Ops Center Installation and Configuration Guide

Version: 11.0.x
Audience: anonymous
Part Number: MK-99OPS001-26
Published: 2026-03-17

Overview
Overview of the Hitachi Ops Center products
Overview of Hitachi Ops Center Common Services
Linking with an Active Directory or LDAP server
Linking with an identity provider
Installation methods for Hitachi Ops Center
Hitachi Ops Center system configurations
Example configuration running on one management server
Example configuration running on multiple management servers
Installing or upgrading Hitachi Ops Center products by using the Express installer
Workflow for installing and setting up Hitachi Ops Center (Express installer)
Using the Server Express installer
Preparing the management server
Installing or upgrading Common Services and additional products
Using the Client Express installer
Preparing the server
Installing or upgrading each product
Configuring SSL communications
Registering Hitachi Ops Center products with Common Services
Installing OS updates and other products after installation
Installing or upgrading Hitachi Ops Center products by using the individual installer
Workflow for installing and setting up Hitachi Ops Center (individual installers)
Preparing the management server
Installing or upgrading Common Services
Installing or upgrading each product
Configuring SSL communications
Registering Hitachi Ops Center products with Common Services
Installing OS updates and other products after installation
Configuring SSL communications
Configuring SSL communications by using the SSL Setup tool
SSL Setup tool functionality
Creating a private key and a certificate signing request (SSL Setup tool)
Configuring SSL server settings (SSL Setup tool)
Configuring SSL server settings for an Active Directory or LDAP server
Configuring SSL communication settings for an identity provider server
Configuring SSL client settings and enabling certificate verification (SSL Setup tool)
Configuring SSL communications without using the SSL Setup tool
Preparing the server certificate for Common Services
Setting the path information for the server certificate and private key
Specifying SSL server settings for each product
Configuring SSL server settings for an Active Directory or LDAP server
Configuring SSL communication settings for an identity provider server
Importing certificates into each product
Importing certificates into the Common Services truststore
Enabling server certificate verification
Initial setup using the Hitachi Ops Center Portal
Initial setup workflow
Logging in to the Hitachi Ops Center Portal
Applying Ops Center product licenses
Managing local users and groups
Creating and editing Ops Center user accounts
Changing a local user password
Adding Ops Center groups
Ops Center roles (privileges)
Assigning portal-level roles to Ops Center groups
Assigning product-level roles from the Ops Center portal
Controlling local portal access
Changing the password policy
Assigning privileges to local (non-AD) Ops Center users
Enabling or disabling login accounts
Adding a login warning banner for the Ops Center Portal
Configuring a link to an Active Directory or LDAP server
Configuring Active Directory as a directory service for Ops Center
Setting up Kerberos authentication for Ops Center
Configuring a non-AD directory service for Ops Center (LDAP server)
Determining the parameters for LDAP server registration
Configuring a link to an AD FS identity provider
Supported AD FS
Workflow for linking with AD FS
Configuring settings to link with AD FS (OIDC)
Registering Common Services in AD FS as an application group
Setting up an issuance transform rule for AD FS
Checking the OpenID Connect Discovery endpoint of AD FS
Registering AD FS with Common Services
Logging in to the Hitachi Ops Center Portal as an AD FS user
Configuring settings to link with AD FS (SAML)
Checking the AD FS metadata endpoint
Registering AD FS with Common Services
Exporting Common Services metadata (AD FS)
Registering Common Services in AD FS as a relying party
Setting up a claim issuance policy
Logging in to the Hitachi Ops Center Portal as an AD FS user
Updating an identity provider configuration
Removing an identity provider
Updating the authentication certificates used with an AD FS (SAML)
Overview of updating authentication certificates (AD FS)
Checking the next update for the Common Services certificates
Checking the dates of the next update of the AD FS certificates
Updating the Common Services certificates (AD FS)
Updating the AD FS certificates
If you cannot sign on with an identity provider (AD FS)
Updating the Common Services metadata by using AD FS
Specifying the AD FS metadata endpoint by using Common Services
Configuring a link to a non-AD FS identity provider
Workflow for linking with a non-AD FS identity provider
Enabling the function for linking with a non-AD FS identity provider
Registering a non-AD FS identity provider
Mapping user attributes
Linking by using the OIDC protocol
Linking by using the SAML protocol
Specifying a mapping to a user group
Using the Hardcoded Group mapper
Using the Advanced Claim to Group mapper or the Advanced Attribute to Group mapper
Assigning users to a user group by using the Hitachi Ops Center Portal
Logging in to the Hitachi Ops Center Portal as a non-AD FS identity provider user
Updating the certificate for authenticating a non-AD FS identity provider (SAML)
Updating the Common Services certificates
Updating the certificate of a non-AD FS identity provider
Output logs of operations for establishing linkage with non-AD FS identity providers
Maintaining Hitachi Ops Center
Checking the status of Ops Center services
Starting and stopping Ops Center services
Starting or stopping the Common Services service
Checking the validity period or revocation status of certificates
Checking the validity period of a certificate in the truststore
Checking the validity period of the server certificate
Checking the revocation status of the server certificate
Checking the revocation status of the server certificate by using a web browser
Checking the revocation status of the server certificate by using a command
Checking the revocation status of the server certificate on a regular basis
Sending the revocation status check results to a file
Outputting the revocation status check results to syslog
Changing the management server host name, IP address, or port number
Changing the port number used for internal communications
Backing up and recovering Hitachi Ops Center applications
Backing up and restoring Hitachi Ops Center applications using Protector
Prerequisites and cautions for backing up Hitachi Ops Center applications
Prerequisites and cautions for recovering Hitachi Ops Center applications
Backing up Ops Center applications using Protector
Restoring Ops Center application archives using Protector
Recovering Hitachi Ops Center applications from a backup archive
Backing up and restoring Ops Center applications manually
Backing up and restoring Common Services
Backing up Common Services
Restoring Common Services
Resetting the trust relationship with each product
Re-registering each product in Common Services
Configuring the settings for session idle timeout
Changing the scale of the resources managed by an individual product
Settings required when using a virus detection program
Upgrading Amazon Corretto 21
Upgrading PostgreSQL 15
Applying Linux security updates using yum
Creating a local yum repository
Replacing Command Control Interface
Switching to an instance of Command Control Interface installed by the Express installer
Switching to an individually installed instance of Command Control Interface
Removing a Hitachi Ops Center product
Removing Common Services
Removing Ops Center Automator
Removing Ops Center Automator (Windows OS)
Removing Ops Center Automator software in a cluster environment
Deleting authentication data (Windows OS)
Removing Ops Center Automator (Linux OS)
Deleting authentication data (Linux OS)
Removing Ops Center Analyzer components
Removing Ops Center Analyzer and Analyzer detail view servers
Removing Analyzer probe server
Removing RAID Agent (Windows)
Removing Virtual Storage Software Agent
Removing Analyzer viewpoint
Removing Ops Center Administrator
Removing Ops Center Administrator when using Docker
Removing Ops Center Administrator when using Podman
Removing Ops Center Protector
Removing the REST API
Removing the REST API (in a Windows OS)
Removing the REST API as the root user (in a Linux OS)
Removing the REST API in a cluster environment
Troubleshooting
Collecting failure information
Collecting Ops Center log files
Common Services logs
Changing the properties of logs
Common Services audit log
Changing the audit log properties
Linking with Hitachi Remote Ops
Installing Hitachi Remote Ops
Specifying settings for Hitachi Remote Ops

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