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Tsm configuration get -k basefilepath.backuprestore This file path can be checked to be correct by using: By default this should be: /var/opt/tableau/tableau_server/data/tabsvc/files/backups/ Scp important that this file is moved to TableauвЂ™s specific directory. This was simply the reverse of the scp command from earlier: The first step was to move the backup file from local machine to server. Restoring the backup to replicate the live server Now the вЂSite StatusвЂ™ monitoring views should be viewable on the server.

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If you followed along, at this step uou can now log in by going to your url/ip address and using the admin log in details.ДЇinally I validated the server install by installing the PostgreSQL driversДЇrom the tableau drivers website, find the relevant driver download link (amd.deb file) and use wget and then gdebi to unpackage and install the driver (same as the server unpackaging process). This sets up the first user on the server which will be the admin account for the server. Tabcmd initialuser вЂ“ server 'localhost:80' вЂ“ username 'admin' This part took a while so I went to grab lunch at this point.ДЄfter coming back to a screen saying вЂInitialization CompleteвЂ™ there was just step left before I could go in and check out the server. Then I just clicked вЂInitializeвЂ™ and off Tableau went to set up. The gateway port can be left at default settings. This can either be local or active directory but it must be chosen now and cannot be changed later without reinstalling Tableau Server.ДЇor simplicity I selected local authentication. The important one here is creating the identity store. Once in the Web UI, this is where Tableau Server is activated, so the Tableau Server product key is input as well as general server settings. (if this doesnвЂ™t work try sudo usermod -G tsmadmin -a first then logging in again) Here I encountered issue 3 Sudo /opt/tableau/tableau_server/packages/scripts./initialize-tsm вЂ“ accepteula Here I encountered issue 2ДЄfter the tsm was initialised, I logged into the TSM Web UI on my local machine using the url вЂ with the Ubuntu log in details Once this was complete, I then initialised Tableau Services Manager (TSM) using the command displayed on screen: This resource has the download links for all the previous versions of Tableau as well so itвЂ™s very easy to find the version of Tableau needed. To install Tableau Server, I downloaded the package from the tableau esdalt site.

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Sudo apt update -> sudo apt upgrade -> sudo apt-get autoremove Since it was a fresh new installation of Ubuntu18, I ran the following commands to quickly update the operating system in case I needed certain packages. This isnвЂ™t recommended for production servers but for the purposes of testing out the upgrade process this was enough. Tableau ServerвЂ™s minimum requirements require 4 cores and 16 GBs of RAM and 15GBs of storage. In order to create a test environment I set up a Virtual Machine (VM). I was able to move the file using this command var/opt/tableau/tableau_server/data/tabsvc/files/backups

The default file path for tableau server backup file is the following: Once the backup file was created I moved the file to my local machine. Tsm maintenance backup вЂ“ file вЂ“ append-date I needed to remote (ssh) into the server and then create a backup using the following command: Here I encounted my first issue The first step was to create a backup file of the current live server. If you want to skip to the upgrade section click here Creating the test environment Since I had never upgraded, or even installed a server before I thought it would be a good idea to set up a test environment in which I could install/upgrade Tableau Server before progressing to a live production server.

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I was then swiftly challenged to try and go learn how to upgrade Tableau Server so we could then upgrade it. This week, my colleague was building a dashboard and published it to one of our servers, however the server was on an older version of Tableau, so some of the features were missing. | Bona Wang Upgrading Tableau Server on Linux

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