Adding an additional configuration allows you to run multiple server instances without having to reinstall binaries. To add a configuration:

1. Execute the installation program from the original installation medium, as described in How to Install and Configure a Server.

   The Choose Setup Language window opens.

2. Select the language to be used during installation and click Next:
   • If one 7.7 server is found, you are asked if you would like to refresh the installation. Click No.
   • If multiple 7.7 servers are found, select the EDAHOME directory of the server for which you want to create a new instance, and then click New Installation/Configuration.
3. Follow the steps for a normal installation, but be sure to select Create additional 7.7 configuration at the following window.

   

4. Click Next.

   When prompted for a Program Folder, be sure to provide a unique name so you do not overwrite an existing configuration.

5. When prompted for directories, be sure to provide unique locations so you do not overwrite an existing configuration. For example:

   C:\ibi\srv77\ffs2

6. When prompted for the Base TCP/IP Number, be sure to specify ports that are not used by another configuration. Each configuration requires four consecutive ports, so make sure the four consecutive ports for your new configuration are available.

Refreshing the server reinstalls the server files in the server installation directory, without changing any configuration information in the configuration directory. However, this does remove any patches that have been applied to the server.

If it becomes necessary to refresh the server, or if you want to upgrade to a new release:

1. Execute the installation program from the original installation medium, as described in How to Install and Configure a Server.

   The Choose Setup Language window opens.

2. Select the language to be used during installation and click Next.

   When an existing 7.7 server is found, you are asked if you would like to refresh the installation.

3. Click Yes.

   The installation begins without prompting you for parameters. The EDAHOME directory is replaced in its entirety, but any EDACONF directories remain.

To uninstall a server:

1. Ensure that the server is stopped.
2. Using the Windows Start menu, select Programs, the server program group (for example, WebFOCUS 77 Server), and Uninstall. This program removes the EDAHOME and EDACONF directories of this server instance.

If more than one configuration uses the same EDAHOME directory, the additional configurations contain unconfigure icons instead of uninstall icons. If you want to uninstall your initial configuration, you must unconfigure the additional configurations first. If you do not unconfigure these instances before uninstalling the EDAHOME directory, you disable the additional configurations, including their unconfigure utilities. A manual cleanup is then required.

This is also know as a silent install. The most common form is an initial install which also results in an initial configuration (and is what is documented here). An initial installation and configuration should only be done once per EDAHOME (and program folder) and an add product configuration used thereafter.

You can install a server silently, without the installation process prompting for information, if you first create a text file that specifies your server installation parameters. Installing silently can be helpful if, for example, you want to install many servers at once throughout an enterprise.

We recommend that the first time you install a server, you use the default interactive mode, not the silent mode, so that you become familiar with the procedure. Installing a server interactively is described in Installing a Server.

-inst
-license nnn-nnn-nnnn-nn 
-edahome drive:\ibi\srv77\home
-edaconf drive:\ibi\srv77\server_type 
-port portnum 
-host hostname 
-approot drive:\ibi\apps
-programfolder "folder-title"
-pass password 
-nostart