Uninstalling Viewpoint; Viewpoint Server Across A Vpn; Viewpoint Software Components - Dell SonicWALL GX250 Manual

Uninstalling ViewPoint

Uninstall the ViewPoint program and all of its components from your system by
relaunching the ViewPoint setup program.
1. If you installed ViewPoint from a CD, load the CD into your server and
run the ViewPoint setup program.
If you downloaded the ViewPoint executable file from the SonicWALL Web site,
then select and launch the ViewPoint executable file from your local disk. If you
can not locate the ViewPoint executable file, you may download it from http://
www.sonicwall.com.
2. The ViewPoint setup program automatically detects ViewPoint and displays a win-
dow to confirm deletion of the software. To remove the ViewPoint software appli-
cation and all of its components, select OK.
3. The ViewPoint uninstall program prompts you to remove the MySQL Server and Cli-
ents 3.23. To remove this software, click Yes.
4. The ViewPoint uninstall program also prompts you to delete the ViewPoint data-
base data. To remove the data, click Yes. To keep the data for future use, click No.
5. Click Finish to complete the uninstallation process.

ViewPoint Server Across a VPN

While it is recommended that the ViewPoint Server be located on the SonicWALL's LAN
for performance issues, it may also be located remotely, across a VPN. The only
requirement is that the ViewPoint Server must be able to access and login to the
SonicWALL Web Management Interface.
Note: If your VPN tunnel is interrupted or temporarily disabled, report data may be
lost.

ViewPoint Software Components

The ViewPoint software program consists of several different components. These
components include: MySQL Database version 3.2.3, Tomcat Web server, a syslog
server, and SonicWALL ViewPoint software files.
MySQL Database
MySQL is a relational database management system. It is open source software that
uses SQL, or Structured Query Language, the most common standardized language
used to access databases. To learn more about the MySQL database system, visit
http://www.mysql.com.
Tomcat Web Server
Tomcat is a Web server and Java servlet engine developed by the Apache Software
Foundation. More specifically, Tomcat is a Java server that invokes servlets when JSP
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