Running Setup Application

Installing VirtualMetric is easy and works like other Windows-based applications. To install VirtualMetric, run the installation setup program that you have downloaded.

Confirm the question of the Windows User Account Control with Yes to allow the program to install. The VirtualMetric installation dialog will guide you through the installation process.

You will see Welcome Screen. Please click Next to continue.

Accept the license agreement and click Next.

In this step, you will configure VirtualMetric API settings.

• You can use either IP address or FQDN for VirtualMetric API connectivity. All servers will use this address for inventory and performance stats collection. So if you use FQDN, FQDN address should be resolved by all servers.
• By default, VirtualMetric API listens TCP 8080. You can change following port configuration on this step to use different port. After you specify port address, VirtualMetric will setup its REST API with this port configuration.
• Setup will add firewall rule into Windows Firewall as part of the installation.

Please click Next to continue.

Attention Required

VirtualMetric API address should be reachable by all servers. Please visit Firewall Configuration section to make sure.

In this step, you will configure VirtualMetric Dashboard settings.

• Setup will enter VirtualMetric API address automatically. Clients will use this VirtualMetric API address when they connect to VirtualMetric Dashboard. If VirtualMetric API is in a private network, you should type an external address of VirtualMetric API here. Otherwise, clients will not be able to login dashboard due to the unreachable network.
• Setup will require you to type a user name and password. You will use this username and password to login dashboard for the first time. Password has to be at least 6 characters long.

Please click Next to continue.

Attention Required

Please write down your user name and password. Setup will not remind you at the end.

Security Information

If you want to secure VirtualMetric Dashboard and VirtualMetric API connections with an SSL certificate, please visit Setup SSL Certificate section.

In this step, you can enable Active Directory authentication for VirtualMetric Trigger.

• VirtualMetric uses scheduled task jobs for VirtualMetric Trigger. This user should also have administrator privileges on the local server. If you provide a domain user with necessary privileges on target servers, VirtualMetric will use this user to monitor servers. Please see User Permissions section for required privileges.
• If you want to use a domain user, please type its username as Domain\Username. User credentials will be used during setup to create VirtualMetric Trigger job and will not be stored anywhere.

Please click Next to continue.

In this step, you will configure VirtualMetric Database settings.

• You should enter your Microsoft SQL Server Instance information and User information in this step.

• Our setup supports Windows and SQL Authentication methods.

Please click Next to continue.

Review setup location and click Next.

Click Install to start VirtualMetric installation.

Click Finish to close Setup Wizard.