4.5.1 Managing Analytics Server

The following sections contain information about settings available with Analytics Server, changing the settings, and their impact on users:

Viewing Server Settings

Use the Analytics Servers page to view the status of Analytics Server, to view the health, and to perform other actions such as creating a cluster or stopping, refreshing, and starting Analytics Server.

  1. Click Devices > Analytics Server.

  2. Select one of the following:

    Analytics-Cluster: To create a new cluster of Analytics Server, click Analytics-Cluster. A cluster can be one or more Analytics Server machines.

    For configuration information, see Configuring Analytics Server.

    Stop: To stop an Analytics Server, select the server, then click Stop. You must have physical access to the Analytics Server machine to start it again.

    Restart: To reboot an Analytics Server machine, select the machine name, then click Restart. Analytics Server is stopped, the operating system reboots, then the machine is started.

    Refresh: To update the list of Analytics Server machines and the status columns (Status, Health), click Refresh.

  3. To perform the delete action available in the Actions drop-down menu, select Analytics Server, then select the following:

    Delete: To remove the selected Analytics Server from the list of servers that can be managed from this Administration Console. If that Analytics Server is a member of a cluster, you must first disable the cluster configuration before you can delete it.

    IMPORTANT:When an Analytics Server is deleted from an Administration Console, you can no longer manage it. To access it again or to access it from another Administration Console, you must manually import Analytics Server by running reimport_ar.sh in the /opt/novell/nam/scripts directory. For more information about re-importing Analytics Server, see Section 4.5.7, Importing Analytics Server.

  4. Use the following to manage an Analytics Server machine or a cluster.

    Name: Displays a list of Analytics Server machines and the clusters that can be managed from Administration Console.

    • To view or modify the general details of a particular server, click the name of the server.

    • To view or modify general details of a cluster, click the name of the cluster.

    Status: Indicates the configuration status of the clusters and Analytics Server. Possible states are pending, update, current, and update all. For more information, see Configuration Options.

    Health: Indicates whether an Analytics Server machine or a cluster is functional. Click the icon to view additional information about the operational status of an Analytics Server.

    Commands: Indicates the status of the last executed command and whether any commands are pending. Click the link to view more information. For more information, see Section 24.3, Viewing the Command Status of the Analytics Server.

Configuration Options

  1. In Administration Console Dashboard, click Devices > Analytics Server.

  2. View the Status column and make changes as necessary.

    Status

    Description

    Current

    Indicates that all configuration changes are applied.

    Update

    Indicates that a configuration change is made, but not applied. To apply the changes, click the Update link.

    Update All

    This link is available when a server belongs to a cluster. You can select to update all the servers at the same time, or you can select to update them one at a time. We recommend that you update the servers one at a time.

    Update

    If there is an error when you update the server, the Update link is disabled and the Configuration Error icon is displayed.

    Update All

    If there is an error when you click Update All, the member Update links are disabled and the Configuration Error icon is displayed.

    Pending

    Indicates that the server is processing a configuration change, but has not completed the process.

  3. Configure Analytics Server settings by using the steps mentioned in Section 4.5.5, Configuring Analytics Server.

NOTE:To view the graphs on Analytics dashboard you must enable the respective events in Identity Server and Access Gateway. For information about enabling required events, see Section 19.5, Enabling Events for Each Graph.