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Nuance Management Center Server Installation and Configuration Guide
Server installation prerequisites
Ensure you have the following available before installing Nuance Management Center. You must provide the
following during the installation.
Prerequisite Additional Information
Local Administrator privileges You must have Local Administrator privileges on the NMC server to
install Nuance Management Center, as the installation process deploys a
Windows service.
NMS service user
Windows user account that runs the NMS Platform service. Can be
LOCAL SYSTEM account or another Windows account.
If you choose another Windows account, it must meet the following
requirements:
l Has Log on as a service rights to log on to your NMC server as
a service
l Is a privileged account, which enables the service to bind to port
443 and to ensure the service has write access throughout the
file system
l Has read/write/delete access to the NMS file share
You provide this account name and password during the Nuance
Management Center installation.
Database server and database
user
During the Nuance Management Center installation, you'll need to select
the database server to which you're installing, and the authentication
method. Choose from:
l Windows authentication
l SQL Server authentication
If you choose SQL Server authentication, you must provide the database
user login and password. This user must have dbcreator privileges.
NMS file share location
UNC root path used as permanent data storage by the NMC server for
application data, such as sites, groups, and users.
Required for both single and multi-node deployments. If you do not
specify a location, the default location is used (C:\Pro-
gramData\NMS\Filestore).
For multi-node deployments, you must specify the same file share
location for each node on which you install Nuance Management Center.
The NMS service user is used to access this location by default.
Shared drive and user
account/password (multi-node
deployments)
l Common file store for all nodes to access.
l
User account and password for the user with permission to
access the shared drive.
This can be the NMS service user or a different user account. If
you choose a different user account, the user must have cre-
ate/read/update/delete permissions.
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