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Overview and Installation
Getting started with MemVerge Memory Machine requries that you understand some background information about how persistent memory works. You can then install Memory Machine on a server and begin monitoring memory usage and capturing application snapshots.
Getting Started with Memory Machine
You run Memory Machine on a host equipped with one or more PMEM devices.
Installing MemVerge Memory Machine
Install MemVerge Memory Machine (Memory Machine) data service on all hosts requiring memory management.
Installing the Management Service
Install the management service using the Memory Machine Package File.

Overview and Installation
Getting started with MemVerge Memory Machine requries that you understand some background information about how persistent memory works. You can then install Memory Machine on a server and begin monitoring memory usage and capturing application snapshots.
- Introduction to MemVerge Memory Machine
  MemVerge Memory Machine (Memory Machine) enables applications to expand from volatile memory (DRAM) into persistent memory (PMEM).
- Getting Started with Memory Machine
  You run Memory Machine on a host equipped with one or more PMEM devices.
  - Hardware Recommendations
  - Network Recommendations
    For optimal performance and consistency throughout the Memory Machine System, MemVerge either requires or recommends specific values for open port numbers, communication protocols, and other network-related configurations.
  - Software Recommendations
    MemVerge recommends that you conform to software dependencies, such as operating systems and packages, that have been tested with MemVerge products.
  - Installing MemVerge Memory Machine
    Install MemVerge Memory Machine (Memory Machine) data service on all hosts requiring memory management.
    - Installing the Data Service
      Install the data service on every data host using the Memory Machine Package File.
    - Installing the Management Service
      Install the management service using the Memory Machine Package File.
    - Initializing Direct Access Devices
      To initialize the server's direct access (DAX) devices and start the Distributed Persistent Memory Engine (DPME) service, use the command mvmallocd <dax device> ... [--socket=<socket>] [--format_dax].
    - Installing a Single-Host License
      To install or update a single-host license, use the mvmcli license update command.
    - Uploading a License
      One host in your network runs a management service. See oxy_ex-3/topics/t_mvmm_installing_the_management_service.html. You must install at least one license using this management service in order to use Memory Machine.
    - Adding a User
      Authorize a user to use Memory Machine by adding the user to the mvmm group.
  - Configuration Files
    MemVerge Memory Machine uses several YAML-formatted configuration files. Two of these, mvmallocd.yml and mvmalloc.yml contain user-configurable parameters.
Using the Memory Machine Dashboard
You can view system resources and performance metrics, and create and restore snapshots in MemVerge Memory Machine using the Memory Machine Dashboard, a web UI application running on one of the installed hosts.
Using the Command Line Interface
You can administer and use MemVerge Memory Machine using the Command Line Interface (CLI) on any installed host.
Working with Applications
MemVerge provides additional instructions for some popular applications supported by Memory Machine, either to assist with complex setup or to support additional functionality.

Installing the Management Service

Install the management service using the Memory Machine Package File.

Before you begin

Run the Memory Machine Package File. See Installing the Data Service. Either:

Skip the installation of the data service, or
Install the data service and continue to the management service portion of the script.

About this task

The management service monitors all the data hosts by connecting to Memory Machine Agent on each host. See The Control Path Service for a list of control service functionality.

After the data path installer has completed (or is skipped), you are prompted to install the management center. You can install a standalone management host (skipping the data center installation), or run the management center concurrently on a data host.

Regardless of where it is installed, only one host at a time can run as the management center.

Procedure

Choose "yes" to the management center prompt:

...
Do you want to install management center? [y/N]: y

Done.

Installing management service...

You are prompted for the secure web server port on which to run the Memory Machine Dashboard. The default is the standard HTTPS port, 8081.

Type the HTTPS port for web server. (Press enter to use the default path: 8081):
Done.

Finally, the script starts the management service, mmctl.

Starting the management service...
mmctl service started.
The management service is running.

What to do next

If you installed the data service on this host, configure the data service. See Initializing Direct Access Devices.

If this is a standalone management host, install the license. See Installing a Single-Host License.