After you have installed Vocera Alarm Management, perform the
tasks described here.
Ports
The following ports are used in the VAM application.
Installed Services
This is the list of Windows services and IIS services installed with the VAM server.
Creating a Shared Folder for Waveform Data
After you have installed VAM, you must create a shared folder on any of the VAM server instances or on any other common system to store waveform data.
Determining the Waveform Stream Location
If waveform data PDF files contain waveforms in somewhere other than the first stream location, the media parser configuration file needs to be edited to ensure that handheld clients can view the waveforms.
Configuring the Archive Service
To store archive data, create a shared folder on any one of the VAM server instances or on any other common system.
Verifying the Monitoring Service Heartbeat Interval
After doing a fresh installation or an upgrade, go to the <Vocera>\mVisumAlerts\MVisumMonitoring folder and verify that the tags shown here are defined in the MVisumMonitoring.exe.config file.
Escalation Check Interval
In the current installation, the escalation check interval is set in the database as described here.
Health Monitor Service
The health monitor service collects alarm parameters at the unit level on a (configurable) 24-hour basis and sends email to the recipients specified during configuration.
Directories and Databases to Monitor
To keep VAM services running properly, you must ensure that its directories and databases do not exceed the limits described here.
Accessing the Console Using SSL
You can specify whether to access the Vocera Alarm Management Console using SSL (whether the URL is to contain HTTPS or HTTP).