Setting up CCS-VM using a remote SQL Database
Purpose
The purpose of this article is to help guide people who may get a little stuck on the setup of CCS-VM when using a remote Database.
When setting up an instance of CCS-VM using a remote Database I ran into SQL issues, which I could not resolve using the Symantec forums or via Googling. Hopefully my findings will help others who run into similar issues.
Environment
CCS-VM Server – Windows 2012 R2 64-bit
SQL Server – Windows 2008 64-bit SQL 2008
**Notes**
When linking to a remote SQL database use the SA account as for some reason SQL does not like windows Credentials. Change this after install in the CCS-VM configuration, under the Database information. Change Authentication Type from ‘Windows’ to ‘SQL’ and enter in the username and password.
Copy the eEyeEmsClientCert from the certificate manager->Personal to a place where you can find it and rename to EmsClientCert when configuring Events Client. Certificate is not in the location in which the guide says. (The guide does refer to this at the bottom of the installation guide.)
Successful install steps:
1. Setup and configure server - Install IIS & Application server. Ensure that .net3.5 is installed also install .NET Framework 4.5.2 prior to installing any of the packages.
2. Install CCS-VM Console as per the installation guide (Page 17 through to 20) - If prompted use the SQL sa account - Otherwise change this after install as per notes above.
3. Install CCS-VM Network Scanner as per the installation Guide (Page 20)
4. Configure CSS-VM Network Scanner as per the installation Guide (Page 21 through to 23)
5. Configure the Event Client - **See notes about Certificate. **
6. Log into Web Console and configure Analytics & Reporting - See installation guide for connecting to report server as per the installation Guide (Page 24 through to 30)
7. Sync the data between SQL & CCS Web Console – This may take some time as you are using a remote Database
8. Run a Discovery scan from the CCS-VM Network Scanner Manager on your server
9. Run a Discovery scan from the Web Console
Summary
Once you have done the above steps you should be able to successfully see that scans have been completed in the web console. If you click on the completed tab you should see that a report is available in the Discovery Scan that you ran from the Web Console. You should also see the number of Hosts Found. If the number of hosts found show more than ‘0’ then you have successfully implemented CCS-VM using a remote SQL server.