Deployment Guide

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Recommended Virtual Environments for Security Management Server Components
The Security Management Server can be installed in a virtual environment.
Dell currently supports hosting the Dell Security Management Server or Dell Security Management Server Virtual within a
cloud-hosted Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environment, such as Amazon Web Services, Azure, and several other
vendors. Support for these environments is limited to the functionality of the Security Management Server. The
administration and security of these virtual machines are up to the administrator of the IaaS solution.
Additional infrastructure requirements. Additional infrastructure requirements, such as Active Directory and SQL Server,
are still required for proper functionality.
NOTE: The SQL Server database hosting the Security Management Server must be run on a separate computer.
Database
● SQL Server 2012 - Standard Edition / Business Intelligence / Enterprise Edition
● SQL Server 2014 - Standard Edition / Business Intelligence / Enterprise Edition
● SQL Server 2016 - Standard Edition / Enterprise Edition
● SQL Server 2017 - Standard Edition / Enterprise Edition
● SQL Server 2019 - Standard Edition / Enterprise Edition
NOTE: Express Editions are not supported for production environments. Express Editions may be used in POC and
evaluations only.
Based on your SQL Server version, the Security Management Server requires one of the following is enabled:
● Full Text Indexing
● Full-text Filter
● Full-Test and Semantic Extractions for Search
For more information about errors that are encountered when the above features are not enabled for the SQL Server in
use, see KB article SLN308557.
For more information about configuring Microsoft SQL Server permissions and features for the Security Management
Server, see this KB SLN307771.
NOTE: Below are the requirements for SQL permissions. The user who performs the installation and the services must have
local administrator rights. Additionally, Local administrator rights are required for the service account managing the Dell
Security Management Server services.
Type Action Scenario SQL Privilege Required
Back end Upgrade By definition, upgrades
already have DB and Login/
User established.
db_owner
Back end Restore Install Restore involves an existing
DB and login.
db_owner
Back end New Install Use existing DB db_owner
Back end New Install Create new DB dbcreator, db_owner
Back end New Install Use existing login. db_owner
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