Agilent Lab Advisor

IT Administrator's Guide

Lab Advisor IT Administrator's Guide

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Lab Advisor IT Administrator's Guide

 In This Guide

This manual contains information for IT Administrators of the Agilent Lab Advisor.

1 Server Installation
This chapter describes how to install the Agilent Lab Advisor on a Windows Server
2012 R2 or Windows Server 2016 or 2019 system.

2 Network Licensing
This chapter describes the licensing scheme for networked systems and gives
instructions on how to set it up.

3 Authentication
This chapter describes the authentication options in Lab Advisor and gives
instructions on how to set up authentication.

4 Agilent TCP Relay Service

This chapter introduces the Agilent TCP Relay Service.

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Contents

1 Server Installation 5
Server Installation 6

2 Network Licensing 7

3 Authentication 10
Authentication Overview 11
Setting Up Authentication 13

4 Agilent TCP Relay Service 16

Agilent TCP Relay Service 17

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1 Server Installation

Server Installation 6

This chapter describes how to install the Agilent Lab Advisor on a Windows
Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2016 or 2019 system.

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1 Server Installation
Server Installation

Server Installation

You can install Lab Advisor on a Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server
2016 or 2019 system and make it available for use on client systems.
1 Install Lab Advisor on the Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2016
or 2019 PC as described in the section Hard Drive Installation of the Agilent
Lab Advisor User Manual.
2 Install the role Remote Desktop Services on the Windows Server 2012 R2 or
Windows Server 2016 or 2019 server.
3 Publish the Lab Advisor installation on the Windows Server 2012 R2 or
Windows Server 2016 or 2019 server.
4 Create an RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) file for the Lab Advisor installation.
5 Distribute the RDP file to all client systems.

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2 Network Licensing

This chapter describes the licensing scheme for networked systems and gives
instructions on how to set it up.
For Lab Advisor A.02.10 and later, the license scheme operates on the principle
of one license per device, irrespective of the number of Lab Advisor installations.
A single M8550A Advanced license in combination with add-on packs can be
used simultaneously on multiple Lab Advisor installations. Licenses can be either
typed in on any individual Lab Advisor installation or deployed via Data Sharing. In
the case of Data Sharing, the licenses are stored in a network folder, and every
Lab Advisor installation that has access to the folder can use the licenses.
With the 1-year advanced license M8556A (per-user license, licenses an unlimited
number of hardware modules) Module License sharing is not appropriate and
therefore not possible.
Mixing per-user Unlimited licenses with the per module licenses will lead to
NOT E unforeseen problems in conjunction with Data Sharing.

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Server Installation

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The basic requirements are one Advanced license (for the initial setup) with as
many licenses as there are devices in the laboratory. All Lab Advisor installations
with Basic licenses in the network will be automatically upgraded to the
Advanced license when configuring the path to the Data Share.

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Server Installation

Setting Up a Network License

1 In the network, create a folder that can be accessed by all Lab Advisor
installations.
2 Install Lab Advisor on the first PC.
3 Start the Lab Advisor installation that you have just installed and navigate to
Configuration> Licenses.
4 Type the Advanced License key into the License Key field and validate it by
clicking Add.
Repeat the process for any Add-on license packs.
5 Navigate to Configuration> Data Sharing.
6 Click Enable Data Sharing and enter the URL of the network folder that you
created in Step 1 into the Wizard.
7 In Synchronize Folder, select when you want to share instrument data in the
network folder.
Select Never if you do not want to share instrument data.
8 Install Lab Advisor on all other PCs that you want to use,
9 On each PC, navigate to Configuration> Data Sharing and enable Data Sharing
with the URL of the network folder that you created in Step 1 in Data Share
Folder.
Network Licensing is now set up.

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3 Authentication

Authentication Overview 11
Lab Advisor Roles 12
Setting Up Authentication 13

This chapter describes the authentication options in Lab Advisor and gives
instructions on how to set up authentication.

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3 Authentication
Authentication Overview

Authentication Overview

The Advanced version of Lab Advisor provides two independent authentication

providers:
• the Legacy Lab Advisor Authentication Provider is the equivalent of the
Traceability authentication function of Lab advisor revisions prior to B.02.11.

• the NT Authentication Provider uses the authentication components of the

Windows operating system.
When you enable authentication, you can select one or both providers to ensure
that only authorized users have access to Lab Advisor functions and data.
Before you enable Authentication, you must have set up and enabled at least one
NOT E authentication provider with at least one user with the Administrator role, See the
Lab Advisor online help for details.

Legacy Lab Advisor Authentication Provider

Users of the Legacy Lab Advisor Authentication Provider are set up during
configuration using the Add User dialog box and are assigned one or more “Lab
Advisor Roles” on page 12. During configuration, the administrator can specify
that the user is required to log in with a password; this is equivalent to Full
Traceability in Lab Advisor B.02.10 and earlier.
During configuration, the administrator decides whether to specify a password
for each user or to allow users to specify their own passwords when they first log
in to Lab Advisor.
All configured users and their details are shown in a table in the Configuration
screen. The Active status of each user is denoted by a check box. This status is
changed in the Add User dialog box.

NT Authentication Provider
Users of the NT Authentication Provider are those that are already configured as
Windows users. During configuration, the administrator associates the Roles that
are set up in Lab Advisor (see “Lab Advisor Roles” on page 12 with the Groups
that are set up in the Windows networking environment. The administrator also
decides whether or not users are allowed to edit their Lab Advisor profiles.

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Authentication Overview

Lab Advisor Roles

A Lab Advisor role is characterized by a specified set of permissions. Lab Advisor
roles are of two types:
• Built-in roles are provided by Agilent; the permissions can be viewed, but they
cannot be edited or deleted. They include the Administrator role and the
Standard User role.
• User-defined roles are set up by the administrator. User-defines roles have
permissions that are specified by the administrator during configuration. They
can be viewed and edited by users with Administrator permissions.
The Administrator role must be assigned to at least one user in order to enable
NOT E Authentication.

The Roles table in the Authentication screen shows the name of each role and its
type.

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Setting Up Authentication

Setting Up Authentication

Setting Up Data Sharing

If you intend to use Data Sharing, set it up before you set up Authentication.
1 Click Configuration in the Tasks list at the left of the Lab Advisor screen.
2 In the Configuration screen, click the Data Sharing icon.
The Data Sharing screen is displayed.
3 Click Enable Data Sharing and enter a URL to the folder that will contain the
data from the Lab Advisor installation. Click Next and finish the wizard.
Enabling or disabling a Data Share path has influence on the Authentication
NOT E behavior. With Data Sharing, the Authentication configuration of the Data Share is
synchronized. WhenData Sharing is disabled the local Authentication
configuration is used (when configured).

4 Restart Lab Advisor.

Data Sharing is activated and the uploaded data are available for review in the
Review Client.

Setting up Lab Advisor Roles

Lab Advisor provides two Built-in roles (Administrator and Standard User) with
defined privileges. These roles cannot be edited or deleted. You can also set up
additional User-defined roles with a different set of privileges.
1 Click Configuration in the Tasks list at the left of the Lab Advisor screen.
2 In the Configuration screen, click the Authentication icon.
The Authentication screen is displayed; the Roles are shown in a table in the
lower half of the screen.
Select one of the roles from the table and click View to examine the privileges
for that role.
3 To add a new role, click Add.
The dialog box is displayed to add a role.
4 Enter a name for the new role in the Role name field.

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Setting Up Authentication

5 Mark the check boxes for the privileges you want the new role to have.
6 When you are finished, click Save.
The new role is added to the Roles table, and is marked as User-defined.

Configuring the Provider

The two Authentication providers offered by Lab Advisor are configured
differently.
1 In the Authentication providers section of the Authentication screen, select the
provider you want to configure and click Configure
The configuration dialog box for the selected provider is displayed.
Configuring the Legacy Lab Advisor Authentication Provider
1 To define users for the Legacy Lab Advisor Authentication Provider, click Add
at the bottom right of the dialog box.
A dialog box is displayed to allow you to enter the user's details.
2 Provide the information for the user:
• In the General information section, enter the details of the user.
• Mark the Allow user to set a new password on next login to give the user the
opportunity to change the Password specified in the General Information
section at the next login.
• Mark the Active check box to allow the user to log in. The state of this
check box is shown in the Configure Users table
• In the Role membership section, mark the check box(es) against the role(s)
that you want the new user to belong to.
You must assign at least one user to the Administrator role.
NOT E

3 When you are finished, click Save to save the new user.
The new user is added to the Configured Users table. You can edit a user's
details at any time by selecting the user in the table and clicking Edit.
4 In the General Settings section,
• Mark the Require users to enter a password to log in check box to ensure
that only authorized users with a Username and Password can use Lab

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Setting Up Authentication

Advisor. This is equivalent to Full Traceability in Lab Advisor revisions prior

to B.02.11.
• Mark the Allow users to change their own details and reset their password
check box to allow users to edit the entries in the Add User dialog box. If
this check box is cleared, only users with administrator rights can make
changes to users' details.
5 When configuration is complete, click the X button at the top right of the
dialog box.
Configuring the NT Authentication Provider
1 In the General Settings section, mark the Allow users to change their own details
check box to allow users to edit their entries in their Lab Advisor Profile when
they are logged in to Lab Advisor.
2 In the Group Settings section, map Lab Advisor roles (built-in and user-defined)
to the NT groups set up in the network. Type the name of the NT group in the
appropriate field.
3 Click Save settings to validate the groups and save the associations.
Any NT groups that do not exist are marked in red as invalid; all invalid
mappings must be corrected before you can save the mappings.
4 When configuration is complete, click the X button at the top right of the
dialog box.

Enabling the Provider and enabling Authentication

1 In the Authentication providers section of the Authentication screen, select the
provider(s) that you want to enable and click Enable.
2 Mark the Enable authentication system to enable the Lab Advisor
authentication system.
Before you mark this check box, ensure that you have set up and enabled at least
NOT E one authentication provider with at least one user with the Administrator role,

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4 Agilent TCP Relay Service

Agilent TCP Relay Service 17

This chapter introduces the Agilent TCP Relay Service.

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4 Agilent TCP Relay Service
Agilent TCP Relay Service

Agilent TCP Relay Service

Agilent Lab Advisor revision B.02.09 and later is supplied with the Agilent TCP
Relay Service, which replaces the Agilent Lab Advisor Relay Service. The TCP
Relay Service has wider applicability than the Lab Advisor Relay Service, and
provides a simplified user interface and password security. For full details of the
Agilent TCP Relay Service, see the Agilent TCP Relay Service Administrator's
Guide, available on the installation CD-ROM in the \Support\RelayService folder.

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 Index

Index

A
administrator 12
authentication 11

C
configuration 11

D
data sharing 13

G
group 11

P
password 11
provider 11, 14

R
role 12, 13

S
server installation 6
standard user 12

T
TCP Relay Service 17
traceability 11

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In This Book

This manual contains information for IT

Administrators of the Agilent Lab Advisor.
The manual describes the following:
• Server Installation
• Network Licensing
• Authentication
• Agilent TCP Relay Service

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