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1. Necto Training
Module 22: Necto
Installation and
Migration

2. Objectives
 By the end of this lesson you will be able to
 Perform a Necto Installation
 Perform a migration from NovaView to Necto

3. Agenda
 Server Architecture
 Prerequisites
 Windows 2008/2012 configuration
 Installation Process
 Post Installation Configuration

4. Server Architecture

5. Before Necto Installation
Analysis
Server
SQL Customer
DB
Customer
Server
Necto Server
Windows 2008
R2/2012/2012 R2
Usually already
exists
New server must be
prepared for Necto

6. Necto Simple Installation
Windows 2008 R2/2012/2012 R2
SQL 2012
Necto DB
Necto Software
Necto Server
Necto In-Memory
Engine
Mainly for Demo or Test
purposes everything is installed
in a single server, you can use
either In-Memory or OLAP
Cubes
Analysis
Server

7. Necto Production Installation – Using
Customer’s SQL Server
SQL Customer
DB
Windows 2008
R2/2012/2012 R2
Necto DB
Necto Software
Necto Server Customer
Server
Analysis
Server

8. SQL
Necto Production Installation when UDC is
Installed
Windows 2008
R2/2012/2012 R2
Necto Software
Necto Server Customer
Server
SQL Customer
DB
UDC
Necto DB
Necto Calculations
Server/s
Analysis
Server
Necto In-
Memory
Engine
SQL
UDC

9. Prerequisites

10. Analysis Server
 Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services
2005,2008,2008R2,2012,2012R2 or 2014
 Must be in same domain as Necto Server
SQL Customer
DB
Necto DB
Customer
Server
Analysis
Server

11. SQL Server
 Necto creates 4 databases
 Necto installs SQL 2012 express
SQL Customer
DB
Necto DB
Customer
Server
Windows 2008
R2/2012/2012R2
SQL Express
Necto DB
Necto Software
Necto Server
Analysis
Server
 When using customer’s
server:
 Installer user should
have permissions
 Should be
2012 SP1 or higher

12. Windows 2008 R2 Components
 NET Framework 3.5
 Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 4.0
 Microsoft SQL Native Client
 Microsoft SQL Client Components
 Analysis Services connectivity driver :
 Microsoft 2005 SQL/OLAP ADOMD.NET 9.0 for
Analysis Services 2005
 Microsoft 2008 SQL/OLAP ADOMD.NET 10.0 for
Analysis Services 2008
 Microsoft 2012 SQL/OLAP ADOMD.NET 11.0 for
Analysis Services 2012
Windows 2008
R2/2012/2-12R2
SQL Express
Necto DB
Necto Software
Necto Server

13. Permissions
 Log on as an Administrator on the Necto Server
 Define a single user with Administration permissions
to:
 Necto Server
 SQL Server
 Analysis Server
SQL Customer
DB
Necto DB
Customer
Server
Windows 2008
R2/2012/2012R2
SQL Express
Necto DB
Necto Software
Necto Server
Analysis
Server

14. Ports
 Necto uses the following ports (should be opened)
 4444 – Website (user interface)
 2383 – Connection to Analysis Server
 9985, 9999, 9961 – Necto services

15. GIS Requirements
 If you are going to use the GIS mapping component
of Necto you will require open access to the internet
for the following sites
 Arcgis.com
 Acrgisonline.com

16. Installation Process

17. Necto Installation Files
 Necto Installation file: Necto_Setup_x.x.x.x.x.exe
 x.x.x.x.x represents the GA build of Necto 14
 Necto License file

18. Necto Installation Files
 Simple installation
 Single machine required
 Production Installation
 Multiple machines required
 The Installer must be run on each machine (Installer
and license file required on each machine)

19. Extract Installation Files
Double-click to extract
installation files

20. Extract Installation Files
Once Extraction has
occurred you may be asked
to restart you machine to
proceed
Restart the machine and
continue to installation by
executing
PanoramaNectoSuite.cmd

21. Installation Wizard Starts

22. Locate License File

23. Provide Installation Directory

24. Choose Installation Type
For the simple installation you will
get this prompt

25. Choose Installation Type
Clicking on either option will show
this prompt for the installer to
check for missing components,
before continuing
Once again you maybe asked
to restart the machine at this
point

26. Simple Installation

27. Define Account for Necto Services
Account (Active Directory
e.g. domainuser) should
have administrator rights
on:
• Necto Server
• SQL Server
• OLAP Server

28. Simple Installation

29. Production Installation

30. Define Account for Necto Services
Account should have
administrator rights on:
• Necto Server
• SQL Server
• OLAP Server

31. Install Other Necto servers first
Select ‘Other Necto Servers’, on the
machine that will eventually become
either the Necto Database and or the
Necto In-Memory engine machine

32. Production Installation Other Servers

33. Install Other Necto Application Server
Select ‘Necto Application Server’, on the
machine that will host Necto itself.

34. Install Other Necto Application Server
On the Application Server, specify where
to look for the Necto Databases
On the Application Server, specify
where to look for the Necto In-Memory
engine or an instance of SQL 2012
Tabular
The Necto installation will
check the information you
added is correct, and
prompt you if it is not.

35. Production Installation Application Server

36. Upgrade Installation

37. Extract Installation Files
Double-click to extract
installation files

38. Locate License File

39. Take a backup of the current Installation files

40. Installation Upgrade

41. Restart Server

42. Post Installation Configuration

43. IIS Post-Install Configuration
 In IIS, validate that Necto virtual directories and applications:
 Are set to use ASP.NET 3.5
 ASP.NET Impersonation is disabled
 Make sure that “Windows Authentication” is installed and
enabled

44. SQL Post-Install Configuration
 SQL must be set to Mixed Authentication mode

45. IE Security Configuration - for each Client
Station
 Disable IE Enhanced Security Configuration
 Add Panorama Website to Trusted Sites
Necto
Server
Web

46. Validating Installation
 Open Necto Web UI
 Connect to a Data source
 Create your first Workboard (Check the data for
validity)

47. Thank you
Any Questions?