Prepare the Environment for the Server Installation

Before you run the Surveyor server installation program, take these steps to make sure software pre-requisites are met and the installation itself can run smoothly.

NOTE: The Surveyor installation configures most of the settings needed in Microsoft IIS, however, you will still need to manually enable IIS 6.x in Microsoft Server 2003.

1. Identify the dedicated computer or VM you are planning to use for the server, and confirm that it is configured to meet installation requirements.
   • Minimum 4GB of RAM, 80GB of free hard disk space with a reasonably fast processor (ideally with 2 processors or cores).
   • Supported operating system, web server, and SQL Server software. SQL Server 2008 Express Edition is supported for evaluations. Production use of Surveyor requires SQL Server Standard Edition or other licensed editions.

2. Log in to the Surveyor server computer as a user that is a member of the Local Administrator group.
3. Windows Server 2003 systems: Open the Control Panel, navigate to Add or Remove Programs / Add/Remove Windows Components, and in the wizard, do the following:
   • To avoid security-related errors during installation, clear the Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration check box. For more information, see Microsoft KB article 815141.
   • Select the Application Server check box, click Details, and then make sure ASP.NET and Internet Information Services (IIS) are selected. For more information, see Enable ASP.NET (IIS 6.0) on the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

Windows Server 2008 systems: Add the appropriate Windows components for IIS 7 and ASP.NET, as described in Deploying an ASP.NET Server (IIS 7) on Microsoft TechNet.

4. Open IIS Manager, and allow ASP.NET v2.0.50727.
   • IIS 6: Click Web Service Extensions, select ASP.NET v2.0.50727, and then click Allow.
     
     
     
     
   • IIS 7: Select the server home, double-click ISAPI and CGI Restrictions, and then allow ASP.NET v2.0.50727.
     
     
     
     
5. Enable named pipes on the database server:  Open the SQL Server Configuration Manager, navigate to Protocols for MSSQLSERVER, and enable Named Pipes.
   
   
   
   
   • Restart the SQL Server from the command line: net stop mssqlserver and net start mssqlserver
     
     
6. If Windows Firewall is enabled on the server, add an exception to allow incoming traffic from Surveyor components.
   • In Control Panel / Windows Firewall, click the Exceptions tab, and add TCP port 80 for power management components.
     For detailed steps, refer to the Microsoft TechNet topic Add a Port to the Firewall Rules List.