Software Requirements

• Windows Desktop OS (32 and 64-bit): Windows 8.1, Windows 10

• Windows Server OS: Windows Server 2012/2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019

On the computer where Netwrix Auditor Server is installed:

• Windows PowerShell 3.0 and above
• If target server is running Windows 2008 R2, then Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64) is required (available at https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=15336

In the monitored environment:

• For Active Directory and Exchange Server monitoring:

  .NET Framework 4.5 or above

On the computer where Netwrix Auditor Server is installed:

• Windows Remote Management must be configured to allow remote PowerShell usage. For that, set up the TrustedHosts list:
  • to include all AD FS servers, use the following cmdlet:

    Set-Item wsman:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts -value '*' -Force;

  • to include specific AD FS servers (monitored items), do the following:
  1. Use Get cmdlet to obtain the existing TrustedHosts list.
  2. If necessary, add the IP addresses of required AD FS servers to existing list (use comma as a separator).

  3. Provide the updated list to the cmdlet as a parameter. For example:
     Set-Item wsman:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts -value '172.28.57.240,172.28.57.127' -Force;

     NOTE: To learn more about TrustedHosts, refer to this Microsoft article.

In the monitored environment:

• .NET Framework 4.5 or above depending on the target server

In the monitored environment:

• .NET Framework 4.5 or above on the computer that hosts SharePoint Central Administration in the audited SharePoint farm—required for Netwrix Auditor for SharePoint Core Service.

Usually, there is no need in any additional components for data collection.

NOTE: If you get an error message saying some components are missing, please contact Netwrix Technical Support.

No additional components required.

Oracle Database 12c and above:

On the computer where Netwrix Auditor Server is installed:

• Oracle Instant Client.

  • Download the appropriate package from Oracle website: Instant Client Packages. Netwrix recommends installing the latest available version (Netwrix Auditor is compatible with version 12 and above).

  • Install, following the instructions, for example,Instant Client Installation for Microsoft Windows 64-bit.

    NOTE: Check your Visual Studio Redistributable version. Applicable packages for each Oracle Database version with downloading links are listed in the installation instructions: Instant Client Installation for Microsoft Windows 64-bit.

Oracle Database 11g:

Netwrix Auditor provides limited support of Oracle Database 11g. See Considerations for Oracle Database Auditing for more information.

On the computer where Netwrix Auditor Server is installed:

• Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package—can be installed automatically during the monitoring plan creation.

• Oracle Data Provider for .NET and Oracle Instant Client

  Netwrix recommends the following setup steps:

  1. Download the 64-bit Oracle Data Access Components 12c Release 4 (12.1.0.2.4) for Windows x64 (ODAC121024_x64.zip) package.
  2. Run the setup and select the Data Provider for .NET checkbox. Oracle Instant Client will be installed, too.
  3. On the ODP.NET (Oracle Data Provider) step make sure the Configure ODP.NET and/or Oracle Providers for ASP.Net at machine-wide level checkbox is selected .