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Chapter 1
Preparing for the installationIntroduction
This chapter describes the preparation required prior to installing Ensim Pro, including system requirements, Web browser requirements, license requirements, and other requirements.
Time required for the installation
The time required to install Ensim Pro is between 15 to 20 minutes for a server conforming to the requirements specified in System requirements. However, this time can vary depending your hardware and software configuration.
System requirements
The following sections list the minimum hardware, software, and Web browser requirements for installing and accessing Ensim Pro.
Hardware requirements
Table 1-1 lists the minimum hardware requirements for Ensim Pro.
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Verify that you have adequate disk space on the server where you are installing Ensim Pro. Additionally, verify that the disk uses the NTFS file system.
Software requirements
The software required before installing Ensim Pro is:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Standard, Enterprise or Web edition) - English
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After installing the Windows Server 2003 operating system, download the Windows Server 2003 (KB 828741) patch from http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-012.mspx, and install it. After installing the patch, ensure that you restart the server.
- Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE 8.0): This software is required only when installing Ensim Pro in the silent installation mode. Download the MSDE installation file, SQL2KDeskSP3.exe from
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/downloads/2000/sp3.asp.- Optional: For installing the Ensim Pro add-ons, you need to install the following applications:
- ColdFusion MX 6.1
- Urchin 5.x
- IMail Server 8.13 from Ipswitch Collaboration Suite
- MySQL 4.0.12, and MyODBC 3.51.06
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Before installing Ensim Pro, ensure that ActivePerl, PHP, Webalizer, Power Tools, or MSDE are not installed on the Ensim Pro server.
Windows Server 2003 requirements
This section describes the Ensim Pro requirements specific to Windows Server 2003.
Ensure that the following components and services of Windows Server 2003 are installed on the server before installing Ensim Pro on it.
- ASP.NET (located under Application Server)
- Domain Name System (located under Networking Services)
- Internet Information Services (IIS)
Ensure the following components/services are present under IIS:
- Common Files
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Service
- FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions
- Internet Information Services Manager
- SMTP Service
- World Wide Web Service
Ensure the following components/services are installed under World Wide Web Service: Active Server Pages, Remote Administration (HTML), Server Side Includes, and World Wide Web Service.
- QoS Packet Scheduler (located under Local Area Connection Properties)
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Ensim Pro is not compatible with Active Directory Services; however, it can be later installed on a server with Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM).
Before installing Ensim Pro, ensure that the Active Directory Services (ADS) component is not installed.
Web browser requirements
To access the Ensim Pro interface (after installing Ensim Pro), you need Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 5.5 and later, with cookies enabled.
Other versions and browsers have either not been tested, or are incompatible with Ensim Pro.
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The Ensim Pro interface is best viewed in Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 5.5 and later, with a 1024 X 768-pixel screen resolution (or higher) and 16-bit color (or higher).
You must set the Web browser’s security level to Medium, since the default High security level used in Windows Server 2003 will not enable certain functionalities of Ensim Pro.
Other requirements
Installation drive paths
Before installing Ensim Pro on a server, ensure that all the drives where the Ensim Pro program and site or domain data files are stored must have the NTFS file system.
Ports used by Ensim Pro and other supported third-party applications
Ensure that the following ports used by Ensim Pro and other supported third-party applications are not closed.
License requirement
You need a valid license before you can log on as the server administrator and begin using Ensim Pro. When you buy Ensim Pro from the Ensim Storefront (https://buy.ensim.com), you receive the license file as an attachment with the order confirmation email from Ensim.
Ensim Pro requires a valid license for a pre-determined number of sites, for example, a 250-domain license.
For more information on registering the license, see Registering the license for Ensim Pro.
Applications included with Ensim Pro
Ensim Pro includes the following applications:
- ActivePerl 5.6.1
- PHP 4.2.3
- Webalizer 2.01
- Power Tools
- ImageMagick 5.5.7
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