MicroStrategy ONE

1. MicroStrategy Backup Preparations

Before you begin the upgrade with MicroStrategy Backup, take care of the following items:

  • Intelligence Server must run on a supported operating system:

    Linux Windows
    Linux RHEL 7.X+

    Windows Server 2012 R2

    SUSE Enterprise Linux 15.x Windows Server 2016

    CentOS 7.x+

    Windows Server 2019
    Amazon Linux 2 Windows Server 2022

    Amazon Linux 2023

  • If you intend to restore an archive onto MicroStrategy Cloud Platform for AWS or MicroStrategy Cloud Platform for Azure:

    • Windows only: LDAP must be re-configured in the new destination environment.

    • Windows only: wget and tar commands must be installed on the Windows machine.
    • Switching from an Enterprise environment to a Team or Department environment only allows you to choose a maximum of two nodes to back up cubes and caches. Be aware of the differences in RAM usage when moving from a different environment.
    • Ensure you have an S3 bucket or Azure Storage Account (with Standard Performance Type) set up.
    • Remove any metadata password complexity restrictions. For more information regarding password complexity restrictions, see KB34105.

Be aware of the restrictions of MicroStrategy Backup:

  • MicroStrategy metadata can be on a MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and SQL Server.

    The following lists the supported database versions:

    DatabaseSupported Version
    MySQL

    8.0

    5.7
    PostgreSQL

     

    9.6
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14

    16

    Oracle

     

     

    12cR2

    18c

    19c

    21c

    SQL Server

     

    2016

    2017
    2019

    2022

  • Asymmetric clustering is backed up based on the node you choose and requires your discretion on the configurations.
  • Additional flat files will be restored to a single directory. After restoring, you can find those files in the default path: /opt/mstr/mstrbak/additional_files.
  • You can only back up a maximum of four nodes in a cluster.
  • Restore to MicroStrategy AWS and Azure supports a maximum of four nodes.

  • You cannot back up OS configurations, such as timezone and heap size.
  • MicroStrategy Backup and Restore unlocks all projects that were previously locked after the restore process.

  • Ensure no cube publication occurs during the backup process as this can lead to corrupt cubes.

Once you have the above settings and installations, you can begin installing MicroStrategy Backup.