Installing WhatsUp Gold using WhatsUp Setup

Note: The Release Notes contain the most up-to-date information about installing WhatsUp Gold. Read the release notes prior to installing to be aware of any potential installation issues.

Note: If you are installing WhatsUp Gold on a Windows 2003 Server, you must first install IIS 6.0 on the server prior to running the installation utility. For information on how to install and configure IIS, see Installing IIS on Windows Server 2003.

Before installing WhatsUp Gold

Installing WhatsUp Gold is a simple straightforward process, however there are several decisions that you must make, and options that you should be aware of before you install WhatsUp Gold.

You can choose to use either the bundled Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, installed by the WhatsUp Gold installation program, or an existing Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2, or Microsoft SQL Server Cluster 2005, 2008, or 2008 R2 to store the data collected by WhatsUp Gold. See Installing WhatsUp Gold using advanced options for more information.
You can choose to create and use a SQL Server user account other than the recommended 'sa' SQL Server account. See Installing WhatsUp Gold for more information.
Important: If you want to change the SQL Server user account, the account you want to use must have the same permissions as the 'sa' account. The password you create must meet any password complexity rules enforced by the local server or domain.
You can choose to use port 80 or some other port for the WhatsUp Gold web site that is created and runs on the IIS web server. See Installing WhatsUp Gold for more information.
Note: It is recommended that port 80 be used for the WhatsUp Gold web site. If another port number is used, the URL for the WhatsUp Gold web site will require that port number to be appended to the hostname or IP address when forming the URL. For example if you chose 8888 as the port number instead of 80 your URL for a WhatsUp Gold install on the local host would be: localhost/nmconsole:8888

Note:If port 80 is used by a current IIS web site, you must either allow WhatsUp Gold to disable that web site and take over port 80, or choose another port.
You can choose to use a non-default database name for the WhatsUp Gold and Flow Monitor databases. See Installing WhatsUp Gold using advanced options for more information.
Note: The default database name for the WhatsUp Gold database is WhatsUp, the default name for the Flow Monitor database is Netflow, and the default name for the Flow Monitor Archive database is NFArchive.

Note: The Netflow Archive database will use the Flow Monitor database name with the letters 'Ar' appended to the end. If you have changed the Flow Monitor database name to NetFlowDB, the NetFlow Archive database will be NetFlowDBAr.
You can choose to create a non-default Windows user account for WhatsUp Gold (default: WhatsUpGold_User). See Installing WhatsUp Gold using advanced options for more information.
You can choose to use Windows Authentication to access an existing remote Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2, or Microsoft SQL Server Cluster 2005, 2008, or 2008 R2. See Using Windows Authentication for remote database access for more information.

Note: The installation instructions in this document apply only to WhatsUp Gold Standard Edition and WhatsUp Gold Premium Edition. For installation instructions for WhatsUp Gold Distributed Edition or WhatsUp Gold MSP Edition, see WhatsUp Gold Distributed Edition Deployment Guide or WhatsUp Gold MSP Edition Deployment Guide.