Simplified installation of vSCOUT on Windows

 

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Introduction

vSCOUT verion 6.1.1 build 336 is the final version of product that supports "lite" mode.  In lite mode the agent is not analyzing traffic.  It can only be used as packet forwarder to any InfiniStream NG.

The procedure below is a siplified installation procedures tested by our engineers and in accordance with our best practises. Supported OS and Harware as specified by NETSCOUT.

Please read the article on vSCOUT resource usage.

This article assumes familiarity with Windows server operations systems.

 

Solution

Supported Operating Systems

 

• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Windows Server 2012 R2 (minimum of R2 required regardless of SP level)
• Windows Server 2016

 

Supported Hardware

• vSCOUT is only supported on hosts based on 64-bit Intel x86 processors

 

Prepare

> Open a command prompt (CMD) as Administrator.

> Create a first file .nsprobeid containing the hostname of the target host.  This name will eventually be used to identify the vSCOUT:

C:\> notepad %temp%\.nsprobeid

Content of the file:

HOSTNAME

Save and exit.

 

Download

vSCOUT can be installed using an EXE file or MSI file.  

Download, save and checksum the required installation file to a directory on the host (suggested C:\Temp). 

 

Installing vSCOUT using the EXE file

Before we start, make a list of these installation depending parameters:

Parameter	Description	Initial Value
NSCONFIG_SERVER_IP	nGeniusONE Server Address	A.B.C.D
NSCONFIG_MONITOR_IP	Specifies the network interfaces to be monitored by vSCOUT by IP address or subnet	E.F.G.H
NSCONFIG_MGMT_IP	Specifies the network interface to be used for communications with the managing nGeniusONE server either by IP address or subnet	I.J.K.L
FWD_SRC_IP	Specifies the IP address of the interface from which vSCOUT forwards traffic (tunnel)	M.N.O.P

 

 

Run the folllowing command.  

C:\is-6110-xxxx-vSCOUT.exe /s /v/qn /v"INSTALLDIR=E:\Programs\NETSCOUT\vSCOUT NSHTTP_PORT=7080 NSHTTPS_PORT=7443 NSCONFIG_SERVER_IP=A.B.C.D NSCOMM_PORT=395 NSCONSOLE_PORT=7501 NSCONFIG_MONITOR_IP=E.F.G.H NSCONFIG_MGMT_IP=I.J.K.L NUM_CPUS=2 MEM_SIZE=2048 FWD_SRC_IP=M.N.O.P VSCOUT_MODE=lite" 

The --prefix argument is optional and allows you to specify a location for the vSCOUT installation.  The default location is /opt/NetScout/.  If you want for example install vSCOUT in /usr/lib/NetScout/, you must specify /usr/lib/ as target directory.

 

Installing vSCOUT using the BIN file

# md5sum is-6xxx-xxx-vSCOUT.bin
# chmod +x is-6xxx-xxx-vSCOUT.bin
# ./is-6xxx-xxx-vSCOUT.bin --prefix=<target directory>

 

Removing vSCOUT from Linux

vSCOUT, vSTREAM Embedded and vSTREAM Agent are completely different products with different capabilities and different licenses.  Before moving to vSTREAM Embedded or vSTREAM Agent, vSCOUT must be removed entirely.

To remove vSCOUT, please read the article.