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1 Overview ··································································································································································· 1
IMC components ······························································································································································· 1
IMC Platform ····························································································································································· 1
Service components ················································································································································· 1
IMC editions ······································································································································································ 3
Installation and deployment ············································································································································· 4
Prerequisites for installing a remote database ··············································································································· 4
Prerequisites for deploying IMC in distributed mode ···································································································· 5
Installing Java Runtime Environment (JRE) ······················································································································· 6
2 Preparing for installation ·········································································································································· 7
Hardware requirements ···················································································································································· 7
Software requirements ······················································································································································ 8
Setting the Java memory size on 32-bit OS ················································································································ 10
Installing IMC on a virtual machine ····························································································································· 10
Preparing the installation environments ······················································································································· 10
Uninstalling previous versions of IMC ················································································································· 10
Ports and firewalls ················································································································································· 11
Checking the installation environment ················································································································ 11
Superuser account ················································································································································· 12
Setting the system time ··················································································································································· 12
3 Installing and deploying the IMC Platform ··········································································································· 14
Installing the IMC Platform ············································································································································ 14
Deploying the IMC Platform ·········································································································································· 21
Deploying the IMC Platform on the master server ····························································································· 21
Deploying the IMC Platform on a subordinate server ······················································································· 27
Deploying a single IMC Platform subcomponent ······························································································· 35
IMC service logon accounts ·········································································································································· 36
4 Installing and deploying IMC service components ······························································································ 37
Installing and deploying NTA ······································································································································· 40
Installing NTA ························································································································································ 41
Deploying NTA subcomponents on the master server ······················································································ 47
Deploying NTA subcomponents on a subordinate server ················································································ 48
Installing and deploying UAM ······································································································································ 51
Installing UAM ······················································································································································· 52
Deploying UAM subcomponents on the master server ····················································································· 52
Deploying UAM subcomponents on a subordinate server ··············································································· 59
Installing and deploying TAM ······································································································································ 63
Installing and deploying MVM ····································································································································· 66
Installing MVM ······················································································································································· 66
Deploying MVM subcomponents on the master server ····················································································· 67
Deploying MVM subcomponents on a subordinate server ··············································································· 68
5 Installing plug-ins ···················································································································································· 71
Installing DHCP plug-ins ················································································································································ 71
On the MS DHCP server ······································································································································· 71
On the Linux DHCP server ···································································································································· 72
Installing VRM agent plug-ins ········································································································································ 73
Installing a VRM Windows agent ························································································································ 73
