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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==


PMA-45 and VPMA-45 are Performance Management Appliances built respectively on top of customer provided hardware or virtual machine.
VPMA-4X is a virtual Performance Management Appliances.  Versions are available for VMware, KVM and Hyper-V.


Both PMA-45 and VPMA-45 are built on a hardened distribution of CentOS 7 64-bit Linux Operating System.
VPMA-45 is built on a hardened distribution of CentOS 7 64-bit Linux Operating System.


VPMA-45 has been tested on ESXi version 5.5 and above.
VPMA-48 is built on a hardened distribution of Oracle Linux 8.


 
 
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== Solution ==
== Solution ==


=== VPMA-45 Properties ===
=== Principal Virtual Machine Properties ===


==== Small (100GB data disk) ====
*8 CPU
*64GB RAM
*HD1 (system) 65GB
*HD2 (data) 500GB


 
 


[[File:VPM45100GBProperties.png|border|center|400px|VPM45100GBProperties.png]]
=== Console Access (CLI) ===
 
 
 
==== Medium (1TB data disk) ====
 
 
 
=== Access ===


The appliance is accessible through Secure Shell (SSH) using a terminal emulator of your choice. The appliance ships with three predefined user accounts.<span style="background-color:#FFFF00">Names and passwords are case sensitive</span>.
The appliance is accessible through Secure Shell (SSH) using a terminal emulator of your choice. The appliance ships with three predefined user accounts.<span style="background-color:#FFFF00">Names and passwords are case sensitive</span>.
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*root  
*root  
*comcert  
*comcert  
*third one depending on the applications
*Administrator


For example, if the application is nGeniusONE Server, this user would be Administrator.
Customers are advised to use the Administrator account.&nbsp; This account has sudo priviledges.
 
*User root can only access the appliance via CLI. SSH is disabled for that&nbsp;account  
*User comcert is reserved&nbsp;for COMCERT staff members
*The application specific user has administator rights and can sudo to root, so this is the user you should use
<pre># ssh -l Administrator <IPaddress(V)PMA-45></pre>


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=== Reboot and halt ===
=== Reboot and halt ===


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<span style="background-color:#FFFF00;">Before rebooting or halting the VPMA, stop all running services.&nbsp; The procedure to stop depends on what&nbsp;the VPMA is used for.</span>
 
{{#invoke:Message box|ambox |type=warning|text=Stop the application(s) on the applicance before a stop or reboot. Failure to do so may result in irreparable damage to the database and result in data loss.}}
 
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To reboot:
To reboot:
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=== VMware tools ===
=== VMware tools ===


VMware tools are not installed on the VPMA-45.
VMware tools are not installed on the VPMA&nbsp; as the version will depend on the hypervisor version.&nbsp; Cutomers are encouraged to install tools as required by their virtual environment.
 
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=== Third Party Software ===
 
Because running thirt party software may interfere with pre-installed services, contact COMCERT Support.&nbsp; Warrany is void if you fail to do so.
 
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=== OS Upgade and Update ===
 
It is safe to update the Loperation system of the VPMA-45 and VPMA-48 for as long as the major version remains respectivily Centos 7 and&nbsp;Linux 8.
 
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Revision as of 19:36, 14 June 2023

Introduction

VPMA-4X is a virtual Performance Management Appliances.  Versions are available for VMware, KVM and Hyper-V.

VPMA-45 is built on a hardened distribution of CentOS 7 64-bit Linux Operating System.

VPMA-48 is built on a hardened distribution of Oracle Linux 8.

 

Solution

Principal Virtual Machine Properties

  • 8 CPU
  • 64GB RAM
  • HD1 (system) 65GB
  • HD2 (data) 500GB

 

Console Access (CLI)

The appliance is accessible through Secure Shell (SSH) using a terminal emulator of your choice. The appliance ships with three predefined user accounts.Names and passwords are case sensitive.

  • root
  • comcert
  • Administrator

Customers are advised to use the Administrator account.  This account has sudo priviledges.

 

Reboot and halt

Before rebooting or halting the VPMA, stop all running services.  The procedure to stop depends on what the VPMA is used for.

To reboot: 

$ sudo su -
# shutdown -r now

It will take several minutes before the application is available again.

To halt: 

$ sudo su - 
# shutdown -h now

 

VMware tools

VMware tools are not installed on the VPMA  as the version will depend on the hypervisor version.  Cutomers are encouraged to install tools as required by their virtual environment.

 

Third Party Software

Because running thirt party software may interfere with pre-installed services, contact COMCERT Support.  Warrany is void if you fail to do so.

 

OS Upgade and Update

It is safe to update the Loperation system of the VPMA-45 and VPMA-48 for as long as the major version remains respectivily Centos 7 and Linux 8.

 

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