Installing NerveCenter - Doing Silent and Remote Installations on Windows -
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Doing Silent and Remote Installations on Windows

A silent installation is an installation done from the command line. In a text file, you provide all the configuration values that you would normally enter in the Setup GUI. A remote installation is done using Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) tools.

Note    Remote installations can only be performed on a Windows Server. Windows Workstation is not supported by SMS 1.x for this type of installation.

The procedures for both are very similar -- remote installations using SMS include one additional step. The following steps describe the procedure:

  1. Create a source directory from which to install.
  2. Edit the installation configuration file.
  3. Run Setup from the command line.
  4. If you are doing remote installations using SMS, use the SMS Administrator to create a package and install NerveCenter on remote machines.

Follow the instructions in this chapter to do a silent or remote installation of the following NerveCenter components:

NerveCenter Components

Component

Description

NerveCenter Client

Lets you monitor your network, as well as design and manage behavior models.

NerveCenter Administrator

Lets you configure NerveCenter.

NerveCenter Server

Carries out all major tasks, including polling SNMP agents, triggering alarms, and making sure that alarm transitions occur.

Platform Adapters

Integrate NerveCenter with supported network management platforms. (See the Release Notes for a complete list.)

NerveCenter Web support

Integrates NerveCenter with supported Web servers. (See the Release Notes for a complete list.)

Online documentation

Provides the NerveCenter library in HTML with a full-text search engine. (PDF versions are also installed for printing. See readme.txt in the docs directory for more information.)

Seagate Crystal Reports 6.0

Lets you run reports that you can use to publish NerveCenter data.

 

You can install the components on any machine that meets the configuration requirements. (See the Release Notes.) If you integrate NerveCenter with a network management platform, the platform adapter must be installed on the machine that is running the network management platform.

Caution    Before you install NerveCenter, make sure you meet the prerequisites. See Preparing to Install NerveCenter on Windows.

This chapter includes the following sections:

Sections Included in this Chapter

Section

Description

Creating a Source Directory

Provides instructions on creating the source directory, from which you will install NerveCenter or create SMS packages.

Editing the Installation Configuration File

Describes how to edit the configuration file so NerveCenter is installed with the options you specify.

Running Setup from the Command Line

Describes how to install NerveCenter on a single machine from the command line.

Installing NerveCenter Remotely

Describes how to create an SMS package and install NerveCenter on one or more machines.

Configuring the Database Remotely

Describes how to create and install the database remotely.

Configuring NerveCenter Remotely

Describes how to change the NerveCenter configuration on one or more machines.

 

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This file was last updated on 10 October 2000