You can verify that the Monitoring Service has been installed in System Services.

11. Open the Client Launchpad, and select Install to install the SQL Sentry Client on your machine. 

12. Select Start to open the SQL Sentry Client, and then go through the onboarding wizard to configure your connection. 

Upgrading SQL Sentry Unified Installer to SolarWinds Platform Installer

The SolarWinds Platform Installer for SQL Sentry is available in Versions 2022.4 and later.  If you are running through the Unified Installer for multiple SQL Sentry Client installations across several machines, you can upgrade to the SolarWinds Platform Installer, where you can install, upgrade, and manage your installations from one central command line interface.  For more details about the benefits of the Platform Installer for SQL Sentry, see the SolarWinds Platform Installer for SQL Sentry article. Upgrade your SQL Sentry installation to the SolarWinds Platform Installer for SQL Sentry by completing the following steps:

1. Install the Central Service and Command Line interface on your machine.

2. Add any user accounts that will run the CLI, SQL Sentry Client, or Client Launchpad.

3. Use the SolarWinds Platform Installer command line interface to install a Remote Agent on each machine that will have a SentryOne Monitoring service. 

4. Use the SolarWinds Platform Installer command line interface to install a Client Launchpad on each machine that will have a SQL Sentry Client. 

5. Uninstall the SQL Sentry Client and SentryOne Monitoring Service on each machine in your environment that has one installed. 

• Uninstall SQL Sentry through the Control Panel

6. Use the SolarWinds Platform Installer command line interface  to upload the SQLS package to the Central Service:

1. Download the SolarWinds Platform Installer Installation Package, and then place the Installation package in a location that is accessible by the Central Service.

2. Open an administrator Command prompt window and connect to the SolarWinds.Platform.Installer.CLI file location. Note:  The SolarWinds.Platform.Installer.CLI file location is C:\Program Files\SolarWinds Platform Installer\CLI by default.

swepi connect --url http://localhost:3600

3. Add the installation package to the Central Service:

swepi package add --packageFilePath "C:\Program Files\Swepi Package\SolarWinds-SQLSentry-SWEPI-Package-2022.3.0.34556.zip"

4. Accept the End User License Agreement to upload the package.

5. Verify the package has been uploaded to the Central Service:

swepi package list

7. Configure the connection string for your existing SentryOne Database:

swepi package config ConnectionString --packageName sqlsentry --dataSource localhost --initialCatalog SWEPI_DEMO_DB --userID LHP85-0519-817B\JesseRemoteAgentUser --integratedAuth y

8. Update the SentryOne Database on your machine: 

swepi package initialize --packageName sqlsentry

9. Instruct your Remote Agent to install the Monitoring Service. Repeat this step for each machine that will have a SentryOne monitoring service.

swepi agent enable --packageName sqlsentry --componentName MonitoringService --agentName LHP85RemoteAgent

10. Open the Client Launchpad, and select Install to install the SQL Sentry Client on your machine. 

11. Select Start to open the SQL Sentry Client, and then go through the onboarding wizard to configure your connection.