Enterprise Vault™ Discovery Accelerator Installation Guide

To create the configuration database

1. If you have yet to display the Accelerator Manager website, browse to the following location:

   http://server_name/EVBAAdmin

   Where server_name is the name of the server on which you installed the Discovery Accelerator server software.

2. In the Configuration Database Details page, enter your preferred details, and then click OK.

   SQL Server	Specifies the name or IP address of the SQL Server computer. You can specify the IP address in either IPv4 or IPv6 format. SQL instances are supported. Alternatively, in SQL Server environments where the database is part of an AlwaysOn availability group or failover cluster instance (FCI), you can specify the virtual network name or IP address of the availability group listener or FCI. For guidelines on deploying databases in AlwaysOn environments, see the following article on the Microsoft website: https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ff878487.aspx You must append the port number if you have chosen to use a non-default port. For example, SQLServer,1234.
   Database name	Specifies the name of the configuration database. The name cannot contain any of the following characters: \ / : * ? " < > | ' Note: Compliance Accelerator and Discovery Accelerator cannot share the same configuration database. So, if you previously created the configuration database for one application, you must create a new database with a different name when setting up the other application.
   Use Existing Database	Instructs Discovery Accelerator to use the specified existing database instead of creating a new one. If you choose this option, the remaining boxes in the page are unavailable.
   Data File Folder	Specifies a location for the configuration database file. This location should be a valid, existing path on the SQL Server computer. A minimum of 300 MB is required for the default configuration database. You can specify a local path or a UNC path. For example, you might specify the path as E:\SQLData or \\my_computer\SQLData.
   Log File Folder	Specifies a location for the database log files. This location should be a valid, existing path on the SQL Server computer. A minimum of 300 MB is required for the database log files. You can specify a local path or a UNC path. For example, you might specify the path as E:\SQLLogs or \\my_computer\SQLLogs.
   Initial Database Size	Sets the initial size in megabytes of the configuration database file. In the Growth % box, you can specify as a percentage of the file size the amount of space that is automatically added to the file each time more is needed.
   Initial Log Size	Sets the initial size in megabytes of the database log files. In the Growth % box, you can specify as a percentage of the file size the amount of space that is automatically added to a file each time more is needed.
   Windows Authentication	Specifies whether to use a Microsoft Windows user account to connect to the configuration database. If you clear this option, you must set the SQL logon name and password to use for the database connection.
   Connection Time Out	Specifies the amount of time in seconds to wait for connections to the configuration database to complete before terminating the attempt and generating an error.
   Connection Life Time	Specifies the time in seconds that a connection to the configuration database is considered valid. When the time has elapsed, the connection is disposed of.
   Max Pool Size	Specifies the maximum number of database connections that can be simultaneously opened to the configuration database.

3. When Discovery Accelerator prompts you to do so, restart the Enterprise Vault Accelerator Manager service by using the Services snap-in to Microsoft Management Console.

   Note:

   Restarting the service causes Discovery Accelerator to check the security of various temporary folders that the application uses. If this security check fails, an error event with an ID of 585 is recorded in the Veritas Enterprise Vault event log, and the service does not start.

   See Security requirements for temporary folders.

4. In the Accelerator Manager website, click Upload License to import your license key file into Discovery Accelerator.

To create the customer databases

1. In the left pane of the Accelerator Manager website, right-click the server node, and then click New Customer.
2. Complete the details in the Create Customer page, and then click OK.

   Customer Type	Specifies whether this database is a customer database for Discovery Accelerator or Custodian Manager.
   Name	Specifies a unique name for the customer. The name cannot contain any of the following characters: \ / : * ? " < > | '
   Directory DNS aliases	Specifies the DNS alias, server name, or IP address of the Enterprise Vault Directory service computer. You can specify IP addresses in either IPv4 or IPv6 format. If you want to specify multiple Directory service computers, type the details of each one on a line of its own. All the computers must be running exactly the same version of Enterprise Vault. Take care to specify the correct DNS alias information. If the information is wrong, no vault stores will be visible in any area of the Discovery Accelerator client.
   Administrator User or Group	Optionally nominates an Active Directory user account or group account as an administrator for the Discovery Accelerator customer database. This user or group has full administrative permissions in the customer database and typically assigns application-wide roles to other users. Specify the account details in the form domain\user_or_group_name; for example, "OurDomain\Marie.Lopez". The Vault Service account already has full administrative permissions in the customer database, so there is usually no need to nominate another user or group. However, you may want to do this if your company policy restricts the use of service accounts.
   Enable Customer's tasks	Enables users to perform activities in the Discovery Accelerator client. If you clear this option, only automatic tasks like scheduled searches are permissible.
   IIS section
   Virtual Directory	Specifies the name of the IIS virtual directory for the Discovery API website. This site lets software developers integrate third-party tools with Discovery Accelerator, and thereby retrieve data from or export it to a Discovery Accelerator customer database. No two customers can share the same virtual directory name. The directory name must not include space characters or any of the following characters: * ? \ / % ' " Note that you cannot name the virtual directory for any Discovery Accelerator customer as "EVBAAdmin" because this name is reserved for the Accelerator Manager website.
   IIS Server	Specifies the name or IP address of the IIS server that is to host the Discovery Accelerator site. You can type the IP address in either IPv4 or IPv6 format. However, you cannot type an IPv6 address that includes colons (:) or is enclosed in square brackets ([]). The default entry for this field is the server on which you are running the Accelerator Manager website.
   Manage Virtual Directory	Lets you administer the virtual directory by using the Discovery Accelerator client. By default, the option is selected.
   Database Details section
   SQL Server	Specifies the name or IP address of the SQL Server computer on which the customer database is to reside. You can specify the IP address in either IPv4 or IPv6 format. SQL instances are supported. Alternatively, if the database is part of an AlwaysOn availability group or failover cluster instance (FCI), you can specify the virtual network name or IP address of the availability group listener or FCI. For guidelines on deploying databases in AlwaysOn environments, see the following article on the Microsoft website: https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ff878487.aspx You must append the port number if you have chosen to use a non-default port. For example, SQLServer,1234.
   Database	Specifies the name of the customer database. The name cannot contain any of the following characters: \ / : * ? " < > | '
   Use Existing Database	Instructs Discovery Accelerator to use the specified existing database instead of creating a new one. If you select this option, many of the remaining boxes in the page become unavailable. By default, the option is not selected.
   Data File Folder	Specifies a location for the configuration database file. This location should be a valid, existing path on the SQL Server computer. You can specify a local path or a UNC path. For example, you might specify the path as E:\SQLData or \\my_computer\SQLData.
   Log File Folder	Specifies a location for the database log files. This location should be a valid, existing path on the SQL Server computer. You can specify a local path or a UNC path. For example, you might specify the path as E:\SQLLogs or \\my_computer\SQLLogs.
   Initial Database Size	Sets the initial size in megabytes of the customer database file. In the Growth % box, you can specify as a percentage of the file size the amount of space that is automatically added to the file each time more is needed.
   Initial Log Size	Sets the initial size in megabytes of the database log files. In the Growth % box, you can specify as a percentage of the file size the amount of space that is automatically added to a file each time more is needed.
   Windows Authentication	Specifies whether to use a Microsoft Windows user account to connect to the customer database. If you clear this option, you must set the SQL logon name and password to use for the database connection.
   Connection Time Out	Specifies the amount of time in seconds to wait for connections to the customer database to complete before terminating the attempt and generating an error.
   Connection Life Time	Specifies the time in seconds that a connection to the customer database is considered valid. When the time has elapsed, the connection is disposed of.
   Max Pool Size	Specifies the maximum number of database connections that can be simultaneously opened to the customer database.
   DSN	Specifies the full connection string, or Data Source Name (DSN), to use when connecting to the customer database. The process of creating and connecting to the database automatically fills in this field. Do not modify the details unless Veritas Support advises you to do so.
   Database Locations For Analytics section This area of the page lists existing database locations for analytics data, and lets you add new database locations. You must specify at least one database location for analytics. If you do not intend to use the analytics feature with this customer, use the default database location.

3. Wait for Discovery Accelerator to create the customer database. This process can take several minutes to complete.
4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 for each customer database that you want to create.