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  1. Home
  2. Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide
  3. Installing OpsCenter
  4. Installing OpsCenter on Windows and UNIX
  5. About installing OpsCenter on Windows
  6. Installing OpsCenter Server on Windows
Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide

Installing OpsCenter Server on Windows

Use the following procedure to install OpsCenter Server on Windows hosts.

Note:

If you install OpsCenter components on a system where the same version of OpsCenter is already installed, the installer runs in a Maintenance mode. Maintenance mode lets you repair or remove the OpsCenter component that is installed on your system.

To install OpsCenter Server on Windows

  1. On a Windows host where you want to install OpsCenter Server, insert the OpsCenter product DVD in the DVD drive.
    • If autorun is enabled, the DVD Browser appears.

    • If autorun is not enabled, click Start > Run. On the Run dialog box, in the Open text box, type D:\Browser.exe and press Enter:

      Where D is the DVD drive.

      The DVD Browser appears.

  2. On the DVD Browser, click the Installation link.
  3. Click the OpsCenter Server Installation link to install OpsCenter server.
  4. The OpsCenter Installation Wizard appears. Click Next.
  5. Read the license agreement, check I accept the terms of the license agreement, and click Next.

    You may opt to check or uncheck Participate in the NetBackup Product Improvement Program. This option is checked by default.

    If this option is checked, OpsCenter will automatically upload installation deployment and product usage information to the OpsCenter development and support teams in a secured manner. This data would be used to guide future product development and also analyze issues. For more information, refer to the About the NetBackup Product Improvement Program section in the NetBackup Installation Guide.

  6. The following options are displayed on the Installation Choice screen:

    Install to this computer only

    Select this option to install OpsCenter Server on this host.

    Install a clustered OpsCenter Server

    Select this option to install OpsCenter Server on all selected nodes, in a clustered mode. You need to install OpsCenter Server manually on each node of the cluster.

    This option is enabled if you have Veritas Cluster Server installed.

    See Clustering OpsCenter on Windows.

    Select Install to this computer only.

    In the Installation Method section, click Typical to use the default settings, installation location, or port numbers. Compare the space that the installation requires with the actual space available in the installation directory.

    Click Custom if you want to change the default settings, locations, or port numbers.

    Click Next.

  7. On the License Keys panel, enter your demo or permanent key that you have received with the purchase of OpsCenter and click Add Key.

    See OpsCenter Analytics license keys.

    You can also add the license keys later from the OpsCenter console.

    See About managing licenses.

  8. Click Next. The installer shows the summary of the settings that you have selected for installation.

    Check Save Summary to field to save the installation summary. Click Browse to save the installation summary in your preferred location.

  9. Click Install.

    The installer starts installing the OpsCenter Server software.

    Note:

    The default OpsCenter database location on Windows is:

    C:\Program Files\Symantec\OpsCenter\server\db\data

  10. After successful installation, you can view the OpsCenter console or view installation logs.

    The installation logs are generated in the following location:%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Symantec\OpsCenter\ INSTALLLOGS\OpsCenterServerInstallLog.htm.

    If you run the installer in a maintenance mode later,OpsCenterServerMaintenanceInstallLog.htm is also generated in the same location.

    Note:

    After successful installation, the OpsCenter database password is set to an auto-generated string. It is recommended that you change the database password after the installation.

    See Changing the OpsCenter database administrator password.

  11. Click Finish.

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