NET 3.5 (SP1) has not been installed prior to the WhatsUp Gold install.
Important: WhatsUp Gold systems running on Microsoft Windows Vista require a reboot during the install process if. To install WhatsUp Gold using an existing Microsoft SQL Server: If you need assistance configuring or verifying these prerequisites, contact your database administrator or refer to the Microsoft SQL Server documentation. This can be set in the properties for the login used by WhatsUp Gold.
WhatsUp Gold does not support using a limited access database user account. WhatsUp Gold only supports accessing the database via an account with full administrator rights. Full administrator privileges to Microsoft SQL Server, not just the WhatsUp Gold databases.Microsoft SQL Server must be configured to have a user account that meets the following requirements:.For more information about enabling mixed mode authentication in Microsoft SQL Server, see the Microsoft article about Authentication Mode. However, if the Microsoft SQL Server database exists on the same computer or both computers are members of the same domain, you may use Windows Authentication. We recommend using a Microsoft SQL Server user account to connect to the database.
For more information, see How to configure Microsoft SQL Server to allow remote connections.
If Microsoft SQL Server is installed on a remote computer, remote connections must be allowed.
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 must be configured to allow WhatsUp Gold to authenticate.Important: WhatsUp Gold does not support non-English versions of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or Microsoft SQL Server 2008. Important: Make sure that the "master" database for the existing SQL Server database instance that is hosting the WhatsUp database is configured to use case-insensitive collation. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 English must be installed on the WhatsUp Gold host computer or another computer.To do this, these requirements must be met: You can use an existing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 to store the data collected by WhatsUp Gold. Installing WhatsUp Gold using an existing Microsoft SQL Server