Installation guide

AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager Installation Guide
NOVEMBER 2013
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Requirements and constraints
Ensure that all the system requirements specified in Section 2, “System
requirements” and stated below are met prior to installing an AMS Device Manager
distributed system. If you are installing a distributed system using a domain
controller, there are other requirements. See
“Installing AMS Device Manager on
domain controllers” on page 65.
• Named IP services (how PCs identify each other on a network) must be
functioning correctly for stations in an AMS Device Manager distributed system
to communicate.
• A user with Windows system administrator rights is required to install and
configure a distributed system.
• AMS Device Manager supports deployment within a single domain or
workgroup or across multiple domains or across multiple workgroups. For more
information, refer to KBA NA-0800-0113.
• All stations must be connected to the network before beginning AMS Device
Manager installation. This ensures that all stations can access the AMS Device
Manager database. All stations’ computer names should be recorded. See
“Determining computer names” on page 50.
• After all station installations are complete, all Windows users that log in to an
AMS Device Manager PC must be added to the AMSDeviceManager Windows
user group on all AMS Device Manager stations in a distributed system (see
“Adding a user to the AMSDeviceManager group” on page 56).
• All stations’ PC clocks must be synchronized (many third-party tools are
available for this purpose). Clock synchronization is important because the date
and time of an event recorded in the database are based on the clock in the PC
that generated that event.
• All stations must use like operating systems. That is, you can pair stations using
Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003; Windows 7 and Windows
Server 2008; or Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. No other configurations
are supported.
• All stations must use the same application and version for entering Drawings/
Notes (such as Microsoft Word 2003, 2007, and 2010 or Microsoft Excel 2003,
2007, and 2010).
• Be sure you have the correct version of SQL Server for your Server Plus Station
(based on your database size–see
page 25).
• All stations must use the same revision of AMS Device Manager software.
Note
Consult with your network/system administrator about security issues and any other
network operation issues or special requirements for your LAN.