Configuring a Scanner Appliance and a Virtual Scanner

Configuring a Scanner Appliance

These steps apply if you have downloaded a scanner appliance image (for example, for VMware, Citrix XenServer). You must use Virtual Scanner Console running on your virtualization software to complete these steps.

  1. Navigate to Scans > Appliances > Select option.

  2. Navigate to Scans > Appliances > New > Virtual Scanner Appliance.

  3. Select Start Wizard.

  4. Enter the scanner name and select the preferred virtualization platform.

  5. Download the Virtual Scanner Image.

    This step applies to virtualization platforms with a scanner appliance image download (for example, for VMware, Citrix XenServer)

  6. Locate the Virtual Scanner Image on your local system.

  7. Copy the Personalization code to a safe place as it will be required later.

  8. Personalize your Scanner Local system or server.

Configuring a Virtual Scanner Using Microsoft Hyper-V

The following steps assume you have downloaded the virtual scanner image (qVSA-2.0.13-1- vhd.zip or later) and obtained a personalization code as noted in the above sections.

  1. Start the virtual scanner machine.

  2. Unzip the downloaded file: qVSA.i386-2.4.26-11.vhd.zip to obtain the virtual hard disk file (qVSA.i386-2.4.26-11.vhd.zip).

  3. Log in to the Hyper-V server.

  4. Navigate to Manager > Hyper-V Manager > add a new Virtual Machine.

  5. Provide a name for the scanner.

  6. Configure the memory (2048 MB or more is recommended).

  7. Configure the networking as appropriate so the network adapter on the scanner can use a virtual network for communication.

  8. For the virtual hard disk configuration, select Use an existing virtual hard disk and provide the location of the .vhd file obtained from the download .zip file.

  9. Select Next and then Finish.

Personalizing the Virtual Scanner

The virtual scanner will use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) without proxy configuration, unless custom settings are required. (For custom configuration: Set up network (LAN)).

  1. Click Personalize this scanner.

  2. Enter the personalization code.

    One activation code is used to activate one virtual scanner. After entering the code, the activation process begins, and the service reports the progress. Activation may take a few minutes to complete.

    When successful, the scanner’s friendly name and IP address appears, and the scanner is ready to be used for scanning.

  3. Press Enter to go to the main menu.