This section of the minimum requirements for installation wiki includes the following topics:
- Supported operating systems and technologies
- Hardware requirements for Precise framework
- Disk requirements for the Precise Collectors
- Requirements for the user interface
- Required vendor patches
- Communication requirements
- Insight SmartLink requirements
- PMDB requirements
- Operating system requirements
- Additional requirements per supported technology
This wiki details the various hardware and software requirements that need to be met to apply the Precise product offerings to your systems.
Supported operating systems and technologies
Before installing the Precise framework or agents, refer to the most recent Precise Support Matrix at https://precise.secure.force.com to make sure that the relevant operating systems and technologies are supported.
Hardware requirements for Precise framework
The following operating systems are supported for the Precise framework:
- Linux
- Windows
- Solaris
- HP-UX
- AIX
It is highly recommended to use a 64-bit platform. For detailed OS versions, see the most recent Precise Support Matrix at https://precise.secure.force.com.
For more information on large environments, see About Large Environments.
Table 1-1 Required hardware for framework server
| System Size | Cores | Real Memory (GB) | File System (GB) | PMDB Storage (GB) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small systems (5-20 instances) | 2-4 | 4-10 | 20-50 | 20-50 | |
| Medium systems (20-100 instances) | 4-8 | 10-32 | 20-50 | 80-200 | |
| Large systems (100-500 instances) | 8-16 | 32-80 | 20-50 | 400-2000 | See About Large Environments. |
On large systems, it is recommended to use two servers; one for the framework and one for the PMDB. You should also put the PMDB on an external storage system.
Disk requirements for the Precise Collectors
Disk space requirements per Collector (no matter the amount for instances) should be between 500MB and 2GB. The real value depends on the load on the instances.
Requirements for the user interface
Table 1-2 Software configuration required by the Precise user interface.
| Component / Feature | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Browser | Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7, 8, or 9 |
| Flash player | Adobe Flash Player 10.0.0 or higher |
| Report Manager - Reports | Adobe Acrobat version 6 or higher |
| Report Manager - Customized Reports | Microsoft Excel 2000 or higher |
| Installer | Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 |
Table 1-3 Hardware configuration required by the Precise user interface
| Component / Feature | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Operating system | One of the following:
|
| Memory | At least 1 GB |
| Display | At least 24-bit color palette and SVGA (1024 x 768) resolution |
The Precise user interface in general uses pop-up windows. If you use pop-up blockers, you must prevent them from blocking Precise-related pop-up windows.
Required vendor patches
Make sure to apply all vendor patches that are required for JRE 1.6 operation on all servers running Precise components.
Table 1-4 List of links for vendor patches.
| Platform | Patch Location |
|---|---|
| HP-UX | http://docs.hp.com/en/HPUXJAVAPATCHES/index.html |
| AIX | http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/aix/service.html |
| Solaris, Linux, and Windows | http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/system-c onfigurations-135212.html |
Communication requirements
Precise uses the ports listed below. Make sure that these ports are not used by any application in your site.
Table 1-5 Precise ports
| Product / Framework Port Location | Port # |
|---|---|
| Precise Listener | 20702 External |
| Precise GUI (Tomcat) | 20790 External |
| Precise GUI (Tomcat) (control port) | 20768 Local |
| Precise for J2EE Collector | 20763 Local |
| Precise for Microsoft .NET Collector | 20755 Local |
| Precise for Web Client Collector | 80 External (Not enabled by default) |
| Precise for Web Collector | 20999 Local |
| Federation Relay Port | 20730 Local |
Enable the TCP ports that are marked as 'external' in the above table, if your environment is firewall-protected. See "Advance Adding Servers" in the Precise Installation Guide for information on how to change ports, if this port range is already in use.
If you changed the ports on the previous version, they will not be changed after the upgrade.
Make sure that the port of the NetBios is opened, if you want to monitor SQL Server instances remotely and you have a firewall between the local and remote servers.
Insight SmartLink requirements
See the SmartLink Transaction Tracking section in the Precise Installation guide.
PMDB requirements
The following table describes the requirements for the PMDB based on the installed platform:
Table 1-6 PMDB requirements
| Platform | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Oracle | Oracle user with DBA privileges |
| SQL Server | SQL user for login to SQL Server with administrator privileges on the PMDB (you can also use OS authentication to connect to the PMDB) |