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Installation Overview
Installation Overview
This section explains the different ways that you can work with Evolve Suite,
Document Generator and V-Modeler, and how you set up an appropriate environment.
It is recommended that you read this section before trying to install any of the applications so that you can determine the best system configuration to suit your needs.
Please see the separate System Requirements document for details of the exact software, hardware and environmental requirements for installing and using Evolve Suite.
There are four setup configurations for using Evolve Suite. They are:
1.Stand-alone
Where you work independently on your local computer.
2.Networked
Where models are stored on a networked Evolve Repository which can be accessed by many Evolve Suite users.
3. Terminal Server
Where users do not have Evolve Suite installed on their local computers, but use a copy by connecting to a Terminal Server which does have it installed.
4. Virtual Machine
Where the software is installed on a virtual machine.
Stand-alone and Networked are not either/or configurations. A standalone user can at any time connect to a Networked database, assuming one exists, and can switch between the two modes.
Likewise, a Networked user can choose to work in stand-alone mode, but this does assume that the client software was installed with the standalone option.
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.
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.
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.
