Installing an additional Windows server

About this task

The following instructions describe how to install an additional Windows server, which includes the compact client, engine, database server, administrative tools, and object registrar.

Note: To install a Windows Server, you must be licensed to use Rational Synergy on Informix.

The main reason for installing an additional server is resource allocation. An additional database server allows databases to grow separately. For example, if your company is large, but only one group within it is using Rational Synergy, you can create one database in which all source code, documentation, and testing objects reside. Later, when your company decides that Rational Synergy is the right tool for all your projects, you can create one database for source code, one for documentation, and another for testing. Moreover, you could use a separate server for each database.

You must satisfy the following requirements before installing an additional Windows server.

User requirements: Member of local Administrators group

Permission to write to a local NTFS file system partition

Active Directory user

OS requirements: See the readme file or Rational Synergy Support site

Prerequisites: You must have already installed a main Windows server.

The %windir%\System32\drivers\etc\services
file must be writable and you must be logged on to
domain. %windir% is the Windows installation directory.

Note: You must install the main server and any additional servers in a domain environment.

To install an additional Windows server:

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Windows domain.
  2. Start the Rational Synergy installer.
    • If you are installing from a DVD, insert the DVD that contains the Rational Synergy Windows Server in the DVD drive. On the Windows taskbar, right-click the Start button to display a menu. Click Explore to open Windows Explorer. Navigate to DVD_drive:\win_servers\synergy_server, and double-click setup.exe to display the Welcome dialog box.
    • If you are installing from a download, double-click synergy71.exe to display the Welcome dialog box.
    Note: If you already have an installation of Rational Synergy or an installation of Informix, a warning dialog box opens. If you choose to continue, the new installation overwrites the current installation.
  3. Click Next to display the License Agreement dialog box. Review and accept the terms of the license agreement.
  4. Click Next to display the Choose Destination Location dialog box. You can accept the default installation location, or click Browse to specify a different location.
  5. Click Next to display the Setup Type dialog box.

    If you are a domain user and a member of the local Administrators group, the Setup Type dialog box opens.

  6. In the Setup Type dialog box, click the Additional Server button.
  7. In the Informix Password dialog box, type the Informix user password in the Password field, and type it again in the Confirm password field.
  8. Click Next to display the Main Windows Server Information dialog box.

    In the Main Windows Server Information dialog box, type the name of the computer that is your main Rational Synergy database server.

  9. Click Next, and choose one of these options:
    • If the IBM Rational Synergy Router Information dialog box opens, proceed to 10.
    • If the Informix Information dialog box opens, the installation program has determined the router port number from the main server computer. Skip to 11b.
    • If the Informix Database Server Information dialog box opens, the installation program has determined the router port number from the main server computer. The installation program has also determined the Informix port number. Skip to 13.
  10. If necessary, type the router host name and the router port number in the appropriate fields. By default, the port number that the Rational Synergy router uses is 5412. The port number must be the same as the port number specified on the router computer. By default, the router computer is the main server.
  11. Click Next, and choose one of these options.
    • If the Informix Information dialog box does not appear, the installation program has detected the Informix port number. Skip to 13.
    • In the Informix Information dialog box, if the default port number that Informix uses (1526) is already in use, type a different port number in the Informix Port field. If you are not certain that port number 1526 is available, look in your Services file, which is located in the %windir%\System32\drivers\etc\services directory. For more information, see Services file.
  12. Click Next to display the Informix Database Server Information dialog box.
  13. Configure the Informix Database Server Information dialog box.

    The default settings in the database server dialog boxes are only suggestions. Configure these dialog boxes based on your planning estimates in Main and additional Windows server space requirements.

    • If you are upgrading from a previous Rational Synergy release on the same computer, do not select Create Database Server. In all other cases, select this check box.

      If you do not select Create Database Server, you install the new Informix software, but you do not create database server.

      Note: If you are upgrading from a previous Rational Synergy release on the same computer and you select Create a Database Server, your old chunk files might be overwritten. Overwriting chunk files might result in loss of data. For more information, see the upgrade instructions relevant to your current installation.
    • If you are creating a database server, type its name in the Server Name field. Alternatively, use the default, which is the computer name.
    • Based on your planning estimates, type the appropriate number in the Number of users field.
    • By default, Place all chunk files in the same folder is selected. Keep it if you want all chunk files to be stored in the same directory. Otherwise, clear this check box.
  14. Click Next to display the Create Database Server Information dialog box.
    Note: If you are creating a database server , a message appears telling you that server creation overwrites the existing onconfig file, SQLHOSTS registry entry, or Informix database chunk files. Click Yes to display the Informix Database Server Information (2) dialog box.
  15. If you selected to Place all chunk files in the same folder in step 13, and you are unsure how to allocate space for the chunk files, follow the instructions in Disk space considerations.
    Note: After you create a chunk file in a database server, do not move it. If you do, the database server will no longer work, and you can lose data.

    To Place Chunk Files in the Same Folder

    1. In the Create Database Server Information dialog box, accept the default location of drive:\ifmxdata\ or use the Browse button to specify a different location.
    2. If you need to change the defaults, type the size of the dbspaces in the following fields: Root size, Temp size, Log size, and Ccm size.
    3. Click Next to display the Connect to UNIX IBM Rational Synergy Server dialog box. Proceed to 13.

To Store Chunk Files in Separate Folders

Procedure

  1. In the Root Chunk File Information dialog box, accept the default location of drive:\ifmxdata\, or use the Browse button to specify a different location.
    Note: After you create a chunk file in a database server, do not move it. If you do, the database server will no longer work, and you might lose data.
  2. If you need to change the default, type a chunk file size in the Chunk file size field.
  3. Click Next to display the Temp Chunk File Information dialog box.
    Note: If a specified directory already contains chunk files, a Warning dialog box opens telling you that these files are overwritten.
  4. In the Temp Chunk File Information field, accept the default location of drive:\ifmxdata\, or click Browse to specify a different location.
  5. If you need to change the default, type a chunk file size in the Chunk file size field.
  6. Click Next to display the Log Chunk File Information dialog box.
  7. In the Log Chunk File Information dialog box, accept the default location of drive:\ifmxdata\ or click Browse to specify a different location.
  8. If you need to change the default, type a chunk file size in the Chunk file size field.
  9. Click Next to display the Ccm Chunk File Information dialog box.
  10. In the Ccm Chunk File Location field, accept the default location of drive:\ifmxdata\ or click Browse to specify a different location.
  11. If you need to change the default, type a chunk file size in the Chunk file size field.
  12. You are now finished configuring the chunk files to be stored in separate directories. Click Next to display the Connect to UNIX IBM Rational Synergy Server dialog box.
  13. If you are connecting the client to a UNIX server, select Connect to UNIX IBM Rational Synergy server. Otherwise, clear this check box.

    If you selected Connect to UNIX IBM Rational Synergy server in 13, type the UNIX installation path (for example, /usr/local/ccm71) in the CCM_HOME field. Otherwise, ignore this field.

  14. If the License Information dialog box opens, select the appropriate license option.

    For more information about obtaining license information, see Obtaining a license.

  15. Click Next to display the Start Copying Files dialog box.
    1. Scroll through the Current Settings list to view your setup. If you need to change any settings, click Back until you arrive at the dialog box where you need to make the change. After you make the change, click Next until you return to the Start Copying Files dialog box.
    2. When all of your settings are correct, click Next.

      A progress indicator window opens while the files are being loaded onto your system.

      If you see a dialog box instructing you to restart after the installation program has finished running, follow the instructions in the dialog box to complete your installation. The installation program determines whether you need to restart.

  16. Click Finish. The Rational Synergy additional Windows server installation is complete.

    All setup information is written to a log file,
    C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\IBM\Rational\Synergy 7.1 install.log.

Results

You can unpack a database, then start a Rational Synergy session as the CM administrator. However, until you add users, including yourself, to the Rational Synergy database, you cannot use the database.


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