Performing a custom installation

A custom installation is intended for use by advanced users only. If you do not know which components go together, use the prepackaged options from the Installation Type dialog box.

Before you begin

You must satisfy the following conditions before you can perform a custom installation.

User requirements
Administrator privileges to install all components except the compact client
Permission to write to a local NTFS file system partition to install the
main and additional Windows servers
Permission to write to a local partition for all components
Active Directory user
OS requirements
See the Readme file.
Other prerequisites
The %windir%\System32\drivers\etc\services file must be writable to install all components except the compact client. %windir% is the Windows installation directory.
You must be logged on to a domain to install any components, except the compact client.
Note: In order to install a Windows Server, you must be licensed to use Rational® Synergy on Informix®.

About this task

You can install only one main server per installation site.

You can install the compact client on a domain, workgroup, or local computer.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Windows domain, as appropriate.
  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 Start 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 synergy72.exe to display the Welcome dialog box.
  3. Click Next. In the User License Agreement dialog box, review and agree to the terms of the license agreement.
  4. Click Next. In the Setup Type dialog box, click Custom.
  5. Click Next. The Select Features dialog box opens.
  6. Select the options to install. The installation dependencies are designated by a hierarchy listing; in other words, logical installation pieces are grouped for you.
  7. Clear the components that you do not want to install. Compare the required space with the space available to ensure that you have enough room to install the components.

    Be sure that you understand your combination of options to avoid installing unnecessary components.

What to do next

Alternatively, if your Rational Synergy Server system is overloaded with too many user engine processes, you might install the Engine component on a system to be used as an additional engine server. See Example: custom installation of engine component.

To install an additional Windows server, see Installing an additional Windows server.

To install the compact client, see Installing the compact client.


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