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Activate Archiving Server

Topic Last Modified: 2009-01-23

To activate Archiving Server, you perform the following tasks:

  • Establish a new or existing service account for the Archiving Server
  • Create or assign a SQL Server archiving database
  • Assign directories for the database and transaction log files
  • Activate the Archiving Server role

To activate Archiving Server

  1. At the server where you installed Archiving Server, log on as a member of the DomainAdmins and RTCUniversalServerAdmins groups.

  2. Start the deployment tool by going to setup\amd64, and then double-clicking setupEE.exe or setupSE.exe.

  3. Click Deploy Other Server Roles, and then click Deploy Archiving Server.

  4. At Activate Archiving Server, click Run.

  5. On the Welcome page, click Next.

  6. On the Select Service Account page, type the name of a new or existing service account to use for the Archiving Server, type the password for the account, and then click Next.

    Note

    The default account is RTCComponentService. For a new account, ensure that you use a strong password that meets your organization's Active Directory password requirements.

  7. On the Select SQL Server Instance page, do one of the following:

    • To use the default instance (that is, MSSQLSERVER), type the name of the server in the box.
    • To specify a different instance, type the name of the instance in the format <servername>\<instance>. For example, sqlserver\dbInstance.

  8. At Enter database name, type the name of the SQL Server database that the Archiving Server will use (the default is LcsLog), and then click Next.

  9. On the Reuse Existing Database page, do one of the following:

    • If you want to use a database that is already on the SQL Server instance, clear the Replace any existing database check box. Choose this only if the existing database has the same database schema.

    • If you want to use a new database, or overwrite an existing database, select the Replace any existing database check box.

      Warning

      If you select the Replace any existing database check box, any existing Archiving database that is on the SQL Server instance will be deleted, and all its data will be lost.

  10. Click Next.

  11. On the Location for Database Files page, specify where you want to install the archiving database and transaction log files:

    • In the Database box, accept the default folder, or click Browse to specify a different directory.
    • In the Transaction logs box, accept the default folder, or click Browse to specify a different directory.

  12. When you are finished, click Next.

  13. On the Start Service Option page, clear the Start the service after activation check box.

    Note

    SQL Server (that is, the MSSQLServer service) must be started before you start the Archiving Service (that is, the RTCLog service).

  14. Click Next.

  15. On the Ready to Activate Archiving Server page, review the settings that you specified, and then click Next to activate the Archiving Server.

  16. When the wizard has finished, verify that the View the log when you click Finish check box is selected, and then click Finish.

  17. In the log file, verify that <Success> appears under the Execution Result column, look for an execution result of <Success> for each task that is shown, and then close the log window.