CRS - Prerequisites for installation

CRS installation with domain account is not supported.

YSoft SafeQ CRS Enterprise must be installed on a dedicated server – not where another instance of YSoft SafeQ is running.

As a prerequisite for YSoft SafeQ CRS installation, Microsoft SQL Server must be installed and running on the same server with the following minimum components:

  • Database Engine

  • SQL Server Agent

  • Analysis Services

  • Reporting Services

  • Integration Services

  • Workstation components (including SQL Server Management Studio)

In order to install YSoft SafeQ CRS, before beginning installation of MS SQL Server, MS IIS (a component of the Microsoft Windows Server operating system) must be installed.

MS SQL Server configuration

When installing Microsoft SQL Server, the following settings must be configured:

  • The SQL Server instance must not be case-sensitive.

  • A CI_AS_* collation is recommended.

  • TCP protocol must be enabled.

  • The authentication mode must be Mixed, i.e.: SQL Server Authentication and Windows Authentication must both be supported.

Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Edition is recommended, although Standard Edition may be sufficient for smaller installations.

MS SQL Server user permissions level for installation

To install, upgrade YSoft SafeQ 5 CRS Server the following database roles are required: db_owner OR db_datareader, db_datawriter, db_ddladmin.

To install, upgrade YSoft SafeQ 5 CRS Server the following SQL Server Analysis Services roles are required: SQL Server Analysis Services "Server administrators" group.

To install, upgrade YSoft SafeQ 5 CRS Server the following SQL Server Integration Services roles are required: db_ssisadmin.

To install, upgrade YSoft SafeQ 5 CRS Server the following SQL Server Reporting Services roles are required: SQL Server Reporting Services "System administrator" role.

MS SQL Server user permissions level for runtime

To run YSoft SafeQ 5 CRS Server the following database roles for yBoxDB, yBoxDBCDC and yBoxDBREP are required: db_datareader, db_datawriter.

To run YSoft SafeQ 5 CRS Server the following database roles for msdb and distribution are required: db_datareader

To run YSoft SafeQ 5 CRS Server the following SQL Server Analysis Services roles are required: SQL Server Analysis Services "Server administrators" group.

To run YSoft SafeQ 5 CRS Server the following SQL Server Integration Services roles are required: db_ssisoperator.

MS SQL Server user permissions level for operations

To open/manage cube at YSoft SafeQ 5 CRS Server the following SQL Server Analysis Services roles are required: SQL Server Analysis Services Database "Full control ( Administrator )" role.

To run package at YSoft SafeQ 5 CRS Server the following SQL Server Integration Services roles are required: db_ssisoperator.

To browse reports at YSoft SafeQ 5 CRS Server the following SQL Server Reporting Services roles are required: SQL Server Reporting Services "Browser" role.

MS SQL Server Analysis Services service user account permissions

"SQL Server Analysis Services" service user account must have access (db_owner OR db_datareader, db_datawriter, db_ddladmin) to CRS databases (yBoxDB, yBoxDBCDC). The best option is to give him Server Role sysadmin.

MS SQL Reporting Services

Reporting Services are distributed separately since MS SQL Server 2017. Please make sure rs.exe is available on the system environment path.