Verdiem Surveyor 6 Installation Guide

Verdiem Surveyor 6 Installation GuidePermissions required for installation and deploymentTo install and run the Surveyor system, you need to confirm the necessary user accountsand permissions for the services that are installed.Creating user accounts for Surveyor and EnergyWise servicesEach service installed with Surveyor runs under a user account. The permissions for theuser account must be configured to allow the service to access other components of theSurveyor system.In general, Surveyor services require local administrator permissions on the computer onwhich they’re installed. However, instead of using the computer’s local system account oran administrator account that is also someone’s personal account, it is more secure anduseful for troubleshooting to create a user specifically for running Surveyor components.Services installed with the server setup programThe Surveyor setup program installs a number of services. Two of these are Windowsservices that run on the power management server; the others are web services that runthrough IIS. Frequently the power management and web servers will be hosted on the samecomputer, as is the case if you choose the Typical installation path in the Surveyor setupprogram.For the Typical installation path, default options are used, and all components are installedon the same computer. The Surveyor IIS application pool runs under the network account,the Enterprise Power Management Processor runs under the local system account, andthe IIS default web site is used with all of its default settings.The web services (PMPService,Admin, and EWProvService) run under the identity of the application pool.If you select the Advanced path, you can install individual components and specify usersthat run the services.The following table lists the services installed and the permissions needed for each.ServiceAdmin web servicePermissions needed• The equivalent of local administrator permissions on theserver, as well as on the computers that run theAdministrator console.• Must be a member of the Windows group IIS_WPG onthe IIS server.• Additional administrative permissions for performing powermanagement tasks on client agents are configured in rolesin the Surveyor Administrator console.Verdiem Surveyor Task Processor(background power managementprocessor)Permission to run as a Windows service.PMPService (power managementprocessor web service)• The equivalent of local administrator permissions on thepower management and web servers.• Must be a member of the Windows group IIS_WPG onthe IIS server.Preparing for the Surveyor server installation19