Install and uninstall the FamMonitor installation package with command line

Use the command line installation to install the FamMonitor installation package on your Windows database.

Before you begin

  • The FamMonitor installation package must be accessible. Required for file monitoring. Download from Fix Central or obtain from your Guardium representative.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the database server using a system administrator account.
  2. Copy the installation package to your database, and using the Windows Command Prompt, navigate to the Windows FAM installer directory.
    For example,
    cd c:\Windows-FamMonitor-V11.0.0.nn
    You should find a setup.exe executable in the installation package directory.
  3. Install FamMonitor using the setup.exe executable with the appropriate parameters.
    The required parameters are:
    • TAPHOST
    • APPLIANCE
    • UNATTENDED
    All parameters except INSTALLPATH can be updated after the installation. A typical install command is: 
    setup.exe -UNATTENDED -APPLIANCE 10.0.147.234 -TAPHOST 10.0.145.41
    where:
    • UNATTENDED (required) invokes the command-line installer.
    • APPLIANCE specifies the IP address of the Guardium® system that will control the FamMonitor.
    • TAPHOST (required) specifies the client IP address where the FamMonitor is being installed.
    Optional parameters:
    • INSTALLPATH
    • CUSTOMER
    • COMPANY
    • SERVICEUSER
    • SERVICEPASSWORD
    • START: 0 means the FAM monitor service is stopped after install
    Mandatory parameter for uninstall:
    • UNINSTALL
    For a complete description of the parameters, see FamMonitor command line installation parameters.

Results

Monitoring and collection of audit information and policy rules starts, enabling real time alerts or blocking of suspicious users or connections.