Installation Guide

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Topic last modified: 26/10/2011

 

While relatively easy to deploy, installing ObserveIT, like any other software, requires some planning and knowledge of the software's prerequisites and hardware requirements. This installation guide describes the system prerequisites, and all the steps required to deploy ObserveIT on your computers.

 

The documentation includes the following topics:

 

System Requirements

Additional Requirements

Hardware Sizing Guidelines

Database Sizing

Network Sizing

 

Deploying the Server-Side Components

ObserveIT Installation

Configuring IIS

Installing IIS 6.0 on Windows Server 2003

Creating a New Web Site in IIS 6.0

Change IIS 6.0 Listening Port

Installing IIS 7.X on Windows Server 2008/R2

Creating a New Web Site in IIS 7.X

Creating a New Classic Application Pool in IIS 7.X

Change IIS 7.X Listening Port

Configuring SQL Server

Performing a Custom Installation

ObserveIT Database Installer

Web Management Console Installation

Application Server installation

Installing ObserveIT Server Components in a Custom Folder

Using DNS to Enable Agent Auto Configuration

Configuring File System Data Store

Licensing And Activation

Troubleshooting Installation Issues

 

Deploying the Agents

Windows Agent Deployment

Manual Installation

Automated Installation

Network Installation

Hidden Installation

Quiet Installation

Unix Agent Deployment

Linux Agent Deployment

 

Upgrading ObserveIT

One Click Upgrade

Upgrading the Windows Agents

Upgrading the Unix Agent

Upgrading the Linux Agent

Manually Upgrading the Database

Manually Upgrading the Web and Application Server

Upgrading the Xpress Edition to the Enterprise Edition

 

Uninstalling ObserveIT

Removing ObserveIT Web Components

Removing ObserveIT Database

Removing the Windows Agent

Removing the Unix Agent

Removing the Linux Agent