Getting a Quick Start with NerveCenter - Installing NerveCenter - Installing NerveCenter on Windows -
Running the Installation Script      Setting Up the NerveCenter Database on Windows

Installing NerveCenter on Windows

You run a setup wizard to install and configure NerveCenter on Windows.

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   You must have the appropriate rights, hardware, and software to install NerveCenter. See Requirements for Using This Book on page 3 to find out what's required to install NerveCenter and perform the exercises in this book.

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Installing NerveCenter on Windows involves two main steps:

• Running the Windows Setup Wizard
• Setting Up the NerveCenter Database on Windows

Running the Windows Setup Wizard

This section describes how to run the Windows Setup wizard. Prior to installation, close all applications that are running.

 
  To run the Windows Setup:

1. Insert the NerveCenter CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. From the Windows Control Panel, start the Add/Remove Programs application, and select Install.

   The Welcome dialog box is displayed. This dialog box includes cautions regarding copyright and installation prerequisites. The prerequisites that concern you right now are detailed in the section Requirements for Using This Book on page 3.

3. Select Next.

   The license agreement is displayed.

4. Read the license agreement, and then select Yes.

   The NerveCenter Components dialog box is displayed. Here, you select the NerveCenter components you want to install.

   

5. Select the following checkboxes:
   • Client -- Lets you monitor your network or manage behavior models.
   • Server -- Monitors managed nodes, performs actions associated with alarm transitions, and maintains NerveCenter objects. The server is installed as a Windows service by default.
   • Online Documentation -- Helps you learn to use NerveCenter.
6. Select Next.

   The Destination Directory dialog box is displayed. In this dialog box, you specify the directory where you want NerveCenter to be installed.

7. Select Next to accept the default location.

   The NT Service Configuration dialog box is displayed. For this installation, we will start the NerveCenter Server manually.

   

8. Select Next without making any changes.

   The License Key dialog box is displayed. The license provided with NerveCenter limits the number of clients that can connect to the server and the number of nodes that can be managed.

   

9. Enter the serial number you received with your NerveCenter license by typing four characters in each of the eight fields. If you have more than one serial number, enter only the server serial number now.

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      Four characters are not used in NerveCenter serial numbers: These are 0 (zero), 1 (one), 5, and Q.

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   When you are finished, select Next.

   The Security Options dialog box is displayed. This dialog box lets you set up the groups that NerveCenter uses to authenticate users.

   

10. Select Next without changing the default value.

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       Your name is automatically added to the NerveCenter Admins group.

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    The Trap Options dialog box is displayed. This dialog box lets you decide whether NerveCenter will process traps from SNMP v3 entities (in addition to traps from SNMP v1 and v2c agents). For this installation, we will not support SNMP v3.

    

11. Select Next without making any changes.

    For the remaining dialog boxes, select Next to accept the default values. Setup copies all files to your disk. When the files are copied, the Setup Complete dialog box is displayed. This dialog box reminds you to add users to your groups and to configure NerveCenter using the Administrator module. Since you did not install the Administrator at this time, you will not be making these settings.

12. Select Finish.

    The DBWizard application is displayed so that you can set up a database. Continue to the next section, Setting Up the NerveCenter Database on Windows.