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Installing StarTeamMPX on WindowsThis chapter provides a brief overview of StarTeamMPX and explains how to install each of the StarTeamMPXcomponents on supported Windows systems. StarTeamMPX Event Transmitter and Message Broker areincluded with the StarTeam Enterprise package.You must license the StarTeam Enterprise Advantage packageto use StarTeamMPX File Transmitter and Cache Agent.The StarTeamMPX Administrator’s Guide provides comprehensive information about StarTeamMPX includingit’s architecture, configuration, and usage.Note: If you are reading these instructions in a non-English language, note that this product and whatappears on the screen during installation are not translated into non-English languages.About StarTeamMPXStarTeamMPX is a framework for publish/subscribe messaging that improves the performance of the clientsand extends the scalability of server configurations. It contains both common and application-specific componentsthat together provide advanced messaging capabilities.With StarTeamMPX, changes to the server configuration’s repository are broadcast in an encrypted format toStarTeam clients and StarTeam Cache Agents through a publish/subscribe channel. For example, the StarTeamEvent Transmitter broadcasts encrypted messages about changes to objects, such as change requests, andthe StarTeam File Transmitter broadcasts archive files.Caching modules automatically capture events that a client subscribes to. This reduces the client’s need tosend refresh requests to the server and improves client response times for the user.StarTeam Cache Agents can be installed and configured to cache files in a network-near location to speed upcheck-out operations.They reduce the distance that the data travels at the time of the client check-out operation.While StarTeam Cache Agents are StarTeamMPX clients that rely on messages and files transmitted by theEvent Transmitter and File Transmitter, they also serve other StarTeamMPX clients as they check out files.The File Transmitter and StarTeam Cache Agent are available with StarTeam Enterprise Advantage licensingpackages only.StarTeamMPX ComponentsMost of StarTeamMPX components described below are installed separately. The transmitters are includedin the StarTeam Server installation.• StarTeamMPX Transmitters - There are two types of transmitters: an Event Transmitter and a FileTransmitter.• Event Transmitter - The Event Transmitter receives events of interest to StarTeam clients. The EventTransmitter formats the event information it receives into XML messages, encrypts them, and publishesthem to a Message Broker. Messages are assigned topics so that they can be distributed to clientsinterested in the accompanying content (project/view, item type, event type, etc.). The Event TransmitterInstalling StarTeamMPX on Windows | 53