Configuration Options

Before installing Ipswitch Analytics, evaluate your current MOVEit system to determine the best installation configuration for your organization. Your organization's MOVEit servers may be located on stand-alone machines, separate from their MOVEit databases, or both MOVEit Server and MOVEit database may be installed on the same machine. Your organization may have numerous MOVEit servers, or perhaps only one or two MOVEit servers.

Consider the following components when deciding how to install Ipswitch Analytics within your existing MOVEit system:

• The Ipswitch Analytics Server: You must install the Server on a standalone machine. The Server installation includes the installation of a dedicated PostgreSQL database.
• Ipswitch Analytics Agents: You must install one Agent for each MOVEit database that you want to include in the Ipswitch Analytics environment for analysis. You can install an Agent on any machine that has network access to the MOVEit database; the Agent machine does not need network access to the MOVEit server. The Agent must also have network access to the Ipswitch Analytics Server, but cannot be installed on the Ipswitch Analytics Server. You can install only one Agent per machine (bare metal or virtual machine), and one Agent per SQL instance.
• MOVEit Central Servers and Databases
• MOVEit DMZ Servers and Databases

Below are some sample Ipswitch Analytics installation configurations. Each sample configuration includes only one MOVEit Central server and only one MOVEit DMZ server for demonstration purposes. Your system could have a different number of MOVEit servers. You can choose a different configuration for each MOVEit server if desired.

Note: The sample configurations show only three web browsers connecting to the Ipswitch Analytics Server, but the Ipswitch Analytics Server can support up to 100 concurrent web client users.

MOVEit server, MOVEit database and Ipswitch Analytics Agent installed on same machine:

MOVEit server installed on a separate machine, with MOVEit database and Ipswitch Analytics Agent installed on the same machine:

MOVEit server, MOVEit database and Ipswitch Analytics Agent installed on separate standalone machines:

The following four configurations show MOVEit DMZ and MOVEit Central installed on standalone machines with both MOVEit SQL Server databases sharing a third standalone machine.

One Agent installed on the SQL Server database machine and one Agent installed on a standalone machine (physical or virtual):

Both Agents installed on standalone machines (physical or virtual):

One Agent installed on the SQL Server database machine, the other Agent installed on a MOVEit server:

An Agent installed on each MOVEit server:

MOVEit DMZ Web Farms

If your MOVEit DMZ system is set up as a Web Farm, it contains only one MOVEit database. Install only one Agent, either on the Web Farm database machine, or on a separate machine that has a network connection connects to the Web Farm database machine.

MOVEit DMZ Web Farm database connected to multiple MOVEit DMZ servers. Ipswitch Analytics Agent installed on same machine as Web Farm database:

MOVEit DMZ Web Farm database connected to multiple MOVEit DMZ servers. Ipswitch Analytics Agent installed on a separate standalone machine that connects to the Web Farm database:

MOVEit Central High Availability (HA)

If your MOVEit Central system is set up for High Availability (HA), you will have a primary server and a secondary (failover) server that activates only if the primary server fails. Below are the two possible configuration options for installing Ipswitch Analytics into a MOVEit Central HA environment. Dotted lines indicate dormant connections.

Single Microsoft SQL Server Database

MOVEit Central primary and secondary servers point to the same Microsoft SQL Server database on a standalone machine. Install one Agent on the MOVEit Central Microsoft SQL Server database machine.

Two Local MySQL Databases

In this scenario, the primary and secondary servers point to their own local MySQL databases. Install Agents on each MOVEit Central server. You can use a single Agent license for both the primary and secondary Agents since only one database will send data to the Agent at a time.