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Teradata® Viewpoint Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade Guide for Customers
Product
Teradata Viewpoint
Release Number
17.10
Published
February 2022
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2022-05-30
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Product Category
Analytical Ecosystem
  1. Connect to the vCenter server where you want to deploy Viewpoint using the vSphere Client (the server where the ova file is downloaded).
  2. On the Home tab, under Inventories, select Hosts and Clusters.
  3. In the Navigator pane, right-click a host and select Deploy OVF Template.
  4. Select Select an OVF Template and then:
    1. Select the Local file method.
    2. Click Choose Files and browse to the .ova file in the folder you created when you downloaded the file.
  5. Click Next in the next two windows, then click Finish.
  6. In the Navigator pane, right-click the VM and select Power > Power On.
  7. Once the VM instance is running, login to the network using SSH and the following credentials:
    linux login: root
    Password: iumb123
    The IP address is displayed on the Summary screen of the vSphere client.
    The root logon through the vSphere client is disabled by default.
  8. [Optional] Run -echo "tty1" >> /etc/securetty to enable the root logon through the console.
  9. After login, configure the network:
    1. Run the #yast command.
    2. Under Global Options, make the following selections:
      • Network Setup Method: Traditional Method with ifup
      • IPv6 Protocol Settings: Enable IPv6
      • DHCP Client Options: Change Default Route via DHCP
    3. Select Overview, then select Edit, and update the IP address.
    4. Select Host Name/DNS, then update the Hostname, Domain Name, Name Servers, and Domain Search URLs.
    5. Select Routing, and add the Default Gateway.
  10. Restart the postgres and Viewpoint services by entering the following:
    /etc/init.d/postgres restart
    /opt/teradata/viewpoint/bin/vp-control restart
  11. Run the /opt/teradata/viewpoint/bin/vp-control.sh status command to verify all Viewpoint services are running:

    [Viewpoint 16.20.00.03 or later]

    ./vp-control.sh status
Thu Sep 12 23:21:54 CDT 2019  Checking the status of all Teradata Viewpoint services.
Checking for Teradata ActiveMQ:  running
Checking for Teradata Alert Service:   running
Checking for TMSMonitor:   running
Checking for DCS:   running
Checking for Viewpoint:    running
Checking for PostgreSQL 9.4.19:    running

    [Viewpoint 16.50.00.00 or later]

    /opt/teradata/viewpoint/dcs/bin # ./vp-control.sh status Tue Jan 21 13:00:03 PST 2020  Checking the status of all Teradata Viewpoint services.
Using custom tdactivemq configuration: xbean:/opt/teradata/tdactivemq/config/td-activemq-static-network-broker.xml
Checking for Teradata ActiveMQ:  running
Checking for Teradata Alert Service:  running
Checking for TMSMonitor:  running
Checking for DCS:  running
Checking for Viewpoint:  running
Checking for PostgreSQL 10.10:  running