User guide

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User Guide 2-9
Installing on a Windows NT or Windows 2000 System
13 If there are any ExtremeWare EPICenter or ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager servers
running as services, a notice appears advising you that the services are being shut
down. <
The installation software then copies the EPICenter program files from the CD to your
system.
14 When the files have been copied, the Install as a Service dialog box asks if you want to
install the ExtremeWare EPICenter database and web server components as Windows
NT services.
— Click Yes to install the EPICenter components as services. This is strongly
recommended. If the EPICenter components run as services, they will be started
automatically on system boot, and will persist across user logins and logouts.
You must have NT Administrator privileges to install the EPICenter components
as services.
In addition, if you want to be able to import user and host information from a Windows
NT Domain Controller, the EPICenter server must run with permissions that allow it to
get user information from a Domain Controller.
— Click No if you do not want to install the components as services.
15 If youareupgradingfromthepreviousreleaseof theEPICentersoftware,youareasked
whether you want to copy the database and other persistent data to the new
installation. Click Yes to copy the data, or No to continue without doing so.
If you answer Yes, an MS-DOSwindowwillappear briefly while thedatabasecontents
are dumped from the old database and loaded into the new database.
For the EPICenter 3.1 release, this installation utility will upgrade the database
from ExtremeWare EPICenter 3.0. Database upgrades from ExtremeWare
Enterprise Manager versions are not supported.
16 The installation procedure now installs the license key. An MS-DOS window will
appear briefly while this occurs.
Ifthe license key you enteredis invalid, an errorwindowpops up. Ifyou did not enter
alicense key, awarningpopsup. In either case, you canusethe
instlic utility to enter
a valid license key after you have completed your installation.
17 In the final dialog box, EPICenter Setup Complete, you can do the following.
— Click the checkbox to indicate you want to view the Readme file
— If you have installed the EPICenter components as services, click the second
checkbox to indicate you want your system to be restarted. If you choose not to