User Guide

Installation
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Installing Data Center Planner
The following steps take you through the Data Center Planner installation process.
NOTE: Data Center Planner does not support network drive installations. The software must be installed on a hard drive partition. In
addition, the installation is not supported on a domain controller. It must be installed on a system with a properly configured hostname,
which resolves to the IP address of the server where the application is installed.
To install the application on a Windows machine, run the DataCenterPlanner.exe, or on a Linux
machine, run the DataCenterPlanner.bin.
1. The Install Anywhere window launches. This may take several minutes.
2. On the first screen, select a language from the drop-down list. Click OK.
3. On the Data Center Planner Introduction screen, click Next.
4. Accept the Data Center Planner license agreement, and click Next. The Choose Install folder screen opens. On
a Linux machine, the path is /usr/local.
5. Accept the Data Center Planner default location folder or choose another location. Click Next.
6. A Database Installation Warning opens advising not to choose Oracle® as a database selection. Click OK.
7. On the Data Center Planner Pre-Installation Summary screen, click Install. This may take several minutes.
8. In the meantime, the Avocent Management Platform (AMP) installation begins. On the AMP Introduction
screen, click Next.
9. Accept the AMP license agreement, and click Next.
10. Accept the AMP default location folder or choose another location. Click Next.
11. Enter an AMP default administrator username and password. Confirm the password, and click Next.
12. On the AMP Database Selection screen, there are four options for installing a database:
a. Install a new PostgreSQL database.
• On the PostgreSQL Database installation screen, enter a password, confirm the password, and click
Next. Be sure to note the password for editing in PostgreSQL.
• On the Pre-Installation Summary screen, click Install.
b. Connect to existing PostgreSQL database.
c. Connect to existing Oracle database. (Oracle database is not supported for use with Data Center
Planner. If you choose this database, the installation will not perform properly.)
d. Connect to existing Microsoft SQL Server database.