The eG Installation Guide - eG Innovations

Installing and Configuring on Windows Environments
2. If the eG agent setup program identifies an IIS server in the user environment, it expects the
user to state if he/she wants to monitor this IIS server as depicted by Figure 3.170. If the user
chooses Yes, the Setup installs a specific filter that will be used to track all requests to and from a
web server. The default option is No.
Figure 3.170: IIS web server monitoring
3. Then, restart the World Wide Web Publishing Service.
3.13 Configuring the eG Agent to Monitor an IIS Web Server
Operating on Windows 2008
The eG agent can monitor an IIS web server operating on Windows 2008 only if the Web Server role is
configured on the target Windows 2008 server.
Typically, for an IIS web server to function on a Windows 2008 server, a Web Server Role should be
configured on the server. The Web Server role in Windows Server® 2008 lets you share information
with users on the Internet, an intranet, or an extranet. If such a role does not exist on a Windows
2008 server, then, you cannot monitor the transactions to the IIS web server on that host; this is
because, the ISAPI filter required for transaction monitoring cannot be installed on a Windows 2008
server without the Web Server role.
To configure this Web Server role on a Windows 2008 server, follow the steps detailed below:
1. Login to the Windows 2008 server as a local/domain administrator.
2. Open the Server Manager console by following the menu sequence, Start -> Programs ->
Administrative Tools -> Server Manager (see Figure 3.171).
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