Failover Installation Procedures (Secondary Site)
To install WhatsUp Gold:
- Log in to Microsoft Windows as Administrator or using a comparable account with full administrative privileges to the computer.
- Double-click the downloaded WhatsUp Gold installation file to start the WhatsUp Setup. If you purchased a WhatsUp Setup CD-ROM, insert the disk into the computer. If WhatsUp Setup does not run automatically, click , then enter the CD path followed by AutoRun.exe (for example, D:\AutoRun.exe).
- Select the language in which you want the WhatsUp Gold installer to run, then click .
- Read the Welcome screen and indicate you want to configure WhatsUp Gold using mode. Advanced installation installs the application using additional user-defined settings including Failover and/or Distributed features, an existing instance of SQL Server, or a dedicated Windows account for IIS. Then, click to proceed.
- Review the results of the system configuration check. If any prerequisite checks did not pass, please resolve them, then click to perform the system configuration check again. Click to proceed.
- Enable , then click to proceed to License Information.
- Enter your WhatsUp Gold Activation Key, then click to proceed.
- Enable the applicable checkbox to indicate you intend to install WhatsUp Gold with features, then click .
- If prompted, select . Note that the presentation of this option is dependent upon the license key entered. It will not be displayed if your specific key has failover features enabled by default.
- Select , then click .
: When installing WhatsUp Gold in a Failover configuration, you MUST install the Secondary site prior to installing the Primary site.
- Configure your SQL Server instance as follows:
- If you would like to use the local SQL Server 2014 Express SP1 instance included with WhatsUp Gold:
- If you would like to use an existing SQL Server instance:
- Select , then click .
- Enter the SQL Server name or IP address (followed by the database instance if you are connecting to a non-default database instance, e.g.,
ip address\database name
) along with the SQL Server Administrator Login name and password for WhatsUp Gold to use to access the existing instance, then click . - Enter names for the WhatsUp, iDrone Service, and NetFlow databases being created, then click .
- Enter and confirm a password for the new SQL Server Login WhatsUp Gold will use to access the databases, then click .
- Select the destination folder for the WhatsUp Gold installation, then click .
- Enter the TCP port number for WhatsUp Gold to use for communication with the IIS website, then click . The default and recommended port number is 80.
- Enter a password for the new Windows account created for dedicated WhatsUp Gold use, then click .
- Select any additional language packs you would like to install with WhatsUp Gold, then click .
- Click . The WhatsUp Gold install program begins the installation. When the installation program completes, the InstallShield Wizard Complete dialog appears.
- Click . The setup program closes.
: To successfully complete installation of WhatsUp Gold using Failover features, proceed with Finalizing WhatsUp Gold installation using Failover features.