4.5 Installing the Engine

Novell Storage Manager 4.1 for Active Directory uses only one Engine per forest. The Engine can be installed on a host server that meets the following minimum requirements:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Member Server)

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Member Server)

  • Microsoft 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

IMPORTANT:Once the Engine has been migrated, the existing Event Monitor and Agents become legacy components because they cannot perform their duties until they are also migrated. These legacy components are not deauthorized, nor are they removed, until you remove them yourself.

Having legacy components allows you to view the configuration settings and proxy assignments so you can reestablish them when you install the new Event Monitor and Agents.

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

  • A firewall inbound rule is added during the Engine installation

  1. At the root of the NSM-AD_4_1.iso image, double-click the Windows folder.

  2. Double-click the x86_64 folder.

  3. Double-click NSMEngine-Installer-4.1-x64-xxxx.exe.

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

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

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

    The Configuration Dashboard appears.