Windows 7 RC and EV Admin
Updated: 21 May 2010 | 11 comments
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I am running Windows 7 RC and am trying to install the EV Admin tool. When it check the prerequisites during setup, it errors with: Enterprise Vault requires Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 or greater. Is there any way to bypass these checks and force the install?
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EV must be installed on a
EV must be installed on a OS Server, not on a client. As test you can use a virtual machine which installed Windows Server 2003 sp2 or WS2008. I think you can't have a positive respond for your question.
Actually that is incorrect
Actually that is incorrect you can install the VAC onto a client and administer Vault from the client. I did have this working on my test system on XP and remember certain software had to be installed for it to work.
This is obviously not a supported situation but I do have a windows 7 client that I was playing with the other day so will see if I can get the VAC installed at all.
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So I installed the
So I installed the VAC successfully on my WIndows 7 client and so did the following:-
1. Ran setup.exe and installed the administrative tools
2. Installed Windows 2003 Admin Pack (Pre Req)
3. Rebooted
4. Logged on as VSA and connected to Directory Service and had a fully working VAC.
One stumbling block I did run into was that I first got an error stating that the MMC could not load the snap-in. To get round this a just reinstalled after a reboot.
I got nothing about pre-requisites so the moral of this test is yes it will work.
Cheers.....Paul.
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What versions of EV and
What versions of EV and Windows 7 were you using? I am assuming VAC stands for Vault Admin Console or similar....
Yes you have the acronym
Yes you have the acronym correct. In my test I was using EV 2007 SP5 but the EV version would be irrelevant really. Regarding Windows 7 when I run the ver command it gives me 6.1.7000 and it is Windows 7 Ultimate but again I would think that client version would again not be relevant.
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@RSRust When you ran
@RSRust
When you ran setup.exe did you uncheck everything but the Admin Console?
Tony Sterling
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You only get the option of
You only get the option of administration console when you run setup on a client. Well that is what you should get.
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yeah, that is what it is
yeah, that is what it is supposed to do. :) That is what happens when I run it on my XP but i was just curious if running it on Win 7 was maybe doing something a bit different.
Cheers,
Tony Sterling
www.bluesource.net or www.bluesource.co.uk
Offices in the US and the UK
Does not do anything
Does not do anything different on my Windows 7 client mate
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My install errors before I
My install errors before I even get to the point of selecting the Administration Console. I can setup another test instance of Windows 7 and try the install again, but I am wondering if there is, in fact, a difference in the EV versions.
Successful install - How To
I was just about to write up my failed attempt on the test machine when I decided to try something else. Although I didn't think it would make a difference, I copied the install folder down to the local machine and ran setup. It failed as expected, but I got a Program Compatablity Assistant pop up from Windows which identified that the program did not install correctly. I chose "Reinstall using recommended settings" and this time I got an error about DCOM, so I turned off Windows Firewall and ran the install again, and it did complete successfully. I did the same procedure on my production PC with the same positive results. The moral of this story: run the install from a local copy to get it to run in compatability mode for it to install in Windows 7. This did not require a reboot nor the Admin Pack as mentioned previously (possibly different reqs with EV 8.0.1).
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