Installing Server Components
It is important to note that before installing the Spector CNE server components, you should first review Installation Considerations for Installing Server Components. It is very important that your network be properly configured before proceeding with the Spector CNE installation.
1. Run the cne42setup.exe installation file on the Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Server computer on which you want to install the Spector CNE software components. You must have Administrator privileges for this computer
2. Read the License Agreement and select Yes to agree to its terms
3. Enter the Spector CNE serial number, which is provided in your email receipt at the time of purchase or is available on the back of the CD you are using for installation (if applicable)
4. Continue the installation by clicking on the OK button
5. Select the folder to which the Spector CNE software components should be installed
Control center
The Control Center software component will install a program, which will be used as the interface for managing the recorded computers on the network. In addition, a Windows service called Spector CNE Console Server will be installed, which provides background updating of the status of network stations being managed by the Control Center.
In order to install the Console Server service, you must provide a user account that has Administrator privileges on the computer to which you are installing the service. In addition, this Administrator account should have Administrator privileges for accessing all network computers to be managed by the Control Center. For this reason, a Domain Administrator account credentials should be provided.
· If you are working in a Windows Workgroup, you should provide a local Administrator account for installing the service. In addition, the account should be an Administrator account with the same credentials for all managed Workgroup computers
· If you do not have an Administrator account that will have privileges to all managed computers, provide the Administrator account for the local computer, which will allow the Console Server service to be installed
Spector CNE does not store the Administrator credentials that are supplied for this service. They are simply passed on to the Windows Service Control Manager, which assigns them to the service for its execution.
In order to complete the installation of the Primary Server you will be required to register your Spector CNE serial number with SpectorSoft by submitting a Registration Code from the Primary Server and receiving an Unlock Code from SpectorSoft. The Unlock Code will be submitted to the Primary Server and it will be enabled for the number of licenses purchased.
If the Primary Server component is selected for installation during Setup, you will be prompted for the location to which the Primary Server is to be installed.
· Install on this Computer This response will be used most often, especially for initial installations. This installs the Primary Server component on the computer from which the Setup is being run. It is probably the same computer from which you are installing the other server components
· Install on another Computer This response allows the Primary Server component to be installed on another network server. This is an advanced installation. It is used when you have a specific reason to install the Primary Server on a different computer than the other server components
· Primary Server is already installed This response is used when you do not want the current Primary Server installation to be changed. You are installing the Control Center and you need to define the Primary Server computer being used for the Spector CNE installation
If you are installing the Primary Server component on a remote computer (a computer other than the one from which the installation is being made), the C$ Administrator share must be enabled on the remote computer specified for the Primary Server installation or the Primary Server service cannot be installed.
Upon completion of the Setup, you will be presented with instructions for registering your Spector CNE serial number within the Primary Server, unless the Primary Server is already installed and the serial number is registered.
The Spector CNE product serial number and a registration code generated by the Primary Server must be submitted to SpectorSoft. This submission can be done by:
1. Clicking on the Register Now button, which will open a Web page, and submit the registration information
a. You will be emailed an Unlock Code to the email address used for purchasing your product
b. If your product was not purchased directly from SpectorSoft, you will be prompted to register your customer information in order to email your serial number Unlock Code
2. When you receive your serial number Unlock Code, copy/paste it into the input box and select Unlock serial Number. The Primary Server will then have the CNE serial number enabled for the number of licenses purchased
If you wish to complete your Spector CNE Setup without registering your serial number, select Close to complete the installation. Your Spector CNE installation will complete, but you will not be able to install the Client component to record computers until the Primary Server has registered the serial number.
3. Select the Primary Server icon 
in the system tray and press the Register SN button to register and unlock the serial number.
When installing Spector CNE you must decide whether you would like the recorded events to remain on the individual computers being monitored or whether you would like all events to be communicated to a data vault.
SpectorSoft does NOT recommend leaving stored events on each individual computer. Leaving the events on the individual computers means that a remote connection to each computer:
· Will be required to review the events
· The security of the events could be compromised
· The ability to backup and archive the events is diminished
· You will not have access to the events if the computer is turned off or taken off the network
SpectorSoft recommends configuring the Data Vault. The Data Vault is a Windows service that runs on a server. It receives all recorded events from the monitored network computers. When the recorded events are sent to the Data Vault:
· They are removed from the computer on which the event was recorded
· These events will be stored in proprietary files in a root folder configured for the Data Vault
· There will be a sub-folder for each monitored computer containing all of the events for the computer with that sub-folder name
By default, the Data Vault will keep the events received from the computer for a period of 10 days. After 10 days, the events will be deleted. If you wish to keep the recorded events from the Clients for a longer period, increase this setting from within the Control Center Properties or implement an archival procedure for the backup of the files stored in the Data Vault.
To install the Data vault:
1. When the CNE setup prompts for the Data Vault configuration, select Spector clients recorded data stored to network Data Vault
2. Select Continue
3. You will be prompted for the location to install the Data Vault:
· Install on this Computer This response will be used most often, especially for initial installations. This installs the Data Vault component on the computer from which the Setup is being run. It is probably the same computer from which you are installing the other server components
· Install on another Computer This response allows the Data Vault component to be installed on another network server. This is an advanced installation. It is used when you have a specific reason to install the Data Vault on a different computer than the other server components.
· Data Vault is already Installed This response is used when you do not want the current Data Vault installation to be changed. You are installing the Control Center, and you need to define the Data Vault computer being used for the Spector CNE installation
4. Select Continue
5. Specify the folder in which to store all the recorded events that the Data Vault is to receive. There will be a sub-folder for each recorded computer. The default is c:\spectordata
6. Select Continue
If you are installing the Data Vault component on a computer other than the computer from which the installation is being made, the C$ Administrator share must be enabled on the remote computer specified for the Data Vault installation or the Data Vault service cannot be installed.
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