Walkthrough of first install systemhound 2007

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Introduction

systemhound 2007 (v5) is deployed via 2 separate Windows installer packages rather than a single installer for both client and server. The installer for the client machines should only be installed onto client machines (and not the systemhound central server). 

When installing into an existing systemhound environment there is no need to re-install the 
clients. By re-installing the server the existing client machines will be upgraded to the
latest version
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Installation prerequisites

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Server Machine

Recommended requirements for systemhound central server are:

  • Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2003
  • 1 GB memory
  • 2 GHz processor
  • 1 GB hard drive space free on program files drive.


NOTE: systemhound server will not function fully on Windows 2003 where the optional windows component 'Internet Explorer Enhanced Security' is deployed as this prevents the systemhound console from running the web pages from the local disk. However, reports will still be generated and visible via IIS.


Minimum requirements are:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista.
  • 512 GB memory
  • 1 GHz processor
  • 200Mb hard drive space free on program files drive.

The download version of systemhound 2007 is pre-loaded with a 10 user licence to audit up to 10 PCs including the central server.

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Install systemhound 2007 server

Firstly, install the systemhound central server software onto a Windows server. The machine will collect and report on the asset details within your pc estate.

The installation will default the website folder to program files\systemhound\website; if you wish to use a different folder please see changing website folder location

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Manual Installation

1. Double click the "systemhound central server.msi" to start the installer

Figure 1

2. Click next, please read the licence agreement, indicate your acceptance by selecting ’I accept…’ then click next

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3. On the customer information page, enter your name and organisation details.

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4. You are now ready to install the program:

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The installation will now start

After a short while the following screen will be displayed to indicate successful installation

Figure 5

Once the install completed page appears, click finish.

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View server details within web reports

The server will be automatically scanned by the server software and the machine details will be added to the systemhound database. As systemhound is lightweight and runs in the background it will only take a couple of minutes for the details to be collected and processed.

After a short while, navigate to the systemhound menu installed under

and select Programs->systemhound->Reporting.

Figure 6

This will launch the main reporting web site of systemhound (as below).

Figure 7

Confirm that the systemhound central server machine is reported by clicking on the server shown under "Machine count".

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Client machine installation

To collect the details of additional machines in your company you can manually install the systemhound client using the provided Windows Installer package. Manual installation is fine for evaluation but the next section provides alternative deployment options which are available. 

The client install msi is deployed as a single file as part of the central server installation
into the folder systemhound\utils\LoginscriptInstallation.
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Alternative deployment options

Other deployment options are available including (all utilising the Windows Installer package):

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Manual installation

1. Double click the file "systemhound client.msi" to start this installer.

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2. Click next, please read the licence agreement and indicate your acceptance by selecting ’I accept…’ then click next

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5. On the customer information page, enter your name and organisation details and click next.

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6. On the next page enter the server name of the systemhound central server. This is the DNS hostname of the computer that you installed the systemhound central server software onto. Once you have entered the name click next.

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7. The installer will attempt to validate and contact the server name you entered. If you receive an error of "Failed to connect to server" (Figure 12) then confirm you’ve entered the server name correctly and confirm that the PC can "ping" the server correctly.

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8. Once the server name has been validated, the installer is ready to deploy the systemhound agent software. Click next.

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9. After a short while the following screen will be displayed to indicate successful installation

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The machine will be audited by systemhound within a few minutes of installation and you will be able view the information gathered by viewing the web reports on the central server (Figure 7).

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