Active Roles 8.1.1 - How-to Guide

Preinstallation and Upgrade > Checking System Readiness

To check the system readiness

From the Windows Applications, Start Menu, select Active Roles System Checker.
The Active Roles System Checker window is displayed.

Select Computer | System Readiness Checks.
In the Confirm System Readiness Checks window, select the appropriate components to check for and click Check.
In the System Readiness Checks window, review the summary and confirm that the computer has passed the required checks. Take appropriate action before installing Active Roles. For example, if there is a warning about insufficient Memory (RAM), then upgrade the Memory to the recommended amount.
In the Active Roles System Checker, select SQL Server Checks under Environment. Enter the SQL Server name and appropriate credentials for the Active Roles service account and click Check.
Review the summary to confirm that the SQL Server passed the checks.
In the Active Roles System Checker, select Active Directory Checks under Environment. Enter the Domain Controller name and appropriate credentials for the Active Roles service account and click Check.
Review the summary to confirm the account has adequate permissions in Active Directory.

In this example, the checker found Exchange in the environment. Active Roles service account is not a member of the Exchange groups and therefore must be added appropriately in order to administer Exchange-related tasks in Active Roles.

A progress window is displayed. After completion, the summary is displayed.

On this screen, click the Additional Resources link to learn more about Active Roles. Click Finish.

For an installation demonstration, please refer to the following knowledge base article:

Clean Installation > Installing Active Roles Service

To install the Active Roles service

Run ActiveRoles.exe.
Accept the licensing agreement and click Next.
Select the desired components and click Next.
Review the summary and click Install.
By default, the I want to perform configuration option is selected.

Click Finish to launch the Configuration Center.
Under the Administration Service option, click Configure.
Select a service account that will run the Active Roles service and click Next.
Choose the appropriate security group that will hold the role of the Active Roles Admin group and click Next.
If this is the first installation of Active Roles, select New Active Roles database and click Next.
Enter the appropriate SQL server, database name and credentials. Click Next.
After completing, click Finish.

Clean Installation > Installing Active Roles Web Interface

To install the Active Roles Web interface