The following series of steps walk through the installation of MSI Studio.
Video for MSI Studio Installation
Be sure to read the System Requirements to make sure your systems meet the minimum
requirements and to learn about the information you will need to know for the setup.
The installation wizard walks through a series of dialog boxes prompting for information that
is needed to install MSI Studio to your computer. Click Next on each dialog box to advance to
the next option. Click Back to go to the prior dialog box. Click Cancel to abort the install.
1. Welcome is the initial dialog box. Click Next to continue.
2. The License Agreement dialog box appears. If you agree with the license
agreement, click Accept. Click Next to continue.
3. The Software Warehouse is comprised of a web service component and an SQL
database instance. The database instance can use Microsoft SQL Server
2000/2005/2008/2012. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express can be automatically
installed further on in the process of setup if necessary (not applicable on
Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012). Select Install Client Only to install MSI
Studio without the database installation. This option should be used when an
existing SQL server instance will be used for the Software Warehouse or if a
Warehouse database already exists. Select Install the Client and Server to
install both, MSI Studio along with a database instance. This selection will install
the database.
4. On the Destination Directory dialog box, select a path and destination folder.
The default installation path is %ProgramFiles%\ScriptLogic Corporation\MSI
Studio or %ProgramFiles(x86)%\ScriptLogic Corporation\MSI Studio. Press the
Browse button to select a different path. Click Next to continue.
5. Click Install on the final installation dialog to proceed with the installation. Once
the file copying portion of the install is complete, click Finish.
6. Proceed to the following configuration steps for MSI Studio Professional if Install
the Client and Server is selected.
a. MSI Studio requires Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) to
function properly. If the version of MDAC on the installation
computer is not current, you will be prompted to upgrade to MDAC
2.8. Click Yes to upgrade to MDAC 2.8. Click No to skip this step and
install it at a later time via the Software Warehouse Manager. The
system will automatically restart after MDAC 2.8 is installed.
b. Another system requirement of the MSI Studio Warehouse Manager,
is the presence of SQL DMO. When prompted, click Ok to install SQL
DMO. Click Cancel to skip this step.
If your internet connection requires a proxy server, click Proxy
Settings and configure the proxy server settings.
7. The next step of the MSI Studio install is the configuration of the database for the
Software Warehouse Manager. Click Yes to configure it now; click No to
configure it at a later time.
8. MSI Studio can install a new instance of SQL Server 2005 Express SP2, or use an
existing SQL Server instance (not applicable on Windows 8 and Windows Server
2012). Select the appropriate option in the dialog.
NOTE: For Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, use SQL Server 2008 and above.
If Install and use a local instance of SQL Express 2005 is selected, a
dialog box will be displayed to prompt for the version of SQL server to download
and install.
If your internet connection requires a proxy server, click Proxy Settings and
configure the proxy server settings.
Click OK to continue.
The selected database engine will be downloaded and installed automatically.
When choosing to use an existing SQL Server instance, type in the
SERVERNAME\INSTANCE, where \INSTANCE is optional or press [...] to select
from a list of existing SQL instances. If using a locally installed instance, just
select the (local) option from the list. Select an authentication method for SQL
Server.
Click OK to continue and install the database. Click Cancel to skip this step.
9. Finally, the MSI Studio install will create a shared access point. Users must have
READ + WRITE access to this folder. Enter the share name in the form of
\\machinename\sharename. Click [...] to browse out and select an existing
share. If a new share must be created, select the checkbox to create it and enter
the share name in the entry provided.
10. At the completion of the install the Software Warehouse Manager is displayed.
The Manager will display the status of the corresponding web and Windows
services, database installation and shared access point.
Click Exit to close the window.
Or, use the Setup buttons to modify the parameters of the database and shared
folder if necessary.
NOTE:
If you are accessing the Software Warehouse from a computer different than the one it is installed on, the port that it runs on (8001) might need to be added as a port exception on your firewall.
NOTE:
If you plan Software Warehouse to work with a remote database, grant "dbowner" rights to the Local Service running on the MSI Studio Warehouse host.
