Deploy Tableau Server37% of the exam
Air-gapped, blue-green, RMT agent and silent installs
Install and activate Tableau Server inside an air gap, validate repository failover in an HA test, run a Blue/Green upgrade, keep persistent Setup logs, register Resource Monitoring Tool Agents and automate installs with SilentInstaller.py.
2.1 Implement production-ready Tableau Server deployments: 2.1.1 Deploy and configure Tableau Server: 2.1.1.1 Configure an external file store, 2.1.1.2 Configure an external repository, 2.1.1.3 Configure an external gateway, 2.1.1.4 Configure an unlicensed node, 2.1.1.5 Configure a coordination ensemble, 2.1.1.6 Configure a backgrounder process with a specific node role, 2.1.1.7 Configure Tableau for a load balancer; 2.1.2 Install in an air-gapped environment; 2.1.3 Validate a disaster recovery/high availability test strategy; 2.1.4 Perform a blue-green deployment; 2.1.5 Locate and interpret Tableau Server installation logs; 2.1.6 Install and configure Resource Monitoring Tool server and agents; 2.1.7 Plan and implement automated deployment (using a script, that is, Silent Installer).
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What the exam expects
- Install and activate Tableau Server in an air-gapped environment and restore map backgrounds there.
- Write HA/DR acceptance criteria for repository failover that match its documented timing and recovery behavior.
- Plan a Blue/Green upgrade: build and test Green, protect late Blue changes, then cut over.
- Keep Setup's installation log at a persistent location and know where it goes otherwise.
- Install the RMT Server and register Agents on every node of a cluster.
- Automate a Windows install with SilentInstaller.py and its configuration, registration and secrets files.
- The topology items of 2.1.1 (external services, ensemble, node roles, load balancer) are taught in External services, coordination ensemble and load balancers.
Key terms: air-gapped (no outside network access; software moves only on removable media); ATR (authorization-to-run licensing, with a lease called the ATR duration); Blue/Green (Blue is current production, Green a new installation that replaces it); RMT (Resource Monitoring Tool: RMT Server plus an Agent per node, requires Advanced Management); SilentInstaller.py (community-supported Python script for unattended installs).
Key facts
Offline maps
- Detail
vizqlserver.force_maps_to_offlinetrue, then apply; from 2020.4
Offline ATR end date
- Detail
ATRDiag -product "Tableau Server", TTL End
atr-configuration get offline- Detail
- Returns 0, as expected
Failover prerequisites
- Detail
- Three nodes, two repository instances
Failover timing
- Detail
- Unavailable more than 1-5 minutes; PostgreSQL service failure about 1
Original repository returns
- Detail
- Becomes passive; switch back manually
Blue/Green during testing
- Detail
- Green schedules disabled
Blue/Green cutover
- Detail
- Final backup, change freeze, switch by load balancer or DNS, block Blue
Persistent Setup log
- Detail
/logwith path and file name
RMT Agent bootstrap
- Detail
- Valid 24 hours; ports 443 and 5672
RMT performance data
- Detail
- CPU and memory collected from Agent installation onward
SilentInstaller secrets
- Detail
- Missing passwords trigger prompts
Sources for this section (8)
- Air-gapped installhelp.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- ATR servicehelp.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- Repository Failoverhelp.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- Blue/Green upgradehelp.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- Install switcheshelp.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- Install the Agenthelp.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- Install RMThelp.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- Automated installhelp.tableau.com (opens in a new tab)
- Why must ports 443 and 5672 both be open when an RMT Agent registers?
- When an Agent is registered and its web interface was disabled, how do you turn that interface back on?
- Which programs does the RMT Server installer add before RMT Server itself?
- When SilentInstaller.py runs updateTopology, which part of the configuration file is applied?
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