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Installation Prerequisites

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

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.
Print the configuration worksheets provided in the Analytics Installation and Configuration Worksheets document: Analytics_Installation_and_Configuration_Worksheets.pdf.
Determine the values you have assigned for this deployment, and record these values in the Analytics Installation and Configuration Worksheets document.
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 or higher, with 2MB L2 cache
1 GB memory
2 GB disk space

Operating System

Windows 2003 Server SP1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 3 (ES & AS), on x86
SUSE Linux 9, on x86
AIX 5.3, on POWER3, POWER4, POWER5
Solaris 8 and 9, on SPARC

Database Server Host Computer

Hardware

Dual 2.0 GHz or higher, with 2 MB L2 cache
2 GB memory or higher
Mirrored SCSI drives (either 15K or 10K RPM)
Disk space to accommodate growth of the Analytics datamart. 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 2000 SP3a (Windows only)
Oracle 9.0.2.5 and above (in default or Oracle RAC configuration)
Oracle 10.1.0.3 and above (in default or Oracle RAC configuration)

Portal Compatibility

Plumtree Corporate Portal 5.0.5, Plumtree Corporate Portal 5.0.5J
Plumtree Foundation 6.0 SP1

Browser

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and above
Netscape Navigator 7.1 and above
Mozilla Firefox 1.0 and above

Collaboration

Collaboration 4.0.2 and higher

Publisher

Publisher 6.1 and higher

Studio

Studio 2.0.3 and higher

Note:

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

Note:

Make sure that the system PATH environment variable includes a reference to your current directory. This can be achieved by adding a "." character to the beginning. Following are examples:

UNIX and Linux example: export PATH=.:$PATH
Windows example: set PATH=.;%PATH%

Ports Required by Analytics

The following table summarizes the ports that need to be open and usable by Analytics:

Table 2-2 Ports required 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.

Note:

These port numbers can be changed during installation and configuration of Analytics, except port 31314. This port cannot be edited.

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