GFI EventsManager

Hardware

• Processor: 3 GHz dual core or higher
• RAM: 3 GB
• Hard disk: 10 GB of available space.

NOTE: Hard disc size depends on your environment, the size specified in the requirements is the minimum required to install and archive events.

Supported operating systems

• Windows Server 2012 - Foundation, Essentials, Standard or Datacenter
• Windows Server 2008 - Standard or Enterprise
• Windows Server 2008 R2 - Standard or Enterprise
• Windows Server 2003 (SP2) - Standard or Enterprise
• Windows 8 - Standard, Professional or Enterprise
• Windows 7 - Enterprise, Professional or Ultimate
• Windows Vista SP1 - Enterprise, Business or Ultimate
• Windows XP Professional SP3
• Windows SBS 2008
• Windows SBS 2003.

Other components

• .NET 4
• Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 or later
• (Optional) A mail server (If email alerting is configured).

Software requirements for scanned machines

• For Microsoft Windows event log scanning: Remote registry service must be enabled and source folders must be accessible via Windows shares
• W3C log scanning: The source folders must be accessible via Windows shares
• Syslog and SNMP Traps: Sources/senders must be configured to send messages to the computer/IP address where GFI EventsManager is installed
• Microsoft Windows Vista or later scanning: GFI EventsManager must be installed on a system running Microsoft Windows Vista or later.