Exceed onDemand A Technical Whitepaper
Exceed onDemand A Technical Whitepaper
Exceed onDemand A Technical Whitepaper
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<strong>Exceed</strong> <strong>onDemand</strong> 5 — A <strong>Technical</strong> <strong>Whitepaper</strong><br />
Installation and Connection<br />
Installing <strong>Exceed</strong> <strong>onDemand</strong><br />
<strong>Exceed</strong> <strong>onDemand</strong> follows a server/client model that involves installation of both server and client<br />
components on different machines. In a simplified environment, administrators need to install <strong>Exceed</strong><br />
<strong>onDemand</strong> Server on at least one of the many UNIX, Linux and Windows server platforms that it<br />
supports. Then, administrators must distribute <strong>Exceed</strong> <strong>onDemand</strong> Client to as many office desktops,<br />
home desktops and laptops as necessary and as the license permits. Since the installation of client<br />
software is usually repetitive, Hummingbird took extra care in making this process as simple and<br />
inexpensive as possible. Post-deployment software management is also necessary in order to create<br />
a painless administration environment. <strong>Exceed</strong> <strong>onDemand</strong> employs various installation technologies<br />
that reduce the administrative and management overhead for both Server and Client components.<br />
<strong>Exceed</strong> <strong>onDemand</strong> Server<br />
<strong>Exceed</strong> <strong>onDemand</strong> Server for Windows is built on Microsoft Windows Installer technology for<br />
installation, modification, upgrade and removal of the software. This technology, which was introduced<br />
by Microsoft in Windows 2000, provides a powerful installation framework across all of the platforms<br />
of the Microsoft operating system family. Windows Installer provides administrators with consistent<br />
and reliable methods to customize installations, upgrade applications, and resolve configuration<br />
problems. It can also manage shared resources, enforce consistent file version rules, and diagnose<br />
and repair applications at runtime.<br />
<strong>Exceed</strong> <strong>onDemand</strong> Server for xNIX packages are self-extracting executables that are designed to run<br />
on the specific UNIX or Linux hosts. Each type of xNIX host has its own unique installation package.<br />
The installation process is script-driven, which helps administrators to install and configure <strong>Exceed</strong><br />
<strong>onDemand</strong> Server with minimum effort and maximum efficiency.<br />
By default, <strong>Exceed</strong> <strong>onDemand</strong> Server is installed as a Standalone Server with Cluster Manager<br />
enabled. When <strong>Exceed</strong> <strong>onDemand</strong> Server is started, administrators should be able to find EoDPM<br />
and EoDCM in the process list. For each <strong>Exceed</strong> <strong>onDemand</strong> Proxy that is running, there is one<br />
corresponding ewebhost process. To learn how to add nodes to a cluster, please refer to Section<br />
6 “Server, User and File Management.”<br />
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