Vector IT Portal README

(build 2.1.1141)

This document contains important information about the latest release of Vector IT Portal (formerly Enterprise Reporting Portal).


Evaluating Vector IT Portal

Vector IT Portal includes a sample Site database that allows you to evaluate all the analysis and reporting features of the portal. For example, even if you do not have Software Metering or Patch Management, you can use the sample Site database to evaluate the portal's reporting capabilities for these modules.

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System Requirements

Web Server

  • Operating System Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, or Windows Server 2003

  • Internet Information Server (IIS)

    Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Internet Information Server (IIS) 6.0
    Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, or Datacenter Server

    Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional should be used only for evaluation and testing, because they support a maximum of ten concurrent connections to IIS.
    Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.0
  • Disk Space At least 110 MB free disk space.
    The required disk space includes at least 80 MB of available space on the system drive, even if you install the PCDE Portal on a different drive. The PCDE Portal includes the Crystal Reports runtime files, which are always installed on the system drive.

  • SMTP Server To send reports in e-mail messages, an SMTP server must be accessible from the Web server (the SMTP server does not need to be local).

Browser

  • Internet Explorer version 6.0 or higher
  • Cookies and Javascript must be enabled
  • Java must be installed and enabled
  • ActiveX controls must be enabled (and the scripting of Java applets must be enabled)

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Upgrading Vector IT Portal

This setup will upgrade an existing PC-Duo Enterprise Reporting Portal v1.0 or v1.1 installation.

Before upgrading, please backup the PC-Duo Enterprise\Portal folder.

Note: The database that is installed with Vector IT Portal for the Sample Vector Site will be replaced.

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