Before installing

Minimizing network traffic

MVP lets you choose where to install components. To minimize network traffic and improve performance, install the MarkVision Server on a host that provides high-speed access to users and to the devices you want to monitor. If your devices are distributed across a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN), network traffic increases as users try to access them.

Selecting installation components

While installing the MarkVision components, a dialog appears that shows the hierarchy in which the different components can be installed.

Note: For Windows-based operating systems, you must select the parent branches in the hierarchy to include any items located in a sub-branch.

Component

Description

1 The MarkVision Client Application and the MarkVision Server may be installed separately. The application only requires one instance of the MarkVision Server installed somewhere on the network, not necessarily on the same machine.

MarkVision Client Application1

Installs the primary application that is used to manage your devices

Note: The MarkVision Client Application does not require the installation of Sun’s Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Plug-in.

MarkVision Web Client1

Installs a version of the MarkVision Client, which can be accessed through a Web browser

Notes:

  • In order to run the Web Client, you must first enable your Web browser to support Sun’s Java Runtime Environment (JRE) by installing the Java Plug-in.
  • The MarkVision installation process is operating system specific. Install one of the following smaller versions of the Web browser on a local machine: Windows Web package, Mac OS X Web package, or UNIX Web package.

MarkVision Server

Installs the necessary files to set up the MarkVision Server

Notes:

  • You must use the MarkVision Web Server with the MarkVision Web Client.
  • You may make the MarkVision Web Server the default server on HTTP port 80. This allows the browser-based application to access the server from the HTTP port 80, which requires no additional numbering in the URL. If HTTP port 80 is already in use, assign the server to HTTP port 9180.
  • To publish the URL to access MarkVision Professional or Messenger, create a URL on your Web server that automatically forwards the user’s browser to the URL used by either tool.

MarkVision Messenger

Installs the MarkVision Messenger Web-based utility


Downloading MarkVision Professional

  1. Go to www.markvisionprofessional.com.

  2. From the Select Operating System menu, select your operating system type.

  3. Click Download Now.

  4. Type your registration information, and then click Start Download.

    Note: For UNIX or Linux operating systems, save the MVP package to the /tmp directory.