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Preparing the Server for Operations Manager
Operating System
Operations Manager is supported on Windows 2008 R1 (32/64 bit) Server Standard Edition with Service Pack 2,
Windows 2008 Server Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 2, Windows 2008 R2 (64bit) Standard or Enterprise
Edition with Service Pack 1 and Windows 2003 Server with Service Pack 2 Enterprise Edition (32-bit version).
Please note that other operating systems are not supported. It is recommended that no software or applications
other than the operating system and antivirus application be installed on this computer system.
For more information about the system requirements, see the Cisco Prime Unified Operations Manager, located
on Cisco.com at
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6535/prod_installation_guides_list.html
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Hardening the Server
The system that you use for your Operations Manager server should meet all the security guidelines that Microsoft
recommends for Windows Server. See the Microsoft website for security guidance.
You may also want to refer to security guidelines that Adobe and Sybase recommend for their applications.
For Adobe Flash 11.x, you may want to refer to
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/flash_player_admin_guide/flash_player_admin_guide.pdf
.
For Sybase Database, you may want to refer to
infocenter.sybase.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.sybase.help.sas_1s0.0.1/title.htm
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VMware Deployment
For VMware centered deployment, see Best Practices for Cisco Unified Communications Management Suite
Virtualization at
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6535/prod_white_papers_list.html
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Miscellaneous
It is recommended that you install the following Microsoft hotfix to avoid Operations Manager system degradation
in the long run:
support.microsoft.com/kb/931311
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Operations Manager requires an entire 4 GB of RAM for optimal performance. A typical Windows configuration
allocates 3.5 GB RAM for application activities and reserves the remaining memory for its internal use. Enabling
the PAE flag requests Windows to release its reserved cache (RAM) for application (Operations Manager) usage.
For more information about enabling the PAE flag, you can refer to
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/pae/default.mspx
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It is recommended that you install a SCSI controller that has Battery Backed Write Cache (BBWC). Enabling
BBWC will provide better disk performance of the Operations Manager system.
When installing Operations Manager on Windows Server 2008, page file configuration is mandatory. The page file
shouldn’t be set to “Automatically manage paging file size”; the user should specifically define the fixed size.
Hostname and IP Address
It is recommended that you configure the hostname and IP address for the Operations Manager server before you
start installing Operations Manager. Specify the hostname when you are installing the operating system or
subsequently, using My Computer > Properties > Computer Name.