Before installing Spotlight, ensure your system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements:
Requirement | Description |
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Platform |
A Pentium-based or equivalent PC with:
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Memory |
512 megabytes of RAM (minimum). 1 gigabyte recommended. Memory consumption will increase for multiple simultaneous connections and as the number of instances in an Oracle RAC cluster increases, and will also depend on the connection options chosen. |
Hard Disk Space | 1 gigabyte of free disk space. This should exist on a local disk drive rather than a network drive. Extra disk space will be required if you choose to log historical snapshots from within Spotlight. |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 64-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 64-bit Microsoft Windows 10 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows 8 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows Vista Business 32-bit and 64-bit (Service Pack 1 or later) |
Additional Software (Monitor Oracle Database Servers) |
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Additional Software (Monitor MySQL Database Servers) | MySQL. Spotlight on MySQL supports MySQL versions 5.0.3 or later that employ the InnoDB storage engine. With reduced functionality, it also supports versions of MySQL that use other storage engines (such as MyISAM). Spotlight on MySQL may NOT support versions of the MySQL server prior to 5.0.3. |
Requirement | Description |
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Platform |
2 GHz Pentium Dual Core |
Memory | 2 GB RAM |
Hard Disk Space | 300 MB |
Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) Microsoft Windows 8 (32-bit and 64-bit) Microsoft Windows 10 (32-bit and 64-bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (64-bit) |
Additional | .NET 4.0 or above must be installed on the Diagnostic Server. |
Internet Access | |
A network connection between the Diagnostic Server and Spotlight on Oracle client is required during installation of the Diagnostic Server and intermittently for connection updates. | |
Preferably the Diagnostic Server should be installed on a Physical Machine however it can be installed on a Virtual Machine if required. | |
Connections to a database using an LDAP server are not supported through the Spotlight Diagnostic Server. |
Requirement | Description |
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Oracle |
The following Oracle database servers are supported for database queries. (You must have the Database Administrator [DBA] user ID and password for the database you want to diagnose.)
Notes:
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Oracle RAC |
Spotlight supports up to 16 instances in a cluster, with a theoretical limit of 36 instances. |
Oracle Exadata Storage Servers (Cells) |
Spotlight monitors Exadata Storage Server (Cells) hosted on the following Operating System: Linux Kernel V2.6. Ensure CellCLI is in the PATH of the Operating System account on the Exadata Storage Server (Cell) hosts. This is required for Spotlight to collect performance information. |
Cloud Database Services |
Oracle Database as a Service. Oracle databases running on Amazon EC2. |
MySQL |
The following MySQL database servers are supported for database queries. (You must have the Database Administrator [DBA] user ID and password for the database you want to diagnose.)
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Requirement | Description |
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Unix Servers |
Unix servers and versions. Spotlight supports the following server operating systems for O/S Server queries:
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Unix Server Software |
Unix programs. The following Unix programs must be accessible to the user logged on to the Unix machine.
For HP-UX, additionally
For AIX, additionally
For Solaris, additionally
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Unix User Permissions and Installation Settings |
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Requirement | Description |
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Operating Systems |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 64-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 64-bit Microsoft Windows 10 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows 8 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows Vista Business 32-bit and 64-bit (Service Pack 1 or later) |
Administrator access |
Ensure your login to the Windows machine has Administrator access privileges. To add a new connection to the Windows machine you are currently using, ensure you are logged in to the machine with Administrator access privileges. If necessary, logout and login again. |
Privileges | Spotlight retrieves its data from Windows performance counters and the windows registry of the monitored system. An administrator login to the Windows machine has such access. |
Remote connectivity | To add a new connection to a Windows machine other than the one you are currently using, ensure the machine is accessible to the Spotlight client. Spotlight uses NetBIOS traffic to retrieve perfmon and registry information, so any firewalls between the Spotlight client and the machine being monitored must allow this traffic to pass through. |
Review the following information about using Spotlight in virtual environments:
Requirement | Description |
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Application |
Spotlight has been tested on Citrix XenApp 6.5. |
Desktop (VDI) |
Spotlight has been tested on desktop VMware workstations. |
Server |
Spotlight has been tested on VMware ESX server. Spotlight supports Oracle Virtualization (OVM). Limited testing has been done using Oracle VM 3.0. |
Note:Spotlight may work in virtualization environments other than the ones in which it was tested. |
From time to time, Quest Software may make upgrades and patches available on the Internet. Upgrades will be made available from http://software.quest.com/. Instructions for downloading and installing upgrades are provided on the web site.
Notes:
msiexec.exe /i Spotlight.msi UPGRADE_EXISTING_PRODUCT=0
Spotlight is supplied with a time-limited trial key so you may test the product. When the trial key expires Spotlight reverts to a preview mode, which limits access to the Spotlight home page and one connection at a time. If you select to open a drilldown in preview mode the following message is displayed:
The current license does not allow access to this functionality.
When you enter a valid license key and authorization message in the License Viewer, you are licensed to use Spotlight on Oracle.
To activate a purchased commercial license
Make sure you enter the authorization key exactly. The site message is case sensitive.
The Windows user that updates the authorization key must have administrator access to the Windows registry and write access to the Console\Licenses folder in the Spotlight installation folder.
The Spotlight on Oracle release package contains the following products:
Refer to the Spotlight on Oracle Getting Started Guide for installation instructions.
Note: When upgrading to Spotlight on Oracle 10.3.2 history data will be reset. If you would like to keep history between upgrades then you can change the folder spotlight stores history to, through Spotlight Options | storage->History Location.
This section contains information about installing and operating this product in non-English configurations, such as those needed by customers outside of North America. This section does not replace the materials about supported platforms and configurations found elsewhere in the product documentation.
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