NetIQ Cloud Manager Installation and Upgrade Guide

NetIQ Cloud Manager Installation and Upgrade Guide

Preparing for Cloud Manager Installation

Installation Checklist

Cloud Manager System Requirements

Cloud Manager Licensing Requirements

Cloud Manager Orchestration Server Requirements

Cloud Manager Orchestration Agent Requirements

Cloud Manager Orchestration Console Requirements

Cloud Manager Application Server Requirements

Cloud Manager Application Console Requirements

Cloud Manager Monitoring Agent Requirements

Requirements and Cloud Manager Support for the Virtual Environment

Choosing the Installation Patterns and Where to Install Them

Cloud Manager Orchestration Server Installation Pattern

NetIQ Cloud Manager Installation Pattern

Cloud Manager Monitoring Server Installation Pattern

Cloud Manager Orchestration Agent Installation Pattern

Cloud Manager Monitoring Agent Installation Pattern

Cloud Manager Orchestration Console Installation Pattern

Orchestration Components Preinstallation Tasks

Gathering Certificate and License Information

Preparing the Server When Multiple NICs and DNS Addresses Exist

Component Installation

Installing Cloud Manager Orchestration Components

Installing Orchestration Components on SLES

Alternative Installation Methods for the Orchestration Agent

Alternative Installation Methods for the Orchestration Console and Clients

Alternative Installation Methods for the Cloud Manager Monitoring Agent

Installing Cloud Manager Application Server Components

Installing Cloud Manager Pattern on Your SLES Server

Standard Cloud Manager Component Configuration

Configuring Cloud Manager Orchestration Components

Configuring the Orchestration Server

Configuring the Monitoring Server and Monitoring Agent

Configuring the Orchestration Agent

Validating and Optimizing the Orchestration Installation

Configuring Connections to the Cloud Manager Application Server

Enabling a Secure Connection

Enabling a Non-Secure Connection

Launching the Orchestration Console and Logging in to the Orchestration Server

Launching the Orchestration Console

Logging In Explicitly to a Named Server

Creating a Resource Account

Opening the Resources Monitor

Automatically Registering a Resource

Selecting a Resource for Manual Registration

Manually Registering a Resource in the Orchestration Console

Configuring Orchestration Provisioning Adapters

Configuring the vSphere Provisioning Adapter

Configuring Sysprep or Autoprep

Understanding and Configuring Sysprep

Understanding and Configuring Autoprep

Using the Cloud Manager Application Server Configuration Tool

Configuring the PostgreSQL Database Connection and Credentials

Configuring Cloud Manager to Use Authentication Sources

Installing and Configuring Other Cloud Manager Feature Settings

Advanced Installation and Integration Topics

Preparing the Cloud Manager Orchestration Server for SUSE High Availability Support

Overview

Orchestration Server Failover Behaviors

Installing the Orchestration Server to a SLE High Availability Cluster Environment

Configuring the Orchestration Server for High Availability

Installing and Configuring Orchestration Server Packages for High Availability on Other Nodes in the Cluster

Creating the Server Cluster Resource Group

Testing the Failover of the Orchestration Server in a High Availability Grid

Installing and Configuring other Orchestration Components to the High Availability Grid

Configuring the Orchestration Server to Use an Audit Database

Installing the PostgreSQL Package and Dependencies on an Independent Host

Configuring PostgreSQL to Accept Remote Database Connections

Logging in Locally to the PostgreSQL Database

Creating an Orchestration Server User for the PostgreSQL Database

Configuring the Orchestration Server Audit Database on a Separate Host

Installing and Configuring the Orchestration Server for Use with a Local PostgreSQL Audit Database

Configuring the Audit Database after the Cloud Manager Orchestration Server Is Configured

Configuring the Remote Audit Database after the Cloud Manager Orchestration Server Is Configured

Modifying Audit Database Tables to Accommodate Long Names

Understanding Grid ID Usage in the Audit Database

Integrating the Orchestration Server with a Sentinel Collector

Integration Architecture

System Requirements

Importing and Deploying the Orchestration Server Sentinel Collector Plug-in

Connecting the Orchestration Server to the Sentinel Collector Plug-In

Verifying the Sentinel Configuration After Connecting to the Orchestration Server

Event Classification and Taxonomy Keys

Plain Text Visibility of Sensitive Information

Configuring Secure Authentication Sources to Communicate with Cloud Manager

Configuring NetIQ Access Manager to Work with Cloud Manager

Orchestration Components Upgrade Overview

Basic Functions of the Orchestration Components Upgrade

Cloud Manager Orchestration Components That Are Not Upgraded

Upgrading Cloud Manager Orchestration Components

Upgrading Orchestration Components

Alternate Methods for Upgrading Older Agents and Clients

Running the Upgrade Configuration on an Enterprise Scale

Upgrading a Cloud Manager Orchestration High Availability Configuration

Upgrading the Cloud Manager Application Server Components

Backing Up the PostgreSQL Database

Performing a Complete Cloud Manager System Backup

Running the Cloud Manager Configuration Script

Restoring Cloud Manager In the Event of a System Failure

Compatibility Checking Behavior for Orchestration Components

If the Orchestration Server Is Not Compatible with the Orchestration Console

When an Agent Version Does Not Match the Server Version

How to Recover from a Failed Orchestration Server Upgrade

Upgrade Failure Scenarios

Uninstalling Orchestration Component Patterns from a SLES Server