Installing the ELM Server

Installing the ELM Server is an easy and straight forward process. When you've determined that your system meets the minimum system requirements, begin the installation of the application.

Installing the ELM Server

To Install the ELM Server:

1.Double-click the ELM70_nnn.exe file you downloaded to execute it (where nnn is the build number). The Setup Wizard will launch.

2.In the Service Logon field, enter the account to use for the service account. This account must have administrative rights on the ELM Server, rights to the SQL server if using Windows authentication, and on all Windows systems monitored by ELM Virtual Agents. For a domain account, use the pattern Domain\User. Enter the password for this account in the Password field. If the account specified in the preceding step does not already have Log on as a Service rights on the ELM Server, the Setup process will grant this right to the account.

3.Select the ELM Components to install and modify the Install location if desired. The ELM Console and Dashboard are recommended though optional on the ELM server.

4.Select I agree to the ELM Enterprise Manager license terms. and click Install to continue.

5.Setup will copy the files to the destination folder, Install and register its components and install the ELM Server service.

6.When the install has completed successfully you will be presented with options such as configuring the ELM database and launching the console.

7.If Configure ELM Database Behavior is selected then Database Settings dialog will display when Finish is clicked.

8.Upon the First console launch you will also be presented with the server properties to Enter you license serial number or continue in Evaluation mode.

9.If the ELM Agent component was selected, then the Register Server Computer progress screen will appear.  Follow the instructions to setup the service agent, using the Domain\User to authenticate to the ELM server.

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.