Spotlight Client
Before installing the Spotlight client, ensure your system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements:
| Platform | 1 GHz Pentium 4 PC |
| Memory | 1 GB RAM |
| Hard Disk Space | 200 MB
This space should exist on a local disk drive rather than a network drive. |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 2000 (Professional, Server, Advanced Server, Datacenter server) with Service Pack 4
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) |
| Additional Software | SQL Server Client Tools
To use the Discovery Wizard to locate SQL Servers on your network the SQL Server Client Tools must be installed on the Spotlight client. The SQL Server Client Tools can be found on the installation disk for Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, or 2008. | Install .NET 2.0 or later
To use the Spotlight Report Viewer, .NET 2.0 or later must be installed on the Spotlight client machine. | | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later. | Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)
MDAC includes the ODBC and other components that enable a connection to be established to a SQL Server database. The database may be local or remote. Your client machine must have MDAC 2.7 (or later) installed.
MDAC is available from the Microsoft website: www.microsoft.com/downloads
To find out the version of MDAC that you are currently running, you can download an application from the Microsoft website called comcheck. Review the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article for more information:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;3012022 |
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| Other Requirements | CD-ROM drive or Internet connection (required for installation only).
A monitor capable of supporting a resolution of 1280 x1024 or greater. |
Diagnostic Server
Before installing the Diagnostic Server, ensure your system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements:
| Platform | 2 GHz Pentium Dual Core |
| Memory | 2 GB RAM |
| Hard Disk Space | 300 MB
If the Diagnostic Server’s connection to the Spotlight Statistics Repository or playback database is interrupted, the Diagnostic Server will cache data to the local disk. In this event, an extra 2 MB per hour, per monitored server is required. |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later (32-bit and 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) |
| Additional Software | .NET 3.5 or later must be installed on the Diagnostic Server machine. |
SQL Server Client Tools
To use the Discovery Wizard to locate SQL Servers on your network the SQL Server Client Tools must be installed on the Diagnostic Server. The SQL Server Client Tools are on the installation disk for Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, and 2008.
To use Spotlight on Analysis Services the Client Connectivity tools must be installed. |
SQL Server Management Tools
To use Spotlight on Analysis Services, Spotlight on SQL Server Replication, and Session Trace and SQL Analysis in Spotlight on SQL Server, SQL Server Management Tools must be installed on the Diagnostic Server.
The SQL Server Management Tools are available from any SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2008 edition except SQL Server Express and SQL Server Compact. The version required corresponds to the latest version of SQL Server that you are monitoring. Note, if you are monitoring SQL Server 2000 servers, you need the Management Tools from SQL Server 2005. |
Monitoring
| SQL Server | Spotlight can diagnose SQL Server instances of the following versions:
- SQL Server 2000 (Service Pack 3 or later)
- SQL Server 2005 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- SQL Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- SQL Server 2008 R2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- SQL Server 2011 (Denali CTP1 and CTP2)
Spotlight on SQL Server also supports MSDE (2000), SQL Express (2005) and SQL Server 2008 Express Edition. Note that use of these versions to host playback or Spotlight Statistics Repository databases is not supported.
Spotlight cannot diagnose earlier versions of SQL Server (version 7.x and earlier).
Spotlight supports all SQL Server sort orders, including case-sensitive and binary sort orders. Spotlight cannot connect to SQL Server instances where the instance name contains non-US ASCII characters. |
| Database Cloud Service | Spotlight supports SQL Azure. |
| Operating Systems | Spotlight can diagnose the following operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 (Professional, Server, Advanced Server, Datacenter server) with Service Pack 4
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
- Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Note: On each monitored instance, Spotlight requires the network setting "File and Print Sharing" to be enabled and any firewall to be configured to:
- open port 1434 for UDP packets
- open the SQL Server TCP port (default is 1433)
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| Virtualization | Spotlight on SQL Server can monitor virtual guest machines in a VMware ESX infrastructure. The following versions are supported:
- VMware vCenter 2.5 (or later)
- VMware ESX Server 4.0 (or later)
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| Connection Limit | This version of Spotlight on SQL Server is designed to monitor a maximum of 100 SQL Server, Analysis Services, or Replication instances and 100 Windows servers. Monitoring more than this recommended limit may result in poor performance or product instability. |
Spotlight Statistics Repository
Before installing the Spotlight Statistics Repository, ensure your system meets the following minimum requirements:
| Database sizing | By default, the size of the Spotlight Statistics Repository is set to 1000MB (data size) and 250MB (log size). These sizes are flexible and can be changed by running the Spotlight Statistics Repository creation script.
The script is located in the install directory as follows:
..\Plug-ins\Diagnostics Server\Scripts |
| Hard Disk Space | Approximately 1.2 GB for each monitored SQL Server instance and the corresponding monitored Windows host on which the SQL Server instance resides.
This estimate assumes default configuration in an average environment. Actual space used will depend on your environment and any data collection/storage configuration changes that are made. For more information, see the Spotlight on SQL Server Sizing Wizard. You can access the wizard from the Spotlight Installation Center. |
| Recommended SQL Server version | To use Spotlight Reporting and Trending, it is recommended that the Spotlight Statistics Repository is installed on SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2008.
Installing the Spotlight Statistics Repository on SQL Server 2000 can result in errors being displayed and no data being shown in some views. Installing the Spotlight Statistics Repository on SQL Server 2000 is not recommended.
Note: Due to the size of the Spotlight Statistics Repository, it is recommended that this database is not installed on a SQL Express instance. |
| Other Requirements | The SQL Browser service must be running on the machine where the Spotlight Statistics Repository is installed. Alternatively you can use the host and port number of the (named) SQL Server instance you want to connect to, when creating a connection and connecting to the Spotlight Statistics Repository.
The TCP protocol must be enabled on the instance where the Spotlight Statistics Repository resides.
For more information, see the Spotlight on SQL Server Deployment Guide. |
| Maintenance | It is highly recommended that regular maintenance is performed on the Spotlight Statistics Repository. The recommended maintenance plan is outlined in the online help and in the Spotlight on SQL Server Deployment Guide. |
Playback Database
Before installing the playback database, ensure your system meets the following minimum requirements:
| Database sizing | By default, the size of the playback database is set to 500MB (data size) and 125MB (log size). |
| Hard Disk Space | Requires approximately 270 MB for each monitored SQL Server instance and the corresponding monitored Windows host on which the SQL Server instance resides.
Retains 7 days of historical data for each connection in the playback database by default. This is configurable.
Assumes default configuration in an average environment. Actual space used will depend on your environment and any data collection/storage configuration changes that are made. For more information see the Spotlight on SQL Server Sizing Wizard. You can access the wizard from the Spotlight Installation Center. |
| Recommended SQL Server version | Due to the size of the playback database, it is recommended that this database is not installed on a SQL Express instance. |
| Other Requirements | The SQL Browser service must be running on the machine where the playback database is installed. Alternatively you can use the host and port number of the (named) SQL Server instance you want to connect to, when creating a connection and connecting to the playback database.
The TCP protocol must be enabled on the instance where the playback database resides.
For more information, see the Spotlight on SQL Server Deployment Guide. |
| Maintenance | It is highly recommended that regular maintenance is performed on the playback database. The recommended maintenance plan is outlined in the online help and in the Spotlight on SQL Server Deployment Guide. |
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