Installing Health Check

You can install Health Check from the Tanium Solutions page.

Before you begin

• Read the release notes.
• Review the Health Check requirements.

Import Health Check

Import Health Check from the Tanium Solutions page.

1. From the Main menu, click Tanium Solutions.
2. In the Tanium Content section, select the Health Check row and click Import Solution.
3. In the Import Solution window, review the Tanium content that is being installed. Click Proceed with Import.
4. After the installation process completes, refresh your browser.
5. From the Main menu, click Tanium Services > Health Check. The Health Check home page is displayed.

Verify installation

To verify that Health Check is installed, go to the Tanium Solutions page and check the installed version.

Set the service account

For recurring maintenance activities, specify a user with the Tanium Administrator role. Specifying these credentials is a one-time configuration. No other credentials need to be added.

1. From the Health Check home page, in the Configure section, click the Service Account step and click Configure Service Account.

   If the Configure section is not visible in the Health Check home page, click Manage Home Page, select Configure, and click Save.

2. Enter the Tanium credentials and click Save.

Set the collection schedule

You can set up automatic collection of TPAN reports. Run at least one report each week when most of your endpoints are online.

1. From the Health Check home page, in the Configure section, click the Collection Schedule step and click Configure Collection Schedule.

   If the Configure section is not visible in the Health Check home page, click Manage Home Page, select Configure, and click Save.

2. Select Enable, choose at least one day, and select a time.

   If you select Disable, you can manually run reports instead. For more information, see Run a TPAN report manually.

3. Click Save.

Set the sharing preferences

Sharing reports with Tanium is not available at this time.

You can download reports locally to share with Tanium through other methods.

1. From the Health Check home page, in the Configure section, click the Sharing step and click Configure Sharing.

   If the Configure section is not visible in the Health Check home page, click Manage Home Page, select Configure, and click Save.

2. Select Do not automatically share and click Save.

Configure other settings

You can configure other settings such as the log verbosity and Health Check tuning parameters.

1. From the Health Check home page, in the Configure section, click the Other Settings step and click Configure Other Settings.

   If the Configure section is not visible in the Health Check home page, click Manage Home Page, select Configure, and click Save.

2. Configure the following settings:
   

   Set Log Level

   Level of logging detail for Tanium Health Check

   Number of reports to keep on disk

   Rolling number of TPAN reports that you want to keep on disk

   VDI in use

   Used for the server Tuning report

   Active-Active 50/50?

   Select Yes if you have a high availability (HA) deployment of Tanium servers

   Bandwidth Sensitive (Tanium Server 7.2)

   Used for the server Tuning report

   Bandwidth Limit (Tanium Server 7.3 or later)

   Used for the server Tuning report

3. Click Save.

Upgrade Health Check

You can upgrade Health Check in the Tanium Console.

1. From the Main menu, select Tanium Solutions.
2. In the Tanium Content section, select the Health Check row and click Upgrade Solution.
3. In the Import Solution window, review the Tanium content that is being installed. Click Import.
4. After the installation process completes, refresh your browser.
5. To confirm the upgrade, return to the Tanium Solutions page and check that the Available Version is the same as the Imported Version for the Health Check row.

What to do next

See Getting started for more information about using Health Check.

Last updated: 6/11/2019 2:34 PM | Feedback