App Volumes Manager deployment.

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Infrastructure Requirements
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 or 2012 R2 or 2016
  • .NET Framework 3.5
  • 4 vCPU
  • 4 GB Memory
  • Database from SQL Server.
Networking Requirements
  • TCP 80 (HTTP). Communication between Manager and Agent.
  • TCP 443 (HTTPS). Communication between Manager and Agent.
  • TCP 1433 (SQL). Communication between Manager and SQL Server.
Active Directory
  • A domain account for read-only account access.
[Step 1] Creating a database in SQL Server for App Volumes Manager.
  • Do not use SQL Express for production environment.
  • If you are planing to use Full Recovery model, recommendation is to set the size of the transaction log large enough so that the autogrow option is used only as a contingency for unexpected growth, or set the transaction log to a fixed size.

  • (Optional) You can also configure a SQL Alert so that when the transaction log reaches 50 percent full, the transaction log is backed up, thus freeing it.
  • Create a SQL login account. I highly recommend do not use SA account or sharing any other accounts for production environment. Always create a dedicated account.
    • Select the default database to your App Volumes SQL login account.
    • Disable enforce password policy.
    • On the User Mapping page, select the App Volumes database and select db_owner as the role membership.


[Step 2] Installing App Volumes Manager.
  • If you did not enable .NET Framework 3.5, do not worry. The App Volumes Manager will enabled it for you. You can enable it up front if you want to.
  • Browse to your ISO directory, go to Installer directory and launch the setup.exe. Do not go in to the Manager folder and run the App Volumes Manager setup.  

  • Choose "Connect to an existing SQL Server Database"
  • Type in the SQL server FQDN or IP address.
  • Use the SQL login account associated with the App Volumes database.
  • Choose the App Volumes database.
  • DO NOT CLICK "OVERWRITE EXISTING DATABASE". Not necessary.
  • Leave these settings as it is.
  • In production environment, it is not recommended to have the communication port through HTTP (80). Do this only on POC environment.

  • Click next all the way and it will start to install App Volumes Manager.
The next post will be configuring the start-up config. To be continued!


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