on 01-21-2010 09:13 AM
Notice
This software is made up from various SQL and ADODB vbscripts which have been incorporated into the .ASP pages of the dashboard. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure high quality code you should test the dashboard thoroughly before putting it into your production environment.
It is highly recommended you install this into your test environment to verify functionality before installing into your production environment.
At the end of the day there is only one person who holds the responsibility for the integrity of your IT infrastructure; you. The authors of this software will not be held responsible for any adverse effects from the use of this software. You use at your own risk.
Pre-requisites
For installing EV Dashboard you will need:
EV Dashboard installation
Download the latest build from www.evdiscuss.net/download.
Extract the files to c:\inetpub\wwwroot\EVDashboard\ onto your management or IIS server.
Rename the file /config/config.new.install.xml to config.xml.
Check the permissions on /config/config.xml. On the security properties of this file add Internet Guest Account, so this file can be written to within the EV Dashboard ASP pages.
Configure IIS
Configure your database to host the information produced from ./scripts/documentation/EVDashboard_Data_Collector.vbs
Now open http(s)://{Your_IIS_Server}/evdashboard. For example http://mgmtsrv01/evdashboard.
You are now taken to the configure EV dashboard page. Here you can set your global options and define your EV infrastructure. You should be able to find all the information you need from the administration console on your EV server(s). Note that basic information is required on this configuration page is required for a lot of the scripts to run and collect data.
Most problems seem to be related to the inital configuration of the database connectivity for EV Dashboard, or more precisely VBScript ADODB to connect to your designated SQL database and your Enterprise Vault SQL database. Try the following:
Beyond this post your questions with error messages either onto the forums here on connect or on www.evdiscuss.net.
Just as a FYI, that link posted by jprknight to evdiscuss.net is no longer valid and now goes to a site that looks awfully suspicous. You may want to update that link with the new location for EVDashboard.
Thanks.
Tom