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  • Requirements
    • System Requirements
    • User Permission Requirements
    • Pre Installation Requirements
  • Installation and Configuration
    • Install Wizard
      • Install Syskit Monitor
      • Install Syskit Monitor Data Collector
    • Configuration Wizard
      • Configure Syskit Monitor
      • SQL Permissions
        • Create a SQL Server Login
        • Create a SQL Server Database
        • Create a Service User Login Permission
        • Connect an Existing Database
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  • Get to Know Syskit Monitor
    • Quick Start Guide
    • Administration
      • Servers and Groups
      • Monitoring Templates
      • PowerShell Scripts
    • Backstage Screen
      • Manage Data Gathering
      • Help Screen
      • Configuration
        • Configure
        • Options
      • Syskit Monitor Web App
    • Dashboards
      • Sessions Dashboard
      • Performance Dashboard
    • Reports
      • User Reports
      • Application Reports
      • Performance Reports
        • System Overview
        • Computer Performance
        • Application Performance
        • User Performance
      • Gateway Reports
      • License Reports
      • Event Log Reports
      • Inventory Reports
        • Hardware and Software
        • Powershell Reports
        • Compare Wizard
      • Custom Reports
  • Common Tasks with Syskit Monitor
    • Monitoring Windows Server and Application Performance
    • Monitoring and Restarting Stopped Windows Services
    • Real Time Alerting
    • Monitoring User Activities and Application Usage
    • Monitoring RD Gateway Connections
    • File System Auditing
    • Malicious IP Blocking
    • Computer Inventory
  • How To
    • Custom Reports
      • Create Custom Report
      • Create SQL Custom Report
      • Create an Alert
    • Users
      • Add Users Manually
      • Add Users From Active Directory
      • Manage Security Permissions
    • Dashboards
      • Create a Custom Dashboard
      • Edit Dashboards
      • Add Formatting Condition to Metrics
    • Reports
      • Export Report to Excel
      • Configure Cost Overview Report
      • Configure Report Subscriptions
      • Create Customized Report Views
    • Computers
      • Add/Remove or Delete Computer from Monitoring
      • Add Citrix Servers to Monitoring
    • Monitoring Templates
      • Predefined Monitoring Templates
      • Template Wizard
      • Import / Export Monitoring Template
      • Download Templates
    • Powershell Scripts
      • PowerShell Wizard
      • Manage Scripts
      • Import / Export PowerShell Script
      • Import and Use PowerShell Script Modules
      • Download Scripts
    • Service Accounts
      • Add Service User to Local Administrators Group via Group Policy
      • Add Service User to Local Administrators Group Manually
    • Audit Events
      • Enable Folder Auditing
      • Configure Audit Logon Events
      • Configure Syskit Monitor server to support the Block Malicious IP Addresses feature
    • Citrix Xenapp
      • Allow Remote RPC on Xenapp
      • Monitor Citrix Published Applications
      • Configure Syskit Monitor for Citrix XenApp 5 Published Application monitoring
      • Configure Syskit Monitor for Citrix XenApp 6.x Published Application monitoring
      • Configure Syskit Monitor for Citrix XenApp 7.x Published Application monitoring
    • Performance Counters Management
    • Manage Syskit Monitor Data Collector
    • Move database to new server
    • Exclude installation folder from antivirus scanning
  • FAQ
    • FAQ
  • Troubleshooting
    • SQL Server Connection
    • SQL Server Express 2012 LocalDB
    • How to resolve the Offline and Unauthorized computer states
    • Network Ports
    • Fixing WMI to work with Syskit Monitor
    • Enable-PSRemoting for untrusted domains to work with Syskit Monitor
    • Configuring CredSSP for use with PowerShell in Syskit Monitor
    • Installation Issues
    • User States
    • User Connections
    • Miscellaneous
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  1. Requirements

System Requirements

This article discusses the hardware and software requirements that are necessary in order to install the Syskit Monitor.

Hardware requirements

1. Syskit Monitor application server

These are minimum hardware requirements for deploying the Syskit Monitor, including the deployment of the Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB, for a single-server installation or farm installation.

  • Processor: 2.5 GHz; for more than 100 servers, we recommend a processor with at least 4 cores

  • RAM: 2 GB

  • Disk: NTFS file system-formatted partition with a minimum of 200 MB of free space

  • Display: 1366 × 768

Please note! If you are using the Syskit Monitor Web application, it is necessary to have at least 4 GB of RAM.

2. SQL database server

These are minimum hardware requirements for deploying the SQL Database for the Syskit Monitor:

  • Processor: 2.5 GHz; for more than 100 servers, we recommend a processor with at least 4 cores

  • RAM: 2 GB; for more than 100 servers, we recommend at least 8 GB

  • Disk: NTFS file system-formatted partition with a minimum of 40 GB of free space

  • Display: 1366 × 768

Please note! Under normal conditions, the application will take around 40MB of data per server each month for a server that hosts approximately 50 users.

Prerequisites

Operating System

The Syskit Monitor runs on Windows Server 2008 SP2 or later. We recommend that you apply all critical updates. You can use the following Windows Server editions: Windows Server 2008 – 2019, all editions. The Syskit Monitor is a 64-bit application that runs on all versions of the above listed operating systems.

Database System

If you do not have an SQL Server instance installed in your server environment, the Syskit Monitor installation will offer to install the SQL Server Express 2012 LocalDB (free license) automatically.

LocalDB is an instance of SQL Server Express that can create and open SQL Server databases. Once LocalDB is installed, the necessary SQL Server infrastructure is automatically created and started, enabling the application to use the database without complex configuration tasks. The system database files for the database are stored in the users’ local AppData path which is normally hidden. For example C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\SysKit Monitor\SysKit_database. User database files are stored where the user designates, typically somewhere in the C:\Users\user\Documents folder.

Supported technologies and platforms

Syskit Monitor supports monitoring of the technologies and platforms listed below.

  • Remote Desktop Services

  • Windows Server editions: Windows Server 2008 – 2019, all editions

  • SQL Server editions: SQL Server 2008 – 2019, all editions

  • SharePoint editions: SharePoint 2007 – 2019, all editions

  • Microsoft Exchange Server editions: Exchange Server 2007 – 2016

  • Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) Server

  • Other Windows Server roles like File Server, AD, WSUS, Hyper-V, etc.

  • Citrix editions:

    • MetaframeXP

    • Presentation Server 4.0 and better

    • XenApp 5.x, 6.0, 6.5, 7.x

    • Virtual Apps and Desktops 7

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Before installing the Syskit Monitor, you need to install .NET Framework 4.5.2 or later. We recommend that you install the latest version of .NET from the . If you do not have .NET Framework 4.5.2 installed on your server, the Syskit Monitor installation will offer to perform the installation automatically.

In order to run the Syskit Monitor, you need a database. The Syskit Monitor supports SQL Server databases only. You can use the following SQL Server versions: SQL Server 2008 – 2019, all editions. We advise you to use the latest available SQL Server version and apply all the available Service Packs before installing our application. If you are moving your existing SQL server database to a new SQL server, please follow the instructions in .

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