Installation Prerequisites

The AVEVA Batch Management installation program analyzes the software installed on your computer and lists any software that is required but not currently installed. You do not need to exit the AVEVA Batch Management installation procedure to install the prerequisite software. Installing the AVEVA Batch Management product is a three-step process:

1. Installing and configuring prerequisite software, such as the operating system components, Microsoft SQL components, Internet Information Services (IIS), and so on.

2. Installing the AVEVA Batch Management product files.

3. Configuring the AVEVA Batch Management product so that it is ready for use.

For details on hardware requirements and the specific versions of required and supported software prerequisites, see the latest Batch Management Readme.

Prerequisites for Installing Batch Management History Server

Before you install a AVEVA Batch Management History Server, you must have the required version of Microsoft SQL Server set up on the node. For more information on the supported versions of SQL Server, see the latest Batch Management Readme.

You must also have IIS and ASP.NET installed.

Prerequisites for Foxboro DCS Systems

When using AVEVA Batch Management with Foxboro DCS software you need to make the following changes for the system to operate correctly. The Foxboro DCS software uses a "locked down" version of Windows, even in the standard mode. Because of this, you must enable several Windows services and user accounts related to IIS before installing the AVEVA Batch Management History Server. You must enable the following Windows services and set them to automatic:

• IIS Admin Service

• WWW Publishing Service

You must enable the built-in IIS user accounts and use the following naming convention:

• IUSR_*

• IWAM_*

Installing and Configuring IIS and ASP.NET

NOTE: IIS is only required if you are installing the History Server or the Reporting Content.

The Windows Server includes IIS, but it is not included in the default installation. You must perform a manual installation of IIS on this operating system.

Configuring IIS and ASP.NET

During the post installation configuration of the AVEVA Batch Management History Server feature, the Configurator sets up IIS and ASP.NET automatically. For detailed information about manually configuring IIS and ASP.NET, refer to the Microsoft documentation.

Should you have to manually configure IIS and ASP.NET, below are the subcomponents you must select for Internet Information Services (IIS), depending on the version of Windows you are using.

Windows 2016, Windows 2019, Windows 2022, and Windows 2025

• Under Management Tools, select:

  • IIS Metabase

  • IIS Management Console

  • IIS Management Scripts and Tools

  • IIS Management Service

• Under Application Development Features, select:

  • .NET Extensibility

  • ASP.NET

  • ISAPI Extensions

  • ISAPI Filters

• Under Common HTTP Features, select:

  • Default Document

  • Directory Browsing

  • HTTP Errors

  • HTTP Redirection

  • Static Content

• Under Health and Diagnostics, select:

  • HTTP Logging

  • Request Monitor

• Under Performance Features, select:

  • Static Content Compression

  • Dynamic Content Compression

• Under Security, select:

  • Request Filtering

  • Windows Authentication

Enabling .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

Refer to the following URL to manually enable .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 on your Windows Operating System, depending on the version of Windows you are using:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/install/dotnet-35-windows

Installing Batch Management Reporting Content

Before you install AVEVA Batch Management reporting content, you must have a supported version of SQL Server set up on the node. For more information, refer to the Batch Management Readme.