Installing the Portal on a Windows Server > Task 2: Pre-Installation Configuration (Windows)
  
Version 10.0.01
Task 2: Pre-Installation Configuration (Windows)
1. Choose a Portal Server. For performance reasons, the APTARE StorageConsole Portal software should not be installed on the same server as the APTARE StorageConsole Data Collectors. If, for some reason, you require both to be on the same server, be sure that both the Portal and Data Collector software do not reside in the same directory on the server. Root privileges are required for the Portal software installation tasks. See also, Portal Installation Memory Requirements.
You will need to log in as a Local Administrator to perform the installation. Oracle requires that you are logged in as a Local Administrator. Logging in as a Domain Administrator is not sufficient for this installation. Refer to the Oracle web site for the requirement to install on Windows as a user who is a member of the server’s local Administrator’s group.
2. Verify the OS of the Portal Server. Check that the OS is one of the certified operating systems listed in the APTARE StorageConsole Certified Configurations Guide.
3. Verify the Third-Party Software list. See Third-Party Software.
Verify that sufficient disk space exists on the designated Portal Server. For the database file systems, the amount specified is the minimum required to create the database. It is recommended that you allocate more than the minimum to accommodate growth.
Directory
Recommended
Minimum Disk Space
Notes
C:\opt
12 GiB
 
C:\tmp
5 GiB
 
C:\oradata
125 GiB
The Installer prompts for the target drive for the oradata directory, so alternate drives are supported.
Total
142 GiB
 
Add aptareportal.yourdomain.com and aptareagent.yourdomain.com entries to your enterprise DNS Server. Both entries must resolve to the IP address of the Portal server. Also note that the last component of the domain must be one of the recognized root domains; for example, .comnot .3com.
4. Verify that there are no other web servers—for example, IIS—running on the system.
5. The installer will set up the following system-wide environment variables and update the PATH environment variable. following system environment variables:
Variable Name
Variable Value
ORACLE_HOME
C:\opt\oracle
ORACLE_SID
scdb
The PATH environment variable will have the following path appended to the end of the current PATH:
C:\opt\oracle\bin
Portal Installation Memory Requirements
For new StorageConsole 10.x.xx Portal installations, the Oracle database requires a minimum of 4096 MB of memory. Portal installations will fail if sufficient memory resources are not available on the Portal server. Portal upgrades are not impacted by this requirement.
The Portal Installation software checks the following resources:
Total physical memory (physical + virtual) must be greater than 4096 MB. Oracle will fail to start. Add more physical memory to the Portal server. [Windows and Linux OS]
Total temporary file system (tmpfs) memory must be greater than 4096 MB. Oracle will fail to start. Increase the size of tmpfs, typically in /etc/fstab. [Linux OS only]
Shared memory (kernel.shmmax parameter) must be greater than 4096 MB. Oracle will fail to start. Increase the value of the shmmax parameter, typically in /etc/sysctl.conf. After increasing the value for the shmmax parameter, execute: sysctl -p [Linux OS only]