You can install Unified Manager on Windows to monitor and troubleshoot data storage capacity, availability, performance, and protection issues.
Before you begin
- The system on which you plan to install Unified Manager must meet the system and software requirements.
Hardware system requirements
Windows software and installation requirements
Important: Starting with Unified Manager 7.3, Oracle JRE 1.8 is no longer provided in the Unified Manager installation package and installed automatically. You must download and install this software prior to initiating the Unified Manager installation.
- You must have Windows administrator privileges.
- You must have a supported web browser.
- The following special characters are not allowed in the password string for the Unified Manager maintenance user or for the MySQL root user: " ' ` % , = & < > | ^ \ / ( ) [ ] ;
The following special characters are allowed: ~ ! @ # $ * - ? . : + { }
Steps
- Log in to Windows using the default local administrator account.
- Log in to the NetApp Support Site, and locate the Download page for installing Unified Manager on the Windows platform.
- Download the Unified Manager 7.3 Windows installation file from the NetApp Support Site to a target directory in the Windows system.
- Navigate to the directory where the installation file is located.
- Right-click and run the Unified Manager installer executable (.exe) file as an administrator.
Unified Manager detects missing or pre-installed third-party packages and lists them. If the required third-party packages are not installed in the system, Unified Manager installs them as part of the installation.
- Click Next.
- Enter the user name and password to create the maintenance user.
- In the Database Connection wizard, enter the MySQL root password.
- Click Change to specify a new location for the Unified Manager installation directory and MySQL data directory.
If you do not change the installation directory, Unified Manager is installed in the default installation directory.
- Click Next.
- In the Ready to Install Shield wizard, click Install.
- After the installation is complete, click Finish.
Result
The installation creates three directories:
- Installation directory
This is the root directory for Unified Manager, which you specified during installation. Example: C:\Program Files\NetApp\
- MySQL data directory
This is the directory where the MySQL databases are stored, which you specified during installation. Example: C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQLServerData\
- Unified Manager application data directory (appDataDir)
This is the directory where all the application-generated data is stored. This includes logs, support bundles, backup, and all other additional data. Example: C:\ProgramData\NetApp\OnCommandAppData\, where C:\ refers to the root of the Unified Manager installation directory.
After you finish
You can access the web UI to perform the initial setup of Unified Manager, as described in Configuring Unified Manager.