Prepare the Application Servers
In this topic:
For the Archive Manager Database server (AMFDB)
See the System Requirements and About User Accounts chapters for preparing database servers.
For the HSM and Search server (AMFHSM)
·Steps to download the install media
·Steps to install the prerequisites
For the Archive server (AMFSERVER)
·Steps to download the install media
·Steps to install the prerequisites
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TIP: We recommend completing all these tasks on each server using the Administrator account. |
Steps to install the prerequisites
These steps are optional and are included if you want to install them yourself. The installer verifies prerequisites.
1.Log in with the credentials of the local administrator.
2.Open PowerShell as an Administrator.
3.To install the recommended windows roles and features for individual components that may be distributed across other servers run the following PowerShell commands:
Archive Manager for Files
Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-Server, Web-Http-Redirect,
Web-Dyn-Compression, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-Basic-Auth,
Web-Metabase, Web-Mgmt-Service, NET-Framework-45-Features,
NET-Framework-45-ASPNET, Web-Net-Ext45, Web-Asp-Net45,
NET-WCF-Services45, Web-Asp-Net
HSM
Install-WindowsFeature -Name Web-Server, NET-Framework-Features
Search
Install-WindowsFeature -Name NET-Framework-Features
ArchiveWeb
Install-WindowsFeature -Name NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45, Web-Server,
Web-Static-Content, Web-Http-Redirect, Web-Stat-Compression,
Web-Dyn-Compression, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-Basic-Auth
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NOTE: These PowerShell commands are compatible with a Window 2016 operating system. Please refer to the System Requirements chapter to modify the script for other supported Windows operating systems or install them manually. |
4.Install the database drivers. For Microsoft SQL Server, the database driver is available in the folder <installation folder>\Archive Manager Installation Package\Install.
5.Install the redistributable packages required for your operating system. These files are available in the folder <installation folder>\Archive Manager Installation Package\Install.
Steps to download the install media
1.Login to the server with the credentials of the Administrator account (eg. democorp\domadmin)
2.From your browser, navigate to the https://www.quest.com/products/archive-manager-for-files page
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navigate to the http://www.quest.com/trials page. Locate the product Archive Manager for Files.
3.Click the Download Free Trial button.
4.Fill the Download Your Free Trial registration form and click Download Trial. The file download page appears.
5.Download the install media zip file.
6.The the trial license key is specified in the email that is sent to you.
7.Ensure that the files are available locally on the computer on which you are planning to install Archive Manager for Files.
Install the Application Features
For the HSM and Search server (AMFHSM)
The installations steps described in Install HSM and Archive Manager Searchincludes the the installation of the Archive Manager Post-processing feature.
For the Archive Manager for Files server (AMFSERVER)
The installations steps described in Installation of Archive Manager for Files includes the the installation of all sub-features.