Wyse Technology 883886-01 manual Preparing for Installation, Pre-Installation Checklist

2 Preparing for Installation

This chapter contains the pre-installation requirements you must complete to prepare the environment for WDM installation and configuration. After you have completed all pre-installation requirements, you can continue with the installation/upgrade you want ("Installing or Upgrading WDM Workgroup Edition" or "Installing or Upgrading WDM Enterprise Edition").

Pre-Installation Checklist

Before you begin installing WDM, be sure you have met the following requirements:

•Refer to the WDM Release Notes for changes in this version of WDM. WDM 4.9.1 adds additional security features that enhance secure management of your Wyse devices. Use of WDM 4.9.1 requires that you install/upgrade to the latest WDM agents (HAgents) included in WDM 4.9.1 (see WDM Release Notes for more details).

•Obtain and configure all hardware and software, as necessary (see "Hardware Requirements" and "Software Requirements"). CAUTION: It is required that you do not install WDM on any server which is currently dedicated to other tasks (such as a Domain Controller, Backup Controller, Mail Server, Production Web Server, DHCP Server, MSMQ Server, Application Server, and so on). It is highly recommended that WDM be installed on a server that is dedicated to WDM services.

•Install a supported operating system on the machine to which WDM will be installed. Be sure that all systems are up-to-date with current Microsoft service packs, patches, and updates (see "Software Requirements").

•Install Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0 or later on all machines.

•Use of the built-in HTML help files requires Java to be installed on all machines to which you install the WDM Administrators Console (MMC Snap-in). Visit http://www.java.com and install the latest Java/JRE version for your operating system).

•If you are running IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 SP1 or IIS 7.5 on either Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7, be sure to update the HAgent on your devices to the latest WDM agents (HAgents) included in WDM 4.9.1 (see WDM Release Notes for more details) to ensure your devices are discovered by WDM (otherwise, IIS limitations may prevent discovery).

•Ensure that no other applications requiring IIS are running on the machine to which WDM will be installed.

•Ensure that all required communications ports are available and open for proper communication between servers, routers, and switches (see "Communication Port Requirements").

•Ensure you have access to your operating system CD-ROM and your Microsoft Windows system files for use during your installation. NOTE: During WDM installation WDM checks the system to determine if all required software is present. If required software is not present, WDM indicates which software is missing. Some required third-party software is included with the WDM software, while other software is available from your operating system CD-ROM or from the network location for your Microsoft Windows system files (usually the i386 folder).