Installing the Data Insight web service for SharePoint

To enable Data Insight to collect access events, you must install the Data Insight web service, on a SharePoint server. When installing in a SharePoint farm, you must ensure that the web service is configured on all front-end web servers in the farm. Perform the following steps on any one front-end web server in your SharePoint farm. The web service installer automatically deploys the web service to all front-end web servers in the farm.

To install the Data Insight web service

  1. Log on to the SharePoint server with an account that has SharePoint administrator privileges.
  2. Load the Data Insight media on your SharePoint server.
  3. Navigate to the folder where you have extracted or copied the installers.
  4. To start the installation, double-click Symantec_DataInsight_sharepoint_4.5_N.exe, where, N is the build number.
  5. Work through the installation wizard.
  6. Click Finish to complete the installation process.
  7. Verify whether the web service is deployed as expected.

After installing the Data Insight web service, you must verify whether it is successfully deployed on all front-end web servers in the SharePoint farm.

To verify the deployment of the web service in SharePoint 2007

  1. In the Central Administration console, click the Operations tab.
  2. Under Global Configurations section, click Solution Management.
  3. Verify that the status for Data Insight solution for SharePoint is set to Deployed.
  4. Click the link for the solution. Verify that the solution is deployed to all the front-end web servers in the farm by checking the value of Deployed To field.

To verify the deployment of the web service in SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013

  1. In the Central Administration console, click the System Settings.
  2. Under the Farm Management section, click Manage Farm Solutions.
  3. Verify that the status for Data Insight solution for SharePoint, sdispwebsvc.wsp, is set to Deployed.
  4. Click the link for the solution. Verify that the solution is deployed to all the front-end web servers in the farm by checking the value of Deployed To field.