Installing the ELM Console

The ELM Console is an optional install and provides a pre-configured MMC snap-in accessible through the Windows program menu. A new ELM Console can be created, or the ELM Console can be added to an administrative toolbox of snap-ins using the steps below.

Adding the ELM Console snap-in to Microsoft Management Console

1.To start the Microsoft Management Console, click Start | Run, enter mmc, and click OK. An empty MMC will appear.

2.Depending on your version of Windows, open either the Console menu or the File menu and select Add/Remove Snap-in. The Add/Remove dialog will appear.

3.On the Standalone tab click the Add button. A list of standalone snap-ins will appear.

4.Select ELM Enterprise Manager from the list of snap-ins and click Add. Add other snap-ins, as necessary and click Close to close the list available of snap-ins. The Add/Remove dialog will appear.

5.Click Close to close the Add/Remove dialog. The MMC will re-appear.

6.Depending on your version of Windows, open either the Console menu or the File menu and select Save to save the configured MMC.

Note
During install several configuration changes are made.  These changes are listed below.

When installing the ELM Server:

•On Windows Vista and later operating systems, the local computer policy 'Do not forcefully unload the users registry at user logoff' is enabled. This setting can be found in Windows 2008 Group Policy under Computer Configuration | Policies | Administrative Templates: Policy definitions | System | User Profiles.

When installing the ELM Console:

•DCOM permissions are set to allow users and the ELM Server service to communicate with the ELM Console snap-in and ELM Server process.

•The ELM Server computer is added to the Local intranet zone in IE.