1. Insert the Operations Manager 2007 CD in the management server that will be the ACS collector.

2. On the root of the CD, double-click SetupOM.exe to start the System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Setup wizard. The

3. Under the Install heading, click Install Audit Collection Server to run the Audit Collection Services Collector Setup wizard.

4. On the Welcome page, click Next.

5. On the License Agreement page, read the licensing terms, click I accept the agreement, and then click Next.

6. On the Database Installation Options page, click Create a new database, and then click Next.

7. On the Data Source page, in the Data Source Name box, type a name that you want to use as the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) data source name for your ACS database. By default, this name is OpsMgrAC. Click Next.

8. On the Database page, if the database is on a separate server than the ACS collector, click Remote Database Server, and then type the computer name of the database server that will host the database for this installation of ACS. Otherwise, click Database server running locally.

9. In the Database server instance name field, type the name of the database that will be created for ACS. If you leave this field blank, the default name is used. In the Database name field, the default database name of OperationsManagerAC is automatically entered. You can select the text and type in a different name or leave the default name. Click Next.

   Note
   To display a list of SQL Server Instances, on the database computer click Start, point to Programs and Microsoft SQL Server 2005, and then click SQL Server Management Studio. On the Server name list, click Browse for more and then expand Database Engine. All databases are listed as server name\database name.

10. On the Database Authentication page, select one of the authentication methods. If the ACS collector and the ACS database are members of the same domain, you can select Windows authentication, otherwise select SQL authentication, and then click Next.

    Note
    If you select SQL authentication and click Next, the Database Credentials page displays. In the SQL login name box, enter the name of the user account that has access to the SQL Server and the password for that account in the SQL password box, and then click Next.

11. On the Database Creation Options page, click Use SQL Server's default data and log file directories to use SQL Server's default folders. Otherwise, click Specify directories and enter the full path, including drive letter, to the location you want for the ACS database and log file, for example C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data. Click Next.

12. On the Event Retention Schedule page, click Local hour of day to perform daily database maintenance. Choose a time when the number of expected security events is low. During the database maintenance period, database performance will be impacted. In the Number of days to retain events box type the number of days ACS should keep events in the ACS database before the events are removed during database grooming. The default value is 14 days. Click Next.

13. On the ACS Stored Timestamp Format page, choose Local or Universal Coordinated Time, formerly known to as Greenwich Mean Time, and then click Next

14. The Summary page displays a list of actions that the installation program will perform to install ACS. Review the list, and then click Next to begin the installation.

    Note
    If a SQL server login dialog box displays and the database authentication is set to Windows authentication,, click the correct database and verify that the Use Trusted Connection check box is checked. Otherwise click to remove the check and enter the SQL login name and password. Click OK.

15. When the installation is complete, click Finish.

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