1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:07,020 I previously downloaded the NPM software in this case, I'm using a release candidate 1 version of software, 2 00:00:07,740 --> 00:00:09,570 you'll be using the full release. 3 00:00:10,890 --> 00:00:18,370 Now that I've downloaded my solar winds software, I need to get it into my virtual machine. 4 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:24,900 There are multiple ways of doing this, but in this example, I'm going to go to VM settings, options, 5 00:00:25,410 --> 00:00:27,900 and I'm going to create a shared folder. 6 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:35,040 So I'm going to click add and browse to the folder where I downloaded the software on my physical 7 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:35,640 PC. 8 00:00:36,420 --> 00:00:38,670 Click next, click finish. 9 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:47,070 I'm going to make this available as a network drive and click, OK, so now in Windows Explorer, I 10 00:00:47,070 --> 00:00:53,190 have a shared folder and within that I can see my installation file. 11 00:00:53,790 --> 00:00:59,160 I'll now be able to install solar winds NPM on my Windows 7 VM. 12 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:07,440 So to install NPM, I'm going to double click on the solar winds NPM executable file, this file is 13 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:15,770 once again stored on my physical machine, but I'm accessing it via a shared folder. 14 00:01:16,230 --> 00:01:17,220 I'm going to click Run. 15 00:01:18,940 --> 00:01:20,500 The install has been verified 16 00:01:21,370 --> 00:01:23,230 and then files are being extracted. 17 00:01:24,410 --> 00:01:32,330 I'm going to click yes, to allow the program to make changes to the computer. So the solar winds installer 18 00:01:32,690 --> 00:01:34,280 is starting the installation. 19 00:01:36,860 --> 00:01:45,020 Now, I'm told that solarwinds requires Microsoft.net framework version 4.5, if this version 20 00:01:45,020 --> 00:01:52,010 is not already installed, solarwinds will install the required .net framework version before installing 21 00:01:52,190 --> 00:01:59,690 your solarwinds application, click install to begin the installation of the Microsoft.net framework. 22 00:02:00,380 --> 00:02:07,220 So I'm going to click install to install Microsoft.net now to make sure that you don't get bored with 23 00:02:07,250 --> 00:02:08,180 these videos. 24 00:02:08,270 --> 00:02:16,120 I'm going to speed up the installation process so some processes are taking a long time to complete. 25 00:02:16,460 --> 00:02:18,620 I'm going to simply speed them up in the video. 26 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:27,390 OK, so Microsoft.net has been installed, I'm now shown the welcome wizard for the Orion Network 27 00:02:27,390 --> 00:02:28,890 Performance Monitor software. 28 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:31,440 So it says, welcome to the install 29 00:02:31,450 --> 00:02:34,320 wizard for Orion Network Performance Monitor. 30 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:36,300 Click next to continue. 31 00:02:36,300 --> 00:02:38,490 So I'm going to click next to start the installation. 32 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:41,210 You need to choose your language. 33 00:02:41,710 --> 00:02:48,880 In my case, I'm going to select English, I'm told that Orion requires Internet information services 34 00:02:49,060 --> 00:02:54,900 or IIS, but it's not currently installed after completing the installation. 35 00:02:55,210 --> 00:02:59,140 The Orion configuration was it can install it automatically. 36 00:02:59,590 --> 00:03:00,590 Do I want to do this? 37 00:03:00,610 --> 00:03:01,590 Yes, I do. 38 00:03:01,900 --> 00:03:04,450 So I'm going to continue with the Orion installation. 39 00:03:06,220 --> 00:03:08,320 The license agreement is then displayed. 40 00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:15,040 It's obviously recommended that you read the license agreement before accepting the terms. 41 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:22,180 I'm going to accept the terms and then click next and then asked to choose a destination installation 42 00:03:22,180 --> 00:03:22,880 location. 43 00:03:23,290 --> 00:03:26,050 I'm going to stick with the default and click next. 44 00:03:27,830 --> 00:03:30,930 They need to choose the install type. 45 00:03:31,590 --> 00:03:37,980 I'm not going to use an express install, which is the recommended way of doing it so fully install Orion 46 00:03:37,980 --> 00:03:44,280 Network Performance Monitor as quickly as possible, or do an advanced installation. In this case 47 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,960 because I simply want to get the software up and running as quickly as possible. 48 00:03:48,270 --> 00:03:52,050 I'm going to go for the Express install and click next. 49 00:03:52,830 --> 00:04:01,410 NPM now supports QOE or quality of experience traffic monitoring, I'm then asked whether I want to 50 00:04:01,410 --> 00:04:05,430 install thi,s in this case because I want to get it up and running quickly. 51 00:04:05,700 --> 00:04:11,580 I'm going to select the default values and enable QOE and click next. 52 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:17,250 I'm told that the setup has enough information to start copying the files. 53 00:04:17,730 --> 00:04:21,269 If you want to review or change any settings, click back. 54 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:23,870 If you're satisfied, click next. 55 00:04:24,420 --> 00:04:25,440 I'm happy with that. 56 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:29,820 So I'm going to click next and start the NPM installation. 57 00:04:30,790 --> 00:04:37,720 So NPM is installing various components, including Microsoft Visual C++. 58 00:04:39,410 --> 00:04:41,210 The installation takes a while. 59 00:04:42,140 --> 00:04:48,170 I'm going to speed up the video so that you don't have to wait for the full installation taking place 60 00:04:48,170 --> 00:04:49,250 in real time. 61 00:04:53,570 --> 00:04:57,050 We're told now that the installation is being completed. 62 00:04:58,140 --> 00:05:05,700 We're now told that the installation has successfully completed, so the database has been set up, 63 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:13,050 the website has been set up, all services are running, and we can launch the Web console by checking 64 00:05:13,050 --> 00:05:15,670 the check box, which is checked by default. 65 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,770 I'm going to click finish to exit the configuration 66 00:05:19,770 --> 00:05:20,220 wizard. 67 00:05:22,340 --> 00:05:32,240 I can then connect to the local host on Port 8787, and then log in to the solarwinds NPM server, 68 00:05:33,050 --> 00:05:40,700 notice by default, we can log in with the username of admin and no password. To change the admin password 69 00:05:40,850 --> 00:05:43,910 to login, click settings, manage accounts. 70 00:05:44,990 --> 00:05:50,210 So I'm going to log in with the default username of Admin and a blank password. 71 00:05:50,780 --> 00:05:57,820 So at this point I have successfully installed NPM and I can access the console. 72 00:05:58,610 --> 00:06:02,410 The next step is to follow the wizard to discover the network. 73 00:06:02,750 --> 00:06:09,410 But before I do that, I need to configure the virtual machine for integration with GNS3.