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Installation Prerequisites

Complete the following basic steps to prepare your network and host computers for deployment:

  1. Read the product release notes for information on compatibility issues, known problems, and workarounds that might affect how you proceed with your deployment. Release notes are located at the top-level directory of the product package.
  2. Print the configuration worksheets provided in the Analytics Installation and Configuration Worksheets document: Installation_Configuration_Worksheets_AL_Analytics_ALI_v2-5.pdf.
  3. Determine the values you have assigned for this deployment, and record these values in the Analytics Installation and Configuration Worksheets document.
  4. Provision host computers for your deployment and install prerequisite software. For details, see Hardware and Software Requirements.

 

Hardware and Software Requirements

The following table summarizes the hardware, operating system, and software requirements for Analytics

Caution: IPv6 is not supported. You should verify that IPv6 is not enabled prior to installing Analytics.
Note: For an up-to-date list of supported versions, refer to the Interoperability page in the Support Center.
Table 2-1 Hardware and Software Requirements
Component
Requirement
Analytics Host Computer
Hardware
  • 1.6 GHz^, with 2MB L2 cache
  • 1 GB memory
  • 2 GB disk space
Operating System
  • Windows Server 2003 SP2 (or R2)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 , update 3 on x86
  • SUSE Linux 9 on x86
  • AIX 5.3 on POWER3, POWER4, POWER5
  • Solaris 8, 9, and 10 on SPARC
Database Server Host Computer
Hardware
  • Dual 2.0 GHz^, with 2 MB L2 cache
  • 2 GB memory^
  • Mirrored SCSI drives (either 15K or 10K RPM)
  • Disk space to accommodate growth of the Analytics database. Growth is directly correlated to the number of events occurring. Events include such things as page views, portlet views, user logins, and discussion posts. Estimate 100 MB of growth per 1 million events. For example, if your portal receives roughly 1 million events per day, you should anticipate growth of 36.5 GB per year.
Software
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005
  • Oracle 9.0.2.4^ in default or Oracle RAC configuration
  • Oracle 10.1.0.3^ in default or Oracle RAC configuration
  • Oracle 10.2.0.1^ in either default or Oracle RAC configuration
Portal Compatibility
  • AquaLogic Interaction 6.5
Browser
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0^, 7.0
  • Netscape Navigator 7.2^, 8.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0^
Collaboration
  • 4.5
Publisher
  • 6.4
Studio
  • 2.2 MP1

Note: Analytics does not include Studio-specific reports. This requirement is for basic compatibility only.

 

Default Ports Used by Analytics

The following table summarizes the default ports that are used by Analytics:

Table 2-2 Default ports used by Analytics
Communication
Description
Portal to Analytics port 31314
Used for data collection.
Portal to Analytics port 11944
Used to display reports.
Analytics to Image Service port 80
Used to embed objects stored in the Image Service into Analytics reports.
Analytics to Portal DB and Collaboration DB. Port used depends on database implementation, for example 1433 (SQLServer) or 1521 (Oracle)
Used to synchronize data from portal or Collaboration.
Analytics to API Services machine port 11905
Used to synchronize data from the portal.


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