This section guides you through the installation of Idera SQL Business Intelligence Manager.
Before you install SQL BI Manager, be sure to have:
A local administrator account on the machine you are installing the product.
You can also grant SQL BI Product Administrator permissions in the Idera Dashboard. For more information, see Managing users in the Idera Dashboard. |
You can install Idera SQL BI Manager on any computer that meets or exceeds the product requirements.
To start installing SQL BI Manager:
SQLBI
in the root of the installation kit.You can use the default install location or specify a different path (Change). For your first installation, we recommend using the default location. Click Next to continue with the installation.
On the Idera Dashboard screen, enter your Idera Dashboard credentials. The Dashboard URL displays by default. Click Next to continue with the installation.
On the Idera Dashboard screen, provide a unique instance display name for your SQL BI Manager installation. This helps to avoid confusion when there are multiple copies of SQL BI Manager registered with the Idera Dashboard Click Next to continue with the installation.
SQL BI Manager uses this account to connect, discover, and gather configuration information from SQL Servers in your Business environment. The installer grants the "Log on as a Service" right to the account that you specify.
To specify a service account:
SQL BI Manager uses port 9277 for the Collection service respectively. However, you can specify a different service port.
To specify a service port:
Ports values should be between 1 and 65535. Keep in mind, that browsers may block some specific ports. To check a list of all blocked ports on Mozilla Firefox, click here. |
The SQLdm BI Manager Repository database is where the collected data, alert information, and alert configuration settings are stored.
To specify the SQL Server instance to install the Repository database on:
You should use your Windows user account with your respective password to log in to the Idera Dashboard.
SQL Business Intelligence Manager identifies issues within the SQL BI environment to help optimize BI service performance. Learn more > >
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