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NETAVIS Observer 4.3 and 3.4 Server Installation and Administration
Contents
1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 5
1.1 The Observer documentation set ........................................................................................... 5
1.2 What is new with this release.................................................................................................. 5
2 Hardware installation .................................................................................................................. 7
2.1 Hardware requirements / compatibility ................................................................................... 7
2.2 Hard disks and storage devices .............................................................................................. 7
2.3 Configuring firewalls ................................................................................................................ 8
2.4 Client on server installations ................................................................................................... 8
3 Software installation ................................................................................................................... 9
3.1 Installation from scratch .......................................................................................................... 9
3.2 Finalizing the installation and basic settings ......................................................................... 12
3.3 Later configuration changes ................................................................................................. 16
4 Licensing .................................................................................................................................... 17
4.1 Basic algorithm of Observer licensing .................................................................................. 17
4.2 License modes: license-less, demo, and permanent ........................................................... 18
4.3 Setting up floating licensing ................................................................................................. 18
4.4 Obtaining and entering license data ..................................................................................... 19
5 Upgrading Observer .................................................................................................................. 21
5.1 Performing a “big upgrade” (e.g. from 1.11.x to 4.3) ............................................................ 22
5.2 Performing a “small upgrade” (e.g. from 4.3.0 to 4.3.2) ....................................................... 23
5.3 Performing a distributed upgrade via network ...................................................................... 23
6 Setting the server date and time .............................................................................................. 25
7 Dealing with broken disks and unbootable servers .............................................................. 26
7.1 Dealing with a broken disk .................................................................................................... 26
7.2 Repairing an unbootable server ............................................................................................ 26
8 Backup and restore of server configuration data .................................................................. 28
8.1 Introduction to server backup and restore ............................................................................ 28
8.2 Backup of configuration data ................................................................................................ 29
8.3 Up- and download of backups .............................................................................................. 30
8.4 Restore of configuration data backups ................................................................................. 30
9 System administration via command line interface .............................................................. 33
9.1 [1] View video system status ................................................................................................ 33
9.2 [2] Start video system processes .......................................................................................... 33
9.3 [3] Stop video system processes .......................................................................................... 34
9.4 [4] Reset image disks to normal state ................................................................................... 34
9.5 [5] Configure upgrade parameters ........................................................................................ 34
9.6 [6] Shut down system ............................................................................................................ 38
9.7 [7] Reboot system ................................................................................................................. 38
9.8 [8] Select active network configuration ................................................................................. 38
9.9 [9] Edit network settings ........................................................................................................ 39
9.10 [10] Copy CD image............................................................................................................ 40
9.11 [11] Eject CD ....................................................................................................................... 40
9.12 [12] Show encrypted root password ................................................................................... 40
9.13 [13] Change admin pass ..................................................................................................... 41
9.14 [14] Create backup.............................................................................................................. 41
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