Single EPM server upgrade worksheet

Last Updated : Sep 29, 2020 |
Complete this worksheet if you are installing the EPM server on a dedicated Avaya Experience Portal server.
Prolog information
Requirement/Information Needed
Your value
Notes
Ensure that the hardware meets the minimum requirements. For more information on minimum server machine hardware requirements, see Avaya Experience Portal Overview and Specification on http://support.avaya.com.
For minimum hardware requirements, see Minimum (Linux) server machine hardware requirements.
What access method are you going to use?
______ Local keyboard, mouse, and monitor
______ Remote access via SSH client
PBX LAN IP address, if different from the corporate LAN
______________________
Server information
IP address
______________________
Host name
______________________
The host name cannot contain spaces or periods.
Avaya Enterprise Linux network configuration information
Subnet mask on Corporate LAN
______________________
Default gateway
______________________
Primary DNS Server
______________________
DNS domain name
______________________
Time zone
______________________
For more information about the Avaya-provided server installation, see Implementing Avaya Experience Portal on multiple servers.
For customer-provided hardware, is Release 7.x or 8.x 64 bit or newer update installed?
______ Yes
______ No
If No, install Release 7.x or 8.x 64 bit or later as described in Implementing Avaya Experience Portal on multiple servers.
Is the default language for Linux set to English?
______ Yes
______ No
If No, set the default language to English. You can change the default language after Experience Portal is installed.
Maximum simultaneous calls
______________________
The maximum number of calls that this MPP can handle at any one time. It is equivalent to the maximum number of ports that Experience Portal will allocate to this MPP.
For assistance in sizing your MPP server capacity and setting the correct value for the Maximum Simultaneous Calls parameter for each MPP server, contact your Avaya Services representative or Avaya Business Partner.
Can all planned Experience Portal servers communicate with one another?
______ Yes
______ No
For more information about verifying server communication, see Implementing Avaya Experience Portal on multiple servers on http://support.avaya.com.
For Avaya Enterprise Linux, user account passwords
cust account password: ___________________
root account password: ___________________
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server, user accounts and passwords
root account password: ___________________
Non-root account name: ____________________
Non-root account password: _________________
Can you log in to the Experience Portal server with the non-root account name and password?
______ Yes
______ No
The upgrade tool deletes all existing root accounts. Therefore, after the upgrade, the administrator uses the non-root account name and password to log in and:
  • Install a new Authentication File System (AFS) file.
  • Activate the Avaya service accounts.
Installation directory, if different from default
______________________
Default directory: /opt/Avaya/ExperiencePortal
Specify an absolute directory path containing only standard English alphanumeric characters and the symbols / (forward slash), _ (underscore), - (hyphen), ~ (tilde), or . (period).
EPM web interface administration user name and password
User name: __________________________
Password: __________________________
The Experience Portal administrator uses this account to log in to the EPM web interface to administer the Experience Portal system. The account is assigned the Administration user role as well as the Auditor and User Manager user roles. For details about User Roles, see Administering Avaya Experience Portal on http://support.avaya.com.
Do you want to create a database account that can access the report information in the database?
______ Yes
______ No
If Yes, account user name, if different from the default: ______________
Password: __________________________
Default user name is: reportwriter
Note:
The report user name cannot be the same as any of the EPM web interface administration user account names or the report writer user account name.
Third-party SSL certificate information.
Third-party SSL certificate information.
The location of the existing certificate:
______________________
The existing certificate’s password: _________________
Will Avaya Services maintain this server?
______ Yes
______ No
If Yes, what is the Listed Directory Number (LDN) for this server?
______________________
Where is the Avaya Service Account authentication file located?
______________________
For more information on configuring Avaya service accounts, see Implementing Avaya Experience Portal on multiple servers.
WebLM information
License server URL, if not located on the EPM server:
______________________
WebLM password: _______________________
The external time sources that the EPM server should be synchronize with, if desired
The name or IP address of primary time source:
______________________
The name or IP address of secondary time source:
______________________