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NightWatchman Enterprise 7.3

NightWatchman Management Center installer properties

The NightWatchman Management Center installer properties

The NightWatchman Management Center installer contains various properties that can be set on the MSIEXEC command line. The table below lists the supported set:

Property

Default value

Notes

ACTIVE_DIRECTORY_SERVER

This is normally the Active Directory domain name, but can be name of a domain controller if needs require.This is used by the NightWatchman Management Center to manage security permissions for NightWatchman Management Center console users.

ADDLOCAL

The NightWatchman Management Center components you want to install. You can specify more than one component on a single command-line by using a comma separated list. Component values are case sensitive.

  • Database – installs the database component

  • NightWatchmanReports – installs the Reports component

  • WakeUpReports – installs the WakeUp reports, including the Configuration Manager reports

  • WebService – installs the Web Service component

  • ConsoleService – installs the service for the NightWatchman Console

  • ImportWizard – installs the Import Wizard component

  • Console – installs the NightWatchman Console

  • AnalysisReports – installs the analysis reports

ADMINACCOUNT

Domain account or security group assigned to the Systems Administrator role in the NightWatchman Management Center Console. The domain account or security group must be in the Domain\sAMAccountName format. The Systems Administrator role has full administrator rights in the NightWatchman Management Center console and after installation can be used assign further permissions in the console. It is best practice to use a security group with the installer's account as a member. If this group is added to the server's local administrators group, its members will have full admin rights to the server and console.

AEFEATUREHARDWARECATALOGDOWNLOAD

The ActiveEfficiency synchronization with the 1E Cloud feature is now obsolete.

AEFEATUREINVENTORYUPLOAD

The ActiveEfficiencysynchronizationwith the 1E Cloud feature is now obsolete.

AEFEATURESAVINGSUPLOAD

The ActiveEfficiencysynchronizationwith the 1E Cloud feature is now obsolete.

AEFEATUREWAKEUP

Enables or disables the Nomad WakeUp feature. Values are case sensitive and must be used as shown:

  • true – enable feature (the default). You must also set the AESERVERNAME property.

  • false – disable feature

AENOUI

Determines if ActiveEfficiency is used. Values are:

  • 1 – enable feature (the default). You must also set the AESERVERNAME property.

  • 0 – disable feature

AESERVERNAME

Location of the ActiveEfficiency server. Must be the NetBIOS name for the server where ActiveEfficiency is installed. This is used by NightWatchman Management Center to manage integration with ActiveEfficiency to support. Values are:

  • Power consumption data updates

  • Inventory upload

  • Cumulative savings

  • Nomad WakeUp feature

CONSOLE
<installdir>\Console

Installation directory for the NightWatchman Management Center console.

Note

<installdir> is defined using the INSTALLDIR installer property.

CONSOLESERVICE

<installdir>\ConsoleService

Installation directory for the console service.

Note

<installdir> is defined using the INSTALLDIR installer property.

CURRENCYCODE

Currency used for energy tariffs in the NightWatchman reports. This must be set to the currency code for the required currency. For example, to display US dollars in the reports:

CURRENCYCODE=USD

DATABASENAME

AgilityFrameworkReporting

Name of the Agility Framework Reporting database.

Note

If a non-default name is specified, the name is also appended to the name of each of the SQL Agent jobs created by the installer in the same SQL Server instance as the database. Using the default name does not append anything to the names of the jobs.

DROPOLDDB

0

Determines if any existing Agility Framework Reporting database is dropped during installation. Values are:

  • 0 – do not drop existing database

  • 1 – drops existing database

ENABLETLS12

0

Use this property with value 1 only if TLS 1.0 is disabled. When this is set to 1, SQL Server Native Client 11.0 must be installed. Values are:

  • 0 – if TLS1.0 is enabled

  • 1 – if TLS1.0 is disabled (TLS1.1 or TLS 1.2 is enabled)

ENVSETUP

4

Sets the size of the organization where the NightWatchman Management Center is being installed. Values are:

  • 1 – very small

  • 2 – small

  • 3 – medium

  • 4 – large

INSTALLDIR

C:\Program Files\1E\

NightWatchmanManagementCenter

Sets the base installation directory for the NightWatchman Management Center.

LOGPATH

Directory for the NightWatchman Management Center log files.

REPORTCONSOLE

<installdir>

Installation directory for the NightWatchman Management Center Report Console.

Note

<installdir> is defined using the INSTALLDIR installer property.

REPORTCONSOLEHOSTHEADER

Host header for the NightWatchman Management Center Report Console. You need to use this name when browsing to the report console. In order to use the name once it has been set, you need to have defined the appropriate DNS settings to dereference it to the IP address of the server hosting the Report Console web site.

For example, to set the installer property for the Report Console host header to 1EReports:

REPORTCONSOLEHOSTHEADER=1EReports
REPORTCONSOLEIISPORT

80

IIS port to be used for the NightWatchman Management Center Report Console.

REPORTCONSOLEIPADDRESS

IP address for the NightWatchman Management Center Report console.

SERVICELOCATION

Location of the console service, used when installing the NightWatchman Management Center Console on a different computer to the Console Service. This is specified as the server name where the console service is installed.

SQLSERVER

Location for the SQL Server database instance. Permitted formats are:

  • (Local) – uses the local default instance

  • ServerName – a remote server using the default instance

  • ServerName\Instance – remote server and named instance using a dynamic port

  • ServerName, Port – a remote server and instance defined by its fixed port

STRICTAUTHORIZATION

Determines if 1E Web WakeUp uses strict authorization when performing wake ups. When strict authorization is enabled, you need to add entries to the Agility Framework database that lists the user names and computers the user is allowed to wake up. Values are:

  • 0 – do no use strict authorization

  • 1 – uses strict authorization

SVCPASSWORD

Password for the console service account.

SVCUSER

Console service account in the format: Domain\Account.

For more detail about this account, please refer to Preparation: NightWatchman Management Center Console service account.

If the installation account has appropriate permissions, the installer automatically grants the service account the permissions it needs. However, if you intend to use the NightWatchman Management Center console to implement remote wake-ups, you must manually set additional WMI permissions to the service account for the WakeUp namespaces, as described in Preparation - Accounts needed to install the WakeUp server.

USEFIPS

Use FIPS for encrypting NightWatchman Management Center communications.

Note

Ensure that the same setting is made for all NightWatchman Management Center, WakeUp Server and 1E Agent components.

  • FALSE – do not use FIPS encrypted communications.

  • TRUE – uses FIPS encrypted communications.

WEBSERVICE

<installdir>\WebService

Installation directory for the NightWatchman Management Center Web Service.

Note

<installdir> is defined using the INSTALLDIR installer property.

WEBSERVICEHOSTHEADER

Host header for the NightWatchman Management Center Web service. This is the server name used to locate the Web service. The customized name is used in all the NightWatchman clients and WakeUp agents when locating the Web service. In order to use the name once it has been set, you need to have defined the appropriate DNS settings to dereference it to the IP address location of the server hosting the Web service.

For example, to set the installer property for the Report console host header to 1EWebService:

WEBSERVICEHOSTHEADER=1EWebService
WEBSERVICEIISPORT

IIS port for the NightWatchman Management Center Web service.

Note

You must use this port in all NightWatchman clients and WakeUp agents when locating the Web Service.

WEBSERVICEIPADDRESS

IP address for the NightWatchman Management Center Web service. The default value is: the standard IIS IP address.

Note

You must use this IP address in all NightWatchman clients and WakeUp agents when locating the Web Service.