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1. NEXThink Installer
The NEXThink installer is graphical tool that eases the deployment of NEXThink Collector. It generates a standalone executable that, once executed, installs the Collector with pre-defined configuration. The following picture depicts installer dialog:
The user may specify the IP address or the DNS name and the port number of the engine, a few deployment options, the directory where the executables should be generated and an optional logs directory where the installation log file are saved in case of failure. Note that The log directory should be accessible from all workstation.
In the example above, 3 files are generated when the create button is clicked:
NEXThink_Collector[192.168.0.1].exe: On execution, it installs the Collector configured to send packets to engine 192.168.0.1:999. The machine is not rebooted but the collector is started right after the installation. The control panel is not installed and no entry about the Collector is shown in "Add/Remove Program". In case of error, the installer log file is saved into folder \\server\public\nxlogs.
NEXThink_collector_Uninstaller[192.168.0.1].exe: On execution, it removes the collector without rebooting the machine. In case of error, the uninstallation log file is saved into folder \\server\public\nxlogs.
NEXThink_Collector[192.168.0.1].exe.txt: A text file containing the configuration setting of both previous executable.