Requirements

Operating System Platforms

EventSentry runs on the following platforms:

•	Windows NT 4 SP6

(workstation and server)

•	Windows 2000

(all versions and service packs)

•	Windows XP

(Home, Professional), x64 editions

•	Windows Small Business Server 2003

(all service packs)

•	Windows Server 2003

(all service packs), x64 editions

•	Windows XP

(all versions and service packs)

Additional Notes on Windows NT4:

•	The dynamic link library pdh.dll needs to be present in the %SYSTEMROOT%\system32 directory of every Windows NT4 machine that is monitored with EventSentry. This file can be found in the NT4 subdirectory of your EventSentry installation directory.

•	The dashboard widgets are not supported on Windows NT 4.

Permissions

The following permissions are required to install EventSentry with the setup application:

•	Administrative permissions

•	Permission to create and control services

•	Permission to write files to %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32

•	Permission to write \Program Files directory

•	Permission to write to the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software

Remote Update

The following requirements need to be met (on computers that are to be updated) in order to use all features of remote update:

•	The ADMIN$ share needs to be present in order for the agent to be installed automatically. Otherwise the agent can still be installed manually.

•	The ADMIN$ share needs to be present for configuration updates to be pushed to the agents. If the ADMIN$ share does or cannot exist, then you can setup the ES$ share instead.

•	The Client for Microsoft Networks needs to be installed

These requirements only affect remote update. EventSentry can still be installed locally with the setup program on hosts that do not meet the above requirements.

Web Reporting

The EventSentry web reports work with the following web servers

•	Microsoft Internet Information Server 5

•	Microsoft Internet Information Server 6

•	Important Note: IIS needs to be running in 32-bit mode on x64 editions of Windows (see KB article 122)

and require one of the following web browsers:

•	Mozilla Firefox 1.5 or higher (recommended)

•	Internet Explorer 6 or higher

•	Opera 8 or higher

Database ODBC Drivers

When consolidating data to a central database, then the appropriate database ODBC drivers will need to be installed on each client that is to write to the database. No action is required when using a MS SQL Server database with Windows 2000 (or newer) hosts, but please see the table below for more information on which ODBC drivers need to be installed.

Database	Windows NT 4.0	Windows 2000	Windows XP, Windows Vista	Windows 2003
Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005	Not Included: Download & Install latest MDAC	included	included	included
Microsoft Access	Not Included: Download & Install latest MDAC	included	included	included
MySQL 5.x	Not Included: Download & Install MySQL ODBC Driver Version 3.51.12
Oracle	Not Included: Download & Install Oracle

Database (ODBC)

A database server is required in order to consolidate event logs, system health and other information in a database. EventSentry has been tested successfully with the following databases:

•	Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (with SP3a and later)

•	Microsoft SQL Server 2005

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MSDE

•	MS SQL Server 2005 Express

•	Microsoft Access

•	MySQL 5.0 or higher with InnoDB support

•	Oracle 9i and higher

Hardware

When using the environment monitoring feature:

•	One available serial port (used for data collection)

•	One available USB port (used for power)