Installation guide

The target Windows machine must not have a VCM Agent installed before you install VCM. If an

Agent is installed, you must uninstall the Agent for VCM to install.

n "Verify the SQLXML Version" on page27

SQLXML provides client-side XML functionality and enhancements to existing SQL features. Verify that

the correct version is installed.

Establish Local Administration Rights

Verify that the user account of the person who performs the VCM installation, upgrade, or migration has

all of the required rights.

The following rights are required.

n System administrator on the machines on which the installation or upgrade is performed.

n System administrator on the database instance to be used.

n Member of a domain.

The installing user account should not be the account used for VCM services, because the login of the

VCM service account is disabled during installation.

After installation, do not create a VCM user that uses the SQL Server services account credentials.

What to do next

Verify the compatibility of your browser. See "Verify Browser Compatibility" below.

Verify Browser Compatibility

Verify that the target VCM Collector machine, and any other machines that will access the VCM Web

console interface on the VCM Collector, have a compatible Web browser installed.

VCM supports the following browsers.

n Internet Explorer version 8 and 9.

n Internet Explorer version 10 in compatibility mode.

n Mozilla Firefox version 6.0 or later with the Internet Explorer IE Tab add-on. This add-on requires

Internet Explorer 6.0 to be installed on the machine.

What to do next

Verify the default Network Authority account. See "Verify the Default Network Authority Account"

below.

Verify the Default Network Authority Account

Define the network authority account in the Local Administrators group on the Collector machine before

you install VCM. The network authority account must be a domain account. VCM uses the default

network authority account to collect data from Windows Agent machines.

You specify the default network authority account during VCM installation. The default network authority

account can be a system administrator account, such as a Domain Admin in the Local Admin Group.

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