6.3 Installing the Engine

Storage Manager uses only one Engine per forest. The Engine can be installed on host server that meets the following minimum requirements:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Member Server)

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Member Server)

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (Member Server)

  • At least 4 GB RAM

  • For quota management, Microsoft File System Resource Manager (FSRM) must be installed; see Section 1.2, File Server Resource Manager.

  • Forest functional level of Windows Server 2003 or later

Other notable information about the Engine:

  • The Engine runs as a native NT service that is configured to start by using the Local System account

  • The default Engine port is 3009

  • The firewall inbound rule is added during the Engine installation

  1. At the root of the SM-AD_5_0_0.iso image, double-click SMEngine-Installer-5.0.0-x64-xxx.exe.

  2. When you are asked if you want to run this file, click Run.

  3. Agree to the licensing terms and conditions and click Install.

  4. When notified that the setup was successful, click Run Setup Utility.

  5. Accept the installation path or indicate a new path by using the Browse button.

    The Configuration Utility is launched.