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• The installation procedure creates an uptime user ID on the Monitoring Station. This uptime user should also exist on all systems that have an up.time Agent; using this ID on monitored systems minimizes any security risks by not running the Agents as a privileged process.
• Wherever possible, do not use the root account to run the Monitoring Station or up.time Agents.
• You can use existing user accounts for the agent, such as nobody, bin, or adm; however, using these accounts may pose security risks depending on other system processes that run under these accounts.
• On HP/UX, you cannot start processes, such as up.time Agents, using the nobody user ID.
• On Windows operating systems, the up.time Agent must be running with Administrator privileges. If it is not, the up.time Agent cannot access the system performance counters.

Resource Requirements

The following are the minimum hardware requirements for an up.time deployment.

Monitoring Station

The hardware configurations for a Monitoring Station can change depending on the number of up.time Agents you plan to monitor, the reports that you want to generate, and the amount of historical data that you wish to retain in the DataStore. If you plan on monitoring more than 50 systems, first contact up.time Customer Support to ensure your allocated resources are adequateWhen reviewing up.time resource requirements, it is important to note that sizing varies based on the number of monitors per element, the type of objects monitored, and the method used to gather performance data. up.time recommendations are based on an average of 2 or 3 monitors per element. For more information regarding resource requirements, see up.time Sizing Examples.

As a general rule of thumb when planning the allocated disk space, you should plan on allocating about 4 GB per monitored element. Note that per element usages are per year, unless you archive using old data.

The following is are the recommended minimum hardware requirements for a deployment that is monitoring up to 50 systems:

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an up.time deployment.

Monitoring Station

The hardware configurations for a Monitoring Station can change depending on the number of up.time Agents you plan to monitor, the reports that you want to generate, and the amount of historical data that you wish to retain in the DataStore. For sizing examples, see up.time Sizing Examples.

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DataStore

The amount of storage space for the up.time DataStore is dependent on the number of systems monitored. As a guide, use the up.time DataStore Sizing Calculator.

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