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Procedure

1. Click Start and select All Programs > Administrative Tools > Server Manager.

2. Expand Server Manager (<server name>) and expand Roles.

3. Click Web Server (IIS).

4. Scroll to Role Services.

5. Locate ISAPI Extensions and verify that the role service is installed.

6. If the role service is not installed, click Add Role Services and add the ISAPI Extensions role service.

What to do next

Prepare SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) to generate VCM reports. See "Configure SSRS on the

VCMCollector" below.

Configure SSRS on the VCMCollector

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is a server-based report generation software system that is

administered using a web interface and used to deliver VCM reports.

Back Up Your SSRS Key

The rskeymgmt utility manages the symmetric keys used by a report server. This utility provides a way to

delete encrypted content that can no longer be used if you cannot recover or apply the key.

Use the Microsoft command-line utility to back up the symmetric key to an encrypted file.

Prerequisites

n See the online Microsoft Support center for details about how to use the rskeymgmt utility.

Procedure

1. On the Collector file system, locate the rskeymgmt.exe utility at c:\Program Files (x86)

\Microsoft SQLServer\100\Tools\Binn or the directory where you installed SQLServer.

2. To copy your SSRS key set to a removable media device and store it in a secure location, open a

command line prompt and run the rskeymgmt.exe utility with the appropriate options.

Disable IE Protected Mode for SSRS

On the VCM Collector, when User Account Control (UAC) is turned on and Internet Explorer Protected

Mode is enabled, SSRS user permissions errors and Web service errors on dashboards and node

summaries can occur. UAC and Internet Explorer Protected Mode also block access to the

http://localhost/reports SSRS administration interfaces. If you use another machine to access the VCM Web

console interface, this problem does not occur.

CAUTION Do not use the VCM Collector Web console interface for general Internet access, because

doing so causes VCM SSRS dashboard errors. If you access the Internet through the VCM Collector

Web console interface, to enable the SSRS dashboards you must either disable Internet Explorer

Protected Mode for the zone of the Collector or run Internet Explorer as administrator.

Do not modify the Internet Explorer Protected Mode setting in other circumstances, because doing

so reduces the protection on the Collector and can increase the exposure of the Collector to attacks

through Internet Explorer.

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