Sizing guidance for HCM

Content Intelligence Deploying the Example OVF

Version: 2.2.x
Audience: anonymous
Part Number: MK-HCI003-15
ft:lastEdition: 2023-10-23

Overview
About Hitachi Content Search
System scaling
Single-instance systems vs. multi-instance systems
About master and worker instances
Services
Jobs
Volumes
Updating HCI
System requirements and sizing
Sizing guidance for Hitachi Content Search
Simple sizing
Detailed sizing
Sizing guidance for HCM
Minimum hardware requirements
Determining number of instances
Number of instances: simple procedure
Number of instances: detailed procedure
Operating system and Docker qualified versions
Docker considerations
SELinux considerations
Networking
Instance IP address requirements
Network types
Allowing access to external resources
Ports
System-external ports
System-internal ports
System ports for Monitor-App
Time source
Supported browsers
File ownership considerations
Supported VMware functionality
Deploying a virtual machine system
Items you need
Decide how many instances to deploy
Configure your networking environment
Deploy a new virtual machine for each instance
Set a static IP for the new instance
(Optional) Select master instances
(Optional) Set up networking for System services
Run the setup script on each server or virtual machine
Start the application on each virtual machine
(Optional) Configure NTP
Access the deployment wizard
(Optional) Configure service networking
Deploy the system
Distribute services among system instances
Moving and scaling floating services
Moving and scaling services with multiple types
Best Practices
Considerations
Configuring service relocation manually
Configure the system for your users
Creating a production OVF template
What you need
Deploy a new virtual machine for each instance
Modify the virtual machine to suit your environment
Export the OVF template
Use your OVF template to deploy a system
Creating an OVF template for adding instances to a system
What you need
Create a list of the master instances
Deploy a new virtual machine for each instance
Modify the virtual machine to suit your environment
Edit the cluster.config file
Enable the HCI.service file
Configure NTP
Export the OVF template
Use the OVF template to add a new instance
Set a static IP for the new instance
Logs and diagnostic information
Service list
Service units
Handling network changes
After a network change
About hardware and performance testing
Example HCI firewall setup

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