Stand alone Installations
Stand-alone Installations
If you want to use Evolve Suite completely independently of any network, shared database or Terminal Server, then you need a Stand-alone setup.
This means that the software is installed on your local computer or laptop and you will be able to use all its features and store your model data all on the one computer.
To install Evolve Suite so that you can work in stand-alone mode, read the instructions in Install the Client Software and ensure that after installation you choose to create the stand-alone database.
Networked Installations
Networked Installations
When numerous users within an organization use Evolve Suite, they often access models on a networked Evolve Repository. Depending on the rights granted to each Evolve Suite user, the models in the database can be shared or private.
For this type of setup, each user has the Evolve Suite client software installed on their computers and has it configured to connect to a Microsoft SQL Server database acting as a Evolve Model store.
Figure 1.1 Client/server setup with networked repository.
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If any of the networked users additionally want the ability to work offline, the client can be installed with a stand-alone database option. The standalone database can be created at any time by running Create Stand-alone Database from the Evolve Suite Start menu. |
For information on installing the Evolve Suite client software, see Install the Client Software and for information on configuring the Evolve Repository, see Create a Networked Database.
Terminal Server Installations
Terminal Server Installations
One copy of the Evolve Suite client software must be installed per terminal server machine, each of which runs Microsoft Terminal Services and is accessed by many users.
While Microsoft Terminal Services is the primary supported environment for this type of installation, you can set up a similar environment using other remote access technologies such as Citrix, as long as they are 100% compatible with Microsoft Terminal Services.
For a Terminal Server installation, the client software cannot be installed with the stand-alone database option and must be configured to connect to a networked database that is on a different computer to the Terminal Server/Evolve Suite client.
Figure 1.2 Terminal Server system configuration.
For further information on installing Evolve Suite for use with a Terminal Server, please see Appendix D - Using Terminal Server
Virtual Machine Installations
Virtual Machine Installations
Quest does not formally test Evolve Suite in specific virtual environments. If you experience problems running Evolve Suite in a virtual environment, and these problems cannot be reproduced outside the virtual environment, Quest requires that you seek support from your virtualization vendor. Virtual environments must be configured as per the System Requirements for the equivalent real machine.
Quest does not support the investigation of performance issues for virtual environments that have not been configured in line with the System Requirements.
Apart from performance problems caused by inadequate virtual machine resources, Quest is not currently aware of any problems running Evolve Suite on Microsoft Virtual Server or VMware.