Novell Doc: Novell Storage Manager 3.1 for Active Directory Installation Guide

4.3 Installing the NSM Engine

Novell Storage Manager uses only one NSM Engine per forest. The NSM Engine can be installed on a Windows Server 2008 machine that meets the following minimum requirements:

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 or R2 or later with an x64 processor (Member or DC Server)
.NET 3.5 Framework and .NET 4.0 (Full) Framework installed
For quota management, Microsoft File System Resource Manager (FSRM) must be installed; see Section 1.1, File Server Resource Manager.
Forest functional level of Windows Server 2003 or later

IMPORTANT:In cases where managed storage might include redirected folders, such as “My Documents” or similar types commonly seen with managed Profile Paths, a Windows Server hotfix needs to be applied to any Engine and Agent servers involved in the data copy process. This hotfix only applies to the following platforms where the Engine or an Agent is installed:

Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 SP1
Windows Server 2008 SP2

In cases where this hotfix has not been applied to the affected systems, symptoms might include stuck Copy Data pending events with the message Current Error - 32 : The requested operation is not supported in the properties for that event as well as the error message identified by the hotfix "0x00000032 (ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED) appearing in the log file of the Engine or Agent that tried processing the data copy.

Other notable information about the NSM Engine:

There is only one NSM Engine per forest
The NSM Engine runs as a native NT service that is configured to start by using the Local System account
The default NSM Engine port is 3009
The Firewall Inbound Rule is added during the NSM Engine installation

From the HTML Installation Interface or root of the ISO image, launch one of the following NSM Engine installation files:
- \\Windows\x86\NSMEngine-3.1.x-x86.msi
- \\Windows\x86_64\NSMEngine-3.1.x-x64.msi
When you are asked if you want to run this file, click Run.

An Introduction page appears in the Novell Storage Manager Installation Wizard.
Read the text and click Next.
Accept the licensing terms and click Next.
Accept the installation path or indicate a new path by using the Browse button.

To review possible locations, you can click Disk Usage to see all available volumes with disk size and disk availability data.
Click Next.
Click Install to begin the installation.
Click Finish.

Novell Storage Manager creates a unique private certificate.
Do one of the following:
- If you want the server on which you are installing the Novell Storage Manager Engine to function as the certificate server, click OK, then skip to Section 4.4, Installing and Configuring NSMAdmin.
  
  If you have an existing certificate issued from a third party that you want to use, you can change the certificate later. Simply stop the Engine service, replace the certificate located in C:\ProgramData\Novell\Storage Manager\Engine\Config (the certificate is a .pem file that must be replaced by a .pem file) and then restart the Engine service.
- If you want a different server in the network to issue the certificate and function as the certificate server, continue with Step 10.
Click Generate New Certificate.
In the Subject Host Name field, specify the server name.
In the Key Size field, leave the default setting of 2048 or select the key size you want.
In the Expiration Days field, leave the setting at 10 years (3,650 days) or specify a new setting.
Click Generate.
Click Close.
Click Save.
Proceed with Section 4.4, Installing and Configuring NSMAdmin.