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Installing or Upgrading the Tableau Server

FICO provides installation bundles for Tableau. Always back up your Tableau configuration before upgrading. Tableau Server on Windows now includes Tableau Services Manager (TSM), which replaces the Configuration Utility and the command line tool. Download and copy the appropriate bundle to the target machine. If you currently use version 2018.1 or older then FICO recommends you back up your Tableau configuration and uninstall your current version before installing 2019.1.
Note Tableau specifies minimum hardware requirements and recommendations that apply to all computers running Tableau Server version: 2019.1, including physical hardware and virtual machines (VMs). Full details are available on the Tableau website, for more see Infrastructure Planning.
  • Minimum requirements are the minimum hardware your computer must have in order to install Tableau Server. If your computer does not meet these requirements, the Setup program will not install Tableau Server. These requirements are appropriate for testing and prototyping.
  • Minimum recommendations are higher than minimum requirements, and represent the minimum hardware configuration you should use for a production installation of Tableau Server. If your computer meets the minimum requirements but does not meet these recommendations, the setup program will warn you but you can continue the installation.

In addition, Tableau Server should not be installed on a physical computer or on a VM instance that is also running resource-intensive applications such as databases or application servers.

If you install Tableau Server on a computer that meets the minimum requirements but does not have at least 8 cores and 16 GB of system memory, the default number of all processes installed is reduced to one of each process by design.

For Windows installations, see Tableau Server Windows Minimum Hardware Requirements and Recommendations.

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