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Welcome to AdventNet ManageEngine DeviceExpert!
This section provides information on how to install DeviceExpert solution in your system. This section also deals with the system requirements for DeviceExpert, how to install the solution, how to start and shutdown the product, the ports occupied by DeviceExpert and licensing information.
There is no prerequisite software installation required to use DeviceExpert. The standard system (hardware and software) requirements as mentioned below plus an external mail server (SMTP server) are essential for the functioning of DeviceExpert server, to send various notifications to users.
Following table provides the minimum hardware and software configuration required by DeviceExpert:
Hardware |
Operating systems |
Web-Client |
Up to 50 Devices
From 50 to 200 Devices
From 200 to 500 Devices
More than 500 Devices
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Windows
Linux
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HTML client requires one of the following browsers** to be installed
in the system:
** DeviceExpert is optimized for 1024 x 768 resolution and above. |
The ManageEngine DeviceExpert consists of the following components:
Built-in TFTP server running on port 69
Built-in syslog server running on port 514
JRE 1.5.0 bundled with DeviceExpert
MySQL 5.0.36 bundled with DeviceExpert
Download and execute ManageEngine_DeviceExpert.exe. The installation wizard will guide you through the installation process
Choose an installation directory - by default, it will be installed in C:/AdventNet/DeviceExpert; Henceforth, this installation directory path shall be referred as "DeviceExpert_Home".
While installing DeviceExpert, you have the option to install DeviceExpert as a service. Just uncheck the checkbox, in case, you do not wish to install it as service
In the final step, you will see two check-boxes - one for viewing ReadMe file and the other one for starting the server immediately after installation; if you choose to start the server immediately, it will get started in the background. As unpacking of jars will be done during the first startup, it will take sometime to fully start.
Login as root user
Download ManageEngine_DeviceExpert.bin for linux
Assign executable permission using command chmod a+x <file-name>
Execute the following command: ./<file_name>
DeviceExpert is installed in your machine in the desired location. Henceforth, this installation directory path shall be referred as "DeviceExpert_Home".
Using Start Menu |
Using Tray Icon |
Using Batch File |
From Start >> Programs >>
DeviceExpert menu, you can do the following:
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Once you installed DeviceExpert, in the windows tray area on the far
right end of your task bar, you will find the icon
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Open a console and navigate to <DeviceExpert_Home>/bin directory
Warning: When you reinitialize the DB, all the data would be lost including the device configuration done by you. You need to start afresh from adding devices |
Open a console and navigate to <DeviceExpert_Home>/bin directory
To start DeviceExpert as a service in Linux
Login to the system as super user
Execute /etc/rc.d/init.d/deviceexpert-service start
DeviceExpert server runs in the background as service
To stop DeviceExpert Server started as service in Linux
Login to the system as super user
Execute /etc/rc.d/init.d/deviceexpert-service stop
To check if the ports required by DeviceExpert are free
Login to the system as super user
navigate to <DeviceExpert_Home>/bin directory
Execute "deviceexpert.sh portcheck"
DeviceExpert uses the following three ports:
TFTP port : 69
SSHD Port : 22 [for binding SCP server]
Syslog Server : 514
MySQL port : 43306 [configurable through <DeviceExpert_Home>/conf/database_params.conf file]
Web client port : 6060 [configurable through <DeviceExpert_Home>/conf/server.xml]
To check if the ports
required by DeviceExpert are free The ports mentioned above should be free while starting the server. It is quite possible that any of the above ports might already be in use and as a result, DeviceExpert server would not start.
In Windows, you can invoke the 'Port Check' option through Start >> Programs >> DeviceExpert >> Port Check (or) Right click the DeviceExpert tray icon and 'Port Check' option. A prompt will open and it will provide the status of the required ports.
In Linux, to invoke the 'port check' option, navigate to <DeviceExpert_Home>/bin directory and invoke "deviceexpert.sh portcheck". |
As stated above, DeviceExpert comes with
MySQL 5.0.36 bundled with the installation. However, if you are running
any other MySQL and if you wish to use the same, you need to carry out
the following configuration change before starting the product:
In <DeviceExpert_Home>/conf/Persistence/persistence-configurations.xml, change the value for the configuration parameter "StartDBServer" to 'false' as shown below: (default value 'true')
<configuration name="StartDBServer" value="false"/>
Also, in your MySQL, create a database with the name "deviceexpert".
Use the following Commands for creating database
Windows
mysqladmin -u root -P 43306 create <databasename>
(Here, 43306 denotes MySQL port in DeviceExpert)
Linux
Go to <DeviceExpert_HOME>/mysql/bin
directory
mysqladmin -u root -S ../tmp/mysql.sock create <databasename>
On the other hand, if you wish to use the MySQL bundled with DeviceExpert itself, shutdown the already running MySQL in the machine before starting DeviceExpert.
Note: Default, MySQL port is 43306. It is configurable through <DeviceExpert_Home>/conf/ database_params.conf file. |
If you want to move the DeviceExpert installed in one machine to another, follow the procedure detailed below:
Do not remove existing installation of DeviceExpert until the new installation works fine. This is to ensure backup, to overcome disasters/data corruption during the movement.
There are three license types:
Evaluation download valid for 30 days capable of supporting a maximum of 50 devices
Free Edition - licensed software allows you to manage up to 2 devices, valid forever
Professional Edition - need to buy license based on the number of devices to be supported
For more information and to get license, contact sales@adventnet.com
Acknowledgement: This product includes software developed by SSHTools (http://www.sshtools.com/).
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