You can install Unified Manager 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 should meet the system and software requirements.
Hardware system requirements
Windows software and installation requirements
Note: Starting with Unified Manager 9.5, OpenJDK is provided in the installation package and installed automatically. Oracle Java is not supported starting with Unified Manager 9.5.
- You should have Windows administrator privileges. Ensure that your user name does not begin with an exclamation mark
!
. Installation of Unified Manager might fail if the user name of user running the installation begins with !
.
- You should have a supported web browser.
- The Unified Manager maintenance user password should be between 8 and 20 characters, should contain upper-case letters or lower-case letters, numerals, and special characters.
- The following special characters are not allowed in the password string for the maintenance user or for the MySQL root user: " ' ` % , = & < > | ^ \ / ( ) [ ] ;:
The following special characters are allowed: ~ ! @ # $ * - ? . + { }
Procedure
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Log in to Windows using the default local administrator account.
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Log in to the NetApp Support Site, and navigate to the Download page for Unified Manager: NetApp Support Site
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Select the required version of Unified Manager and accept the end-users license agreement (EULA).
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Download the Unified Manager Windows installation file to a target directory on 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 multiple 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\
- Java directory
This is the directory where OpenJDK is installed. Example: C:\Program Files\NetApp\JDK\
- 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\
After you finish
You can access the web UI to perform the initial setup of Unified Manager, as described in the Active IQ Unified Manager System Configuration Guide.