Specifications

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1. Installation Considerations ................................................................................................................ 1
1.1. Which Installation Should You Choose? ................................................................................... 1
1.2. Hardware Requirements ......................................................................................................... 1
1.2.1. Deployments Up to 1000 Devices ................................................................................. 1
1.2.2. Deployments Over 1000 Devices .................................................................................. 1
1.2.3. Other Considerations .................................................................................................. 1
1.3. File System Configuration ..................................................................................................... 1
1.4. Client and browser support .................................................................................................... 2
1.5. Post-Installation Performance Tuning Tasks .............................................................................. 2
2. Installing on RHEL or CentOS ......................................................................................................... 3
2.1. Requirements ....................................................................................................................... 3
2.2. Tasks ................................................................................................................................. 3
2.3. Configure Your Firewall ........................................................................................................ 3
2.4. Remove Outdated Packages ................................................................................................... 4
2.5. Remove Conflicting Messaging Systems ................................................................................... 4
2.6. Install Oracle Java ................................................................................................................ 4
2.7. Disable SE Linux ................................................................................................................. 5
2.8. Install the Zenoss Dependencies Repository .............................................................................. 5
2.9. Install and Configure MySQL Community Server ...................................................................... 5
2.10. Install Zenoss Core ............................................................................................................. 6
2.10.1. Download the Installation File .................................................................................... 6
2.10.2. Install the RPM ....................................................................................................... 6
2.10.3. Installing and initializing ZenUp ................................................................................. 7
2.10.4. Start Zenoss Core and install the RPS .......................................................................... 7
2.11. Getting Started ................................................................................................................... 8
2.11.1. Set the Administrative Password and Create a User ........................................................ 9
2.11.2. Add Devices .......................................................................................................... 10
2.11.2.1. Adding Devices Manually .............................................................................. 10
2.11.2.2. Discovering Devices ..................................................................................... 10
3. Installing the Virtual Appliance ....................................................................................................... 13
3.1. System Requirements .......................................................................................................... 13
3.2. Prerequisite Tasks ............................................................................................................... 13
3.3. Installing the Appliance ....................................................................................................... 13
4. Performance Tuning ...................................................................................................................... 14
4.1. Packing the ZODB ............................................................................................................. 14
4.2. Editing Archived Event Data Storage Settings .......................................................................... 14
4.3. Memory Caching ................................................................................................................ 14
4.4. Tuning MySQL .................................................................................................................. 15
4.5. Increasing Maximum File Descriptors .................................................................................... 15
5. Upgrading .................................................................................................................................... 16
5.1. Preparing to upgrade ........................................................................................................... 16
5.2. Upgrading MySQL Server .................................................................................................... 17
5.3. Upgrading Zenoss Core ....................................................................................................... 18
6. Removing an Instance .................................................................................................................... 19
6.1. Before You Begin ............................................................................................................... 19
6.2. Removing Zenoss Core ........................................................................................................ 19