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  • Teradata Viewpoint Configuration Guide

    Release 13.11 B035-2207-120A

    December 2010

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    Table of Contents

    CHAPTER 1 Teradata Viewpoint Requirements 11

    Client Machine Recommendations 11 Teradata Viewpoint Server Requirements 11 Supported Teradata Database Versions 11

    CHAPTER 2 Start and Stop Teradata Viewpoint Services 12

    CHAPTER 3 Teradata System Preparation 14

    Set Up TASM and Alerting Tables 14 Set Up the PC 14 Run the Application 15 Create a Teradata User for Data Collection 16 Set Up Access to Console Utilities 17 Grant Permissions to the Teradata User for Data Collection 18

    CHAPTER 4 Configure Viewpoint to Monitor a Teradata Database System 20

    Log on to the Teradata Viewpoint Server 20 Add Teradata Database Systems 20 Enable the Data Collectors 21 Collector Information 22

    Account Info 22 Alert Request 23 AWT Info 23 Database Space 23 Disk Space 23 Lock Info 23

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    Query Count 24 Resource Usage 24 Sessions 24 System Config 25 System Stats 25 Table Space 25 TASM Config 25 TASM Distribution 26 TASM Exception 26 TASM State 26 TASM Summary 26 Virtual Storage 26

    CHAPTER 5 Changing a Teradata System Nickname 27

    CHAPTER 6 Configure Alerts 28

    Configure Alert Delivery Settings 28 Configure Email Alerts 28 Configure SNMP Alerts 29 Configure BTEQ Alerts 29 Installing BTEQ Scripts 30 About Running BTEQ Scripts 30 Configure Run a Program Alerts 31 Configure Alert Time Frames 31

    Configure Alert Action Sets 32 Configure Alert Groups 32 Migrate Existing Alerts 33 Define New Alerts 33 View Alerts 34 Use the AlertRequest Table 34

    Request an Email Alert 35 Use the MonitorRequest Table 35

    Monitor a Five-Minute Job 36 Monitor a Long-Running Job 37

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    CHAPTER 7 Install Teradata Notification Service for Windows 38

    Software Dependencies 38 Prerequisites 38

    CHAPTER 8 Install Teradata Notification Service 39

    Configure Teradata Notification Service 39 Configure Teradata Notification Service with Teradata Viewpoint Clustering 40 Configure Teradata Notification Service with Teradata Alerting Clustering 40 Configure TVI Logging 40 Service Control 40

    CHAPTER 9 Teradata Manager Feature Equivalence 42

    Uninstall Teradata Manager 42

    CHAPTER 10 Configure Viewpoint to Monitor a Managed Server 45

    CHAPTER 11 Configure Teradata Viewpoint LDAP 46

    Prerequisites 46 Definitions 47 Before You Begin 48

    LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) 48 Determine LDAP Configuration Mode 49

    Is Username in DN? 50 Number of Bind Patterns 50

    LDAP Configuration 50 Standard Configuration and Testing 52 Role-mapping 53

    LDAP Over SSL (LDAPS) 54 Enable Debug Logging 55

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    CHAPTER 12 Configure Teradata Viewpoint Security 56

    Control Access to Portlets 56 Control Access within Portlets 56 Add Teradata Viewpoint Roles 56 Add Teradata Viewpoint Users 57

    CHAPTER 13 Configure Teradata Viewpoint to Log to TVI 58

    CHAPTER 14 Back Up Teradata Viewpoint Databases 59

    CHAPTER 15 Restore a Teradata Viewpoint Database 60

    Restore a Database from Teradata Viewpoint Version 13.11 and Later 60 Restore a Database from Teradata Viewpoint Version 13.10 and Earlier 61

    CHAPTER 16 Change the Session Timeout 62

    CHAPTER 17 Set the Default Locale 63

    CHAPTER 18 Reset the Admin User Password 64

    CHAPTER 19 Ports Used by Teradata Viewpoint 65

    Incoming Ports 65

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    Outgoing Ports 65

    CHAPTER 20 Set Teradata Viewpoint Server Time 66

    CHAPTER 21 Configure NTP Time Synchronization 67

    CHAPTER 22 Teradata Viewpoint Clustering 68

    Cluster Configurations 68 High Availability Configuration: Two Teradata Viewpoint Servers 69 High Usage Configuration: Three or More Teradata Viewpoint Servers 69 Advanced Configuration: Three or More Teradata Viewpoint Servers with Dedicated Cache Database Server 70

    Failure Scenarios 70 Data Collection Service (DCS) Failure (Scenario 1) 70 Cache Database Failure (Scenario 2) 71 Active Teradata Viewpoint Server Failure 71

    Create a Teradata Viewpoint Cluster 72 System Preparation 72 Set Up Cluster Configuration Files 72 Enable PostgreSQL Replication 74

    Add Additional Teradata Viewpoint Servers to the Cluster 77 Configure Teradata Notification Service for Windows with Teradata Viewpoint Cluster 78

    Set Up Teradata Viewpoint Cluster Configuration Files 78 Promote the Standby Cache Database 79 Upgrade PostgreSQL to Enable Clustering 80

    Migrate Pre-Existing Data 80 Upgrade to PostgreSQL 8.3.5 81

    Additional Cluster Considerations 82 LAN or WAN 82 Disk Capacity 82 Cluster Security 83 Getting Notifications of Failures 85 Ports Used for Clustering 85 Load Balancing 85

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