Requirements

The following information should be used before installing BVQ   

Create a suitable VM

Choose the operating system

Prepare a Windows user

Adjust your firewall

Modify your virus scanner

Add BVQ° to the whitelist of your ad blocker 

Make sure the VM has an appropriate browser 

BVQ 2024 H1.x

Operating System	BVQ DB Server	BVQ Server	Consolidated (DB + Server + Client)	BVQ client workstation (GUI)
Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2019
Windows 10 64Bit
Windows 11 64Bit

^* each "System" relates to one of the following assets:

Compute:

• IBM PowerVM server
• VMware server
• Kubernetes nodes
• AIX/Linux virtual machine

Storage:

• Storage system
• IBM SVC IO groups

Network

• Switch (up to 64 ports)

BVQ Server requires access through several ports for communication between scanners and scanned systems and its database.

The following connections are required:

Connection Type	Standard TCP port	BVQ Server	BVQ Client	Description
RDP to BVQ Client	3389	←	→	Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol for remote screen sessions
Internet	N/A	→	→	Connection to the Internet for remote maintenance or code-download
SSH to IBM SVC/Storwize/FlashSystem	22	→	→	Secure shell access to the SVC CLI interface
HTTPS to EMC Dell Unity	443	→		Web service with HTTPS on Unity System API
HTTPS  to VMware vCenter	443	→		Web service with HTTPS on VMware vCenter API
HTTPS  to IBM HMC (PowerVM)	12443	→		Web service with HTTPS on PowerVM HMC API
HTTPS  to NetApp	443	→		Web service with HTTPS on NetApp ONTAP System API
HTTPS to Brocade SAN switch	443	→		Web service with HTTPS on Brocade SAN switch API
HTTPS to Cisco MDS switch	8443	→		Web service with HTTPS on Cisco SAN switch API
HTTPS to K8s API	6443	→		Web service with HTTPS on Kubernetes API
HTTPS to K8s Prometheus	9000	→		Web service with HTTPS on Kubernetes Prometheus
SMI provider to BNA	5989	→		SMI interface to Brocade Network Advisor
MongoDB	27017	←→	→	Access to MongoDB (BVQ Expert GUI, MongoDB Compass, ...)
BVQ Server Web UI	80	←	→	Access to BVQ Server Web UI
BVQ Server Grafana	3000	←	→	Access to BVQ Grafana Web UI
BVQ SSH Server (AIX OS Agent)	2222	←		BVQ SSH server which is used to receive data from OS instances

Legend: mandatory connection, optional connection, → outgoing connection, ← incoming connection

%ProgramData%\SVA\BVQ\*

 A detailed explanation of each folder is also available:
Directory & file excludes for Antivirus software

• Create a Windows User called bvq and add this user to the Administrator group
• Please do not name the "server" bvq