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> Create a second file named <code>nsagent_config.cfg</code>.&nbsp; Replace <A.B.C.D>&nbsp;with the IP address of the nGenius Server.&nbsp; Replace <MON> and <MAN> with the device name of the network interface on&nbsp;the target host.&nbsp; In most&nbsp;cases the interface to monitor will be the same&nbsp;interface used to communicate&nbsp;with nGenius (<MON>=<MAN>):
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<pre>C:> notepad&nbsp;%temp%\nsagent_config.cfg</pre>


Content of the file:
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<pre>export NSCONFIG_SERVER=<A.B.C.D>
export NSCOMM_PORT=395
export NSCONSOLE_PORT=7501
export HTTP_PORT=7080
export HTTPS_PORT=7443
export NUM_CPUS=2
export MEM_SIZE=2048
export MON_INF=<MON>
export MGMT_INF=<MAN>
export VSCOUT_MODE=lite
</pre>
 
Save and exit.


Note: these files will be copied by the installer to their final destination in the installation directory.&nbsp; The file nsagent_config.cfg&nbsp;can be modified after installation to change vSCOUT settings as many times as you want.&nbsp; You must restart vSCOUT for the changes to take effect.
vSCOUT can be installed using an EXE file or MSI file.&nbsp;&nbsp;


*<code>%temp%\.nsprobeid</code> will be copied to <code><install directory>\rtm\config\.nsprobeid</code>
Download, save and checksum the required installation file to a directory on the host.&nbsp; In this article&nbsp;we assume the following:
*<code>%temp%\nsagent_config.cfg</code>&nbsp; will be copied to&nbsp;<code><install directory>\rtm\config\nsagent_config.cfg</code>


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<code>C:\Temp</code> has be chosen as the location for the installer


=== Download ===
The name of the installer is&nbsp;<code>is-6110-336-vSCOUT-x64.exe</code>


Use wget or curl to download the required installation file to the /tmp directory on the host.&nbsp; There are two versions of this file: RPM&nbsp;to be used with&nbsp;Redhat, CentOS and Amazon Linux and BIN to be used with Ubuntu, Fedore and SUSE&nbsp;Linux.&nbsp; Keep in mind that only x86_64 architecture is supported.
The prefix for the installation folder is E:\Programs\


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=== Installing vSCOUT using the RPM file ===
=== Installing vSCOUT using the EXE file ===
<pre># md5sum is-6xxx-xxx-vSCOUT.x86_64.rpm
 
# yum -y is-6xxx-xxx-vSCOUT.x86_64.rpm --prefix=<target directory></pre>
Run the folllowing command.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<pre>C:\Temp\is-6110-xxxx-vSCOUT.exe /s /v/qn /v"INSTALLDIR=E:\Programs\NETSCOUT\vSCOUT NSHTTP_PORT=7080 NSHTTPS_PORT=7443 NSCONFIG_SERVER_IP=192.168.1.1 NSCOMM_PORT=395 NSCONSOLE_PORT=7501 NSCONFIG_MONITOR_PORT=1 NSCONFIG_MGMT_PORT=1" </pre>


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

Revision as of 11:07, 21 June 2020

 

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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.  In this article we assume the following:

C:\Temp has be chosen as the location for the installer

The name of the installer is is-6110-336-vSCOUT-x64.exe

The prefix for the installation folder is E:\Programs\

 

Installing vSCOUT using the EXE file

Run the folllowing command.   

C:\Temp\is-6110-xxxx-vSCOUT.exe /s /v/qn /v"INSTALLDIR=E:\Programs\NETSCOUT\vSCOUT NSHTTP_PORT=7080 NSHTTPS_PORT=7443 NSCONFIG_SERVER_IP=192.168.1.1 NSCOMM_PORT=395 NSCONSOLE_PORT=7501 NSCONFIG_MONITOR_PORT=1 NSCONFIG_MGMT_PORT=1"

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.

 

 

 

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