I’m finally getting around to installing the new EdgeSight for NetScaler version 2.1. Here are the prerequisites you will need to get started.
NOTE: I’m installing this on a Windows 2008 64-bit server updated with August 2011 updates
From the documentation
Hardware
- CPU: 2GHz (or better)
- Memory: 2GB of RAM recommended, 1GB of RAM required
- Disk: 2GB free space
Software
- Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later. Both 32-bit and 64-bit systems are supported on all platforms
- Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 for Windows Server 2008
- Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)
- Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC)
- ASP.NET
- Microsoft XML Parser 3.0
- Windows Script 5.6 or higher
- .NET Framework 2.0 SP1
- SQL Client Add-On Tools, including SQL-DMO objects.(if Web server and database server are on different machines)
Reported by the Installer
- SQL Server Client Tools Requirement
- Look for SQLServer2005_BC.msi or SQLServer2005_BC_x64.msi on http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=24793
- Operating System Requirement
- IIS Feature Requirement
- Role Services
- Static Content
- Default Document
- ASP.NET
- ISAPI Extensions
- ISAPI Filters
- Windows Authentication
- Ensure that the following Management Tools are selected under Role Services for the Web Server:
- IIS 6 Management Compatibility
- IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility
- IIS 6 WMI Compatibility
- IIS 6 Scripting Tools
- IIS 6 Management Console
- Microsoft .NET 2.0 SP1 Runtime Requirement
- MSMQ Requirement
- Add Features: Message Queuing -> Message Queuing Services
- MSXML Requirement
- Windows Script Host Requirement
After adding the above components…
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