Installation Guide

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OpManager Enterprise Edition

Installation & Getting Started Guide

Read this document if you are planning to install OpManager EE in your environment. It provides the steps involved in installing and setting up the platform.

Pre-requisite
To proceed further you should have downloaded the OpManager EE Central Server and Probe builds from out site. If you don't possess one, please download the builds first. We also expect you to have the following info ready before installing.

  1. name of remote sites that you plan to manage with this system
  2. key contacts in those sites
  3. proxy server details (if any) of your sites
  4. list of devices to be monitored /managed in each site

Setting up the hardware for installation

Having the right hardware and software resources on a system, enables better performance of the application installed on that system. Make sure the specified requirements are met for OpManager EE to perform effectively.

Minimum hardware requirements OpManager EE Central Server:

Number of devices  or interfaces*

Processor

Ram

Hard disk

< 20,000 interfaces or < 2,000 devices

2 Ghz Quad core

4 GB

120 GB SATA

< 50,000 interfaces or < 5,000 devices

2.5 Ghz Quad core

8 GB

2 x 80 GB hard disks in SCSI RAID 0 configuration

> 50,000 interfaces or > 5,000 devices

3 Ghz Quad core

16 GB

4 X 80 GB hard disks in SCSI RAID 0 configuration

* whichever comes first


Minimum hardware requirements for OpManager EE Probe:

Number of devices or interfaces*

Processor

Ram

Hard disk

< 1000 interfaces or < 100 devices

2 Ghz Pentium 4

2 GB

60 GB SATA

< 5000 interfaces or < 500 devices

2 Ghz Duo core

4 GB

80 GB SATA

< 10000 interfaces or < 1000 devices

2.4 Ghz Duo core

4 GB

120 GB SATA

* whichever comes first

Supported Operating Systems for both Central Server and Probe:

Windows - Windows 2003 server, Windows 2000 server, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Vista.

Linux – Any linux distribution with glibc >= 2.3 and X libraries installed.

Unsupported – FreeBSD, Solaris.


Step:1 - Installing OpManager EE Central Server
Double click the AdventNet_ManageEngine_OpManager_EE_Central_windows.exe and follow the instructions on screen. Refer the screenshots in the presentation below for assistance.


Step:2 - Important things you need to do post installation

Connect to the server URL via internet, preferably from a different machine than the server, and check if you are able to see the user interface without any problem. Then do the following after installing the Central:

  2. Add Site

Step:3 - Installing OpManager EE Probe

Double click the AdventNet_ManageEngine_OpManager_EE_Probe_windows.exe and follow the instructions on screen. Refer the screenshots in the presentation below for assistance.

While installing the you will be prompted for the probe key. To get the probe key

  1. Go to the Central web client and create a Probe.
  2. A key for this probe will be made available for download.
  3. Download the key in the machine where the Probe is installed.
  4. Locate the key in the Probe installation wizard.




Step:4 - Discovering devices

Connect to the probe URL via internet and check if you are able to see the user interface without any problem. Goto Admin -> Discover Network or Discover device to discover your devices.


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