Installation Problems on Deskpro SFF

[Ayman Altounji]

Hi!

I'm having trouble installing Insight Manager XE 2.0 on my Deskpro SFF. I'm trying to use this as a test "server", since we don't have a lab envirmonment to test in. I don't want to implement this on my production servers yet.

I've installed Windows 2000 Server (SP1), SQL-Server 2000 and while trying to install XE from the Smartstart 4.90 CD I get the following error message: "Compaq NTSSD is not installed on this system. Compaq NTSSD must be installed on this system to proceed with the installation".

But, there is no NTSSD for Windows 2000 Server, so naturally thats not installed. I've run the Compaq Support Paq for Microsoft Windows 2000.

Is it not possible to install XE on a Deskpro at all?

Rgrds,
Christian Mohn

[Ayman Altounji]

No, this is not possible. You can only install CIM XE on a Compaq ProLiant server.

[Ayman Altounji]

The Smartstart CD Version 5, contains an NTSSD for Windows 2000. I got XE 2.1 working on a Deskpro EN with Windows NT4 OK. Don't know about Windows 2000

[Gert Luyten]

The SSD for W2K is now called CSP. Like jhnstona already mentioned, it was possible to install CIM XE on a Compaq Desktop with NT4 server, but only if you had older NTSSD drivers/Insight Agents installed (I think before version 2.16/4.70).
But like Scott told you, CIM XE 2.x is only supported on a 'real' Compaq server.