the format of output by Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server to syslog
.....................................................................................................................140
Moving an Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server installation to another host......141
Changing the system information of Analytics probe server.....................................142
Changing the port number used by the RAID Agent.......................................... 142
Changing the port number of the RAID Agent REST Web Service.......................144
Backing up and restoring Infrastructure Analytics Advisor........................................145
Stopping services before a back up or restore...................................................146
Backing up Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server settings information...............148
Backing up the settings information and database of Data Center Analytics server
.....................................................................................................................148
Backing up the settings information of Analytics probe server............................ 149
Backing up the RAID Agent system..................................................................150
RAID Agent definition information files to backed up.........................................151
Restoring Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server settings information.................152
Restoring the settings information and database of Data Center Analytics server.154
Restoring Analytics probe server settings information........................................155
Restoring the RAID Agent system.................................................................... 156
Updating configuration information files that depend on the environment in which
the RAID Agent is installed..............................................................................158
Starting Infrastructure Analytics Advisor services after a backup or restore......... 158
Enabling system account locking........................................................................... 160
12 Removing Infrastructure Analytics Advisor components.........................161
Removing Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server from a Windows host....................162
Removing Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server and Data Center Analytics server...162
Removing Analytics probe server...........................................................................163
13 Troubleshooting.................................................................................165
Connection to the Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server web client unsuccessful.....166
Logging on to Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server unsuccessful...........................166
Starting Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server does not work.................................167
Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server cannot be connected to Data Center Analytics
server..................................................................................................................168
A Infrastructure Analytics Advisor CLI commands....................................169
List of Commands.................................................................................................170
Command usage notes.........................................................................................170
Usable characters for command arguments............................................................171
backupsystem......................................................................................................172
encryptpassword..................................................................................................175
hcmds64fwcancel.................................................................................................176
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hcmds64getlogs...................................................................................................177
hcmds64intg........................................................................................................183
hcmds64srv.........................................................................................................185
hcmds64ssltool.................................................................................................... 189
hcmds64unlockaccount.........................................................................................194
reloadtemplate.....................................................................................................196
restoresystem......................................................................................................198
B Infrastructure Analytics Advisor server services....................................203
C User-specified properties file (config_user.properties)........................... 205
D Default collection and data export interval for probes........................... 211
E Configuring initial settings for limiting IO activity of Hitachi storage
resources (using a script)................................................................... 213
Creating a script file for limiting the IO activity of resources by using IO Control.......214
Command template definition files formats.............................................................217
Index................................................................................................223
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Preface
This manual provides information for Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor.
□ Intended audience
□ Product version
□ Release notes
□ Related documents
□ Document conventions
□ Conventions for storage capacity values
□ Accessing product documentation
□ Getting help
□ Comments
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Intended audience
This document is intended for system administrators and authorized service
providers.
The concepts, procedures, and information described in this document
require the following skills:
• Knowledge of VMware vSphere operations, and the understanding related
to setting up these products
• Basic knowledge of Linux
• Familiarity with RAID storage systems and their basic functions
Product version
This document revision applies to Infrastructure Analytics Advisor 2.1 or later.
Release notes
Read the release notes before installing and using this product. They may
contain requirements or restrictions that are not fully described in this
document or updates or corrections to this document. Release notes are
available on Hitachi Data Systems Support Connect: https://
knowledge.hds.com/Documents.
Related documents
The following documents are referenced or contain more information about
the features described in this manual.
• Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor User Guide, MK-96HIAA001
• Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor REST API Reference Guide,
MK-96HIAA003
• Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor Data Analytics and Performance
Monitoring Overview, MK-96HIAA004
• Hitachi Data Center Analytics User Guide, MK-96HDCA002
• Hitachi Data Center Analytics REST API Reference Guide, MK-96HDCA006
• Hitachi Data Center Analytics Analytics Query Language User Guide,
MK-96HDCA005
• Hitachi Command Suite Automation Director Installation and Configuration
Guide, MK-92HC204
• Hitachi Command Suite Automation Director User Guide, MK-92HC205
• Hitachi Command Suite Automation Director API Reference Guide,
MK-92HC217
• Hitachi Command Suite Configuration Manager REST API Reference Guide,
MK-92HC229-00
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