Prerequisites
Before you install IBM® Operations Analytics - Log Analysis, ensure that the system meets the hardware and software requirements and complete the prerequisite tasks.
- IBM Prerequisite Scanner
IBM Prerequisite Scanner is a prerequisite checking tool that analyzes system environments before you install or upgrade IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis. - Create a non-root user
You must use a non-root user to install IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis. - Recommended library installers
The following libraries are recommended for use with IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis. - Verifying the operating system version
IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis requires Red Hat Enterprise (RHEL) for Linux version 5, 6, or 7 or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) version 11. - Verifying the 64-bit library requirement
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux, IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis requires the 64-bit compat-libstdc++ library: - Disabling Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux)
If SELinux is in enforcing mode, an exception occurs during the installation of IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis. Ensure that the SELinux policy is set to a permissive or disabled state. To disable the SELinux: - Verifying KornShell library
Verify that the KornShell library is part of your operating system. - Verifying the Python version
Python Version 2.4.3 and 2.6.6 to 2.6.8 are supported by IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis. - Install python-simplejson package for Python
IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis requires Python Version 2.4.3 including the python-simplejson rpm or Python Version 2.6.6 to 2.6.8. If you use Python Version 2.4.3, you must also install the simple JSON rpm, python-simplejson. Python Version 2.6.6 to 2.6.8 include the required rpm. - Installing unzip utility
You must install the unzip utility on any servers where you install IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis or remote Indexing Engine. - Verifying the host server IP address and names
Before you install IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis, you must ensure that the details for each host server are maintained correctly in the etc/hosts directory on the target system. - Number of open files and virtual memory limits
Update your open files and virtual memory limits to match the recommended values. - Verifying the IP address and host name configurations
You need to verify that the IP address and host name settings are configured correctly. - Time server
To ensure that some of the features of IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis work correctly, you need to set up a time keeping server.
Parent topic: Installing