HP WebQoS for Windows 2000 and NT Release Notes

HP WebQoS for Windows

Installation Requirements

This section contains some general information about product dependencies and

requirements.

• The WebQoS software includes six main components: the WebQoS Services for IIS (also

referred to as the SCA), the WebQoS Controller Interface (also referred to as the SCI), the

WebQoS Controller Operator (also referred to as the SCO), the WebQoS Management

Console, the WebQoS Database, and the WebQoS API. The WebQoS Services for IIS must

be installed on the system where Microsoft IIS is running; that system must be running

Windows Server or Windows Advanced Server.

• HP WebQoS for Windows 2000 only supports IIS version 5.0. HP WebQoS for Windows NT

only supports IIS version 4.0.

• For Windows 2000, you must install Service Pack 1 (SP1).

For Windows NT 4.0, you must install Service Pack 6a (SP6a) and the Windows Scripting

Host from option pack 4.

• You should have IIS installed and conﬁgured properly before installing HP WebQoS.

• In order to conﬁgure HP WebQoS to properly manage IIS systems, the DNS environment

must be set up correctly. It is highly recommended that you use fully-qualiﬁed hostnames

(for example, www.hp.com) whenever possible. Make sure that the Computer Name of the

Windows system matches the hostname deﬁned in the DNS server.

Installing HP WebQoS

This section describes how to install WebQoS and how to upgrade from an earlier version of

WebQoS. It also includes information on system prerequisites.

Step 1. Check system prerequisites.

Step 2. Remove any older version of WebQoS installed on the system.

Step 3. Install, conﬁgure, and start the Microsoft Internet Information Server.

Step 4. Install the WebQoS software.

Step 5. Verify the WebQoS software installation.

Step 6. Locate and print the manual HP WebQoS Administration Guide. The manual is

installed with the WebQoS software in the following location:

<install-directory>

\docs\install_config_guide.pdf