Installing the FactFinder Console

To begin using FactFinder, you must install one or more BlueStripe Collectors in your environment and then install the FactFinder Console on a Windows workstation, server, or laptop. Either install the Collectors first so that they are discovered the first time FactFinder is started, or allow automatic discovery to find them later. Refer to Installing Collectors and Collector Discovery and Licenses to learn how to add Collector discovery rules and manage Collector connections.

The FactFinder 3.0 and 3.1 Console can be installed on the following versions of Microsoft® Windows®:

• MS Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit)
• MS Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
• MS Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit)
• MS Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
• MS Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)

On Windows Vista and Windows 7, FactFinder must be run as an Administrator. Logs, configuration changes, and storage are written to the Program Files or Program Files (x86) directory, which requires Administrator permissions to write files.

FactFinder system requirements:

• 4 GB of disk space is recommended, with a minimum of 1 GB
• 1 GB of available RAM is recommended, with a minimum of 256 MB of available RAM
• 1280x1024 recommended resolution, with a minimum of 1024x768

The FactFinder Console requires 102 MB of local disk storage, but additional disk space is required for data storage and snapshot files (see Storage Settings and Snapshots for more information).

The FactFinder Console installer will prompt you for a license file. Be sure the license file is available on the machine before starting the installation.

To install FactFinder, use the following steps:

1. Locate the InstallBlueStripeFactFinderConsole.exe program in the Windows File Browser, and double-click it to start the installation program.
2. Read the Software License Agreement, and click I Agree to continue.
3. By default, the program is installed in the C:Program FilesBlueStripeFactFinder directory on 32-bit systems and C:Program Files (x86)BlueStripeFactFinder for 64-bit systems. Click Next to accept this default location on the Choose Install Location screen as seen in Figure 73. Installing FactFinder, or enter a different location and then click Next.
   
   
   Figure 73. Installing FactFinder
4. Provide the location for your license file and click Next. This file will be copied to the FactFinder installation directory.
5. On the Start Menu Folder screen, accept the default menu folder name of BlueStripe FactFinder or change it. Click Install.
6. Once the installation finishes, click Finish to exit from the installation program.

Go to Starting FactFinder to continue.