Installation guide

Important: SolarWinds Failover Engine requires that Microsoft
™
.Net
Framework 4 be installed prior to running Setup.exe. If .Net Framework
4 is not installed when you attempt to initiate Setup, SolarWinds Failover
Engine will prevent installation until .Net Framework 4 is installed.
Windows Server 2003 must have Windows Imaging Component (WIC)
installed prior to installing Microsoft .Net Framework 4.
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Windows Server 2003 x86 and x64 Standard / Enterprise / R2 with
SP2
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Windows Server 2008 x 86 and x64 Standard / Enterprise with SP1 or
SP2
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Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter and
SP1
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Windows Server 2012 x64 Standard / Datacenter
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1GB of available RAM (2GB recommended)
Note: During the setup process, SolarWinds Failover Engine verifies that a
minimum of 1GB of RAM is available.
To ensure proper operation, SolarWinds Failover Engine requires a minimum
of 1GB of RAM in addition to the memory requirements of the Operating System
and installed applications. 256MB of RAM must remain available to the
SolarWinds Failover Engine application suite at all times.
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2 GB of disk space available on the drive to receive the SolarWinds Failover
Engine installation
Note: Although SolarWinds Failover Engine requires only 2GB of available
disk space on the drive to receive the SolarWinds Failover Engine installation,
once installed, the size of each send and receive queue is configured by default
for 10GB. You must ensure that sufficient disk space is available to
accommodate the send and receive queues or modify the queue size
configuration to prevent MaxDiskUsage errors.
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Latest Microsoft security updates
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Local administrator rights for installation
Note: SolarWinds Failover Engine services are required to be run under the
Local System account.
Configuration Requirements
In addition to the system requirements listed above, the network environment
must meet the following criteria to support the installation and operation of
SolarWinds Failover Engine:
12 - Implementation
Installation Guide - SolarWinds Failover Engine