Installing and Configuring Databases

When performing a custom installation, the database is the first component of ObserveIT that needs to be installed.

To successfully in install the database you need to:

Choose the location of the recorded graphic screenshots storage: By default, all the recorded graphic screenshots are stored in the ObserveIT_Data database. In medium to large deployments of ObserveIT, it is strongly recommended to configure all recorded graphic screenshots to be stored in the file system network share (a UNC path) instead of in the SQL database. This will reduce the overall I/O overhead on the SQL Server. (For information about formatting the volumes.

For storage, see Formatting a Disk for Graphic Images Storage and the Database.
Install the ObserveIT databases: By default, ObserveIT uses Microsoft SQL Server databases for data storage. This storage includes user activity configuration data, user analytics data, textual audit metadata and possibly the screenshots captured by the ObserveIT Agents for video replay.
Install the ObserveIT Analytics database.
Add the ObserveIT Application Server(s) machine account to the ObserveIT databases.

Choose the location of the recorded graphic screenshots storage.

2. Edit the database installer configuration file to use file system storage for recorded graphic screenshots.

3. Install the ObserveIT databases.

4. Install the ObserveIT Analytics database.

5. Add the ObserveIT Application Server(s) machine account to the ObserveIT databases.

You need to do complete the following tasks: