Control Manager Installation Guide - Trend Micro? Online Help

Control Manager 6.0 Installation Guide
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Tip
• For Control Manager managing more than 1,000 products (including OfficeScan
clients and ServerProtect Normal servers), Trend Micro recommends using a
dedicated SQL server.
• If Control Manager and the SQL server are installed on different computers, set the
same time zone on both computers.
• Trend Micro highly recommends using Microsoft SQL Server Standard or Enterprise
Edition. SQL Express is suitable for testing purposes but not for production
environments.
ODBC Drivers
Control Manager uses an ODBC driver to communicate with the SQL server. For most
instances, ODBC version 3.7 is sufficient.
The Control Manager setup program can verify the ODBC driver version if the SQL
server is installed on the Control Manager computer. For remote SQL servers, verify the
driver manually to ensure that Control Manager can access the database.
Authentication
Control Manager uses mixed-mode authentication for accessing the SQL database rather
than Windows authentication.
Web Server Plan
The web server information screen in the Control Manager setup program presents
similar server identification options as the host ID definition screen: host name, FQDN,
or IP address. The decision considerations for the web server name are the same:
• Using the host name or FQDN facilitates Control Manager server IP address
changes, but makes the system dependent on the DNS server
• The IP address option requires a fixed IP