Installation Guide
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CONTENTS Resources for a Successful Breeze Deployment . ...........................5 Guide to documentation and additional resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 About the electronic manuals and online help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Information about specialized topics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Additional resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Verifying that you can use the Breeze Presentation platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Verifying that you can use Breeze Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Verifying that you can use Breeze Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Appendix A: Clustering Breeze Presentation Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Setting up a cluster of Breeze Presentation platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Resources for a Successful Breeze Deployment Macromedia Breeze consists of three components: the Breeze Presentation platform, Breeze Training, and Breeze Live. Depending on the configuration purchased, you may be installing one, two, or all three of the components. The following are brief descriptions of the components: Breeze Presentation platform The Breeze Presentation platform makes it possible to quickly create multimedia presentations that combine audio and video with slides and graphics.
Breeze user type Recommended reading Content authors and instructional designers who create presentations and training with the Breeze Plug-In for PowerPoint • • Using the Breeze Plug-In for PowerPoint Using the Breeze Publish Wizard Content authors and instructional designers who create presentations and training with Breeze Live • • Using the Breeze Manager Breeze Live User Guide for Meeting Presenters Meeting administrators who create and manager Breeze Live meetings • • Using the Breeze Manage
Before You Install For a successful installation, you should be aware of the information covered in this chapter.
Hardware requirements for the Breeze Presentation platform Your computer must meet the following hardware requirements for installing and using the Breeze Presentation platform: • A Pentium III, 733 MHz processor • 512 MB of RAM • A CD-ROM drive • A hard disk with the following disk space: ■ 1 GB for Macromedia Breeze Presentation platform installation ■ 10 GB per 100 presentations Software requirements for the Breeze Presentation platform You must have the following software on your computer to install the
To install a printer driver if none is installed: • If no printer drivers are installed, select Add, and then select a local printer driver for installation. The Windows printer-driver wizard guides you through the process. Breeze Presentation platform with Breeze Live installation requirements If your Breeze configuration includes Breeze Live, you can install the Breeze Presentation platform and Breeze Live on the same computer or on separate computers.
• Windows 2003 Professional • Windows 2003 Server Additional software requirements In addition to specific requirements for the computers hosting the Breeze Presentation platform and Breeze Live, Macromedia Breeze requires the following software: • A database management system: either the Breeze database engine or Microsoft SQL Server 2000 The Breeze database engine comes with Macromedia Breeze, but there are restrictions on its use.
Installing Breeze Before you begin the installation process, check the following items: • All requirements listed in “Before You Install” on page 7 are satisfied. Verify the following requirements: ■ A local printer driver is installed on the same computer as the Breeze Presentation platform. ■ Microsoft PowerPoint XP is installed on the same computer as the Breeze Presentation platform.
Breeze Presentation platform and Breeze Training The following Select Features window appears if you are licensed to install the Breeze Presentation platform and Breeze Training, but not Breeze Live: Note: The Breeze Presentation platform and Breeze Training are installed together, on the same computer. If you install the Breeze database engine, it must be installed at the same time and on the same computer as the Breeze Presentation platform.
The following Select Features window appears if you are licensed to install all three Breeze components: Breeze Presentation platform, Breeze Training, and Breeze Live Note: The Breeze Presentation platform and Breeze Training are installed together, on the same computer. If you install the Breeze database engine, it must be installed at the same time and on the same computer as the Breeze Presentation platform.
Completing an aborted installation If the installer aborts during the installation of any Breeze components that include the built-in Breeze database, use the following procedure to complete the installation. Note: If you were installing the Microsoft SQL server when the installation aborted, you should uninstall the Microsoft SQL server before completing the following steps. For more information, see the Breeze TechNote entitled Installer detects existing installation of SQL Server at www.macromedia.
Setting Up the Breeze Database Macromedia Breeze requires a database in order to store information about users, content, courses, meetings, and reports. The database is created through either the Breeze database engine or Microsoft SQL Server 2000. The Breeze database engine comes with Macromedia Breeze. You can install it at the same time you install the Breeze Presentation platform.
Maintenance For proper maintenance, you should back up files on a regular basis. • To maintain the Microsoft Data Engine Database, see the Microsoft article, “Backing Up and Restoring Microsoft Data Engine Databases” at: www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2000/five/ 75t2_6.htm. • You should regularly back up the content folder in the following location: [Boot drive]\Breeze\content. • Periodically, back up the entire Breeze root directory. • You should occasionally delete log files in order to conserve disk space.
Configuring the Breeze Presentation Platform It’s important to configure the Macromedia Breeze Presentation platform by setting property values in the Breeze configuration file, custom.ini. For example, you should change the default support password to use the URL of your own enterprise support site. The following procedure and table indicate how to change settings in the custom.ini file.
Property Default value Description DB_USER sa The user name for the Breeze Presentation platform to use in accessing the database. DB_PASSWORD breeze The password for the Breeze Presentation platform, which allows access to the database. For the integrity of your system security, change the default password. See “Changing the Breeze password” on page 15. HTTP_PORT 80 The port for the web server associated with Breeze to use for receiving HTTP messages.
Configuring Breeze Live If you install Macromedia Breeze Live on the same computer as the Breeze Presentation platform, no additional configuration of Breeze Live is necessary. If you install Breeze Live on a separate computer from the Breeze Presentation, you need to perform the configuration steps described in this chapter. Note: If you are using the Breeze Live stand-alone configuration, all references to the Breeze Presentation platform in this chapter also apply to the Breeze application server.
b In the list of services, double-click Macromedia Breeze Application Service. The Properties window for the Macromedia Breeze Application Service appears: c Click the Log On tab. The Log On dialog box appears: Select This Account and then enter the name of the Breeze user account you created, followed by the account’s password and a confirmation of the password. 9 Restart the Macromedia Breeze Application Service for your changes to take effect.
Verifying Your Installation After you have installed and configured Macromedia Breeze, you should verify that the installation was successful and that all features are functional. Note: If you are using the Breeze Live stand-alone configuration, all references in this chapter to the Breeze Presentation platform also apply to the Breeze application server.
Starting the Breeze Presentation platform The following procedure starts the Breeze Presentation platform. To start the Breeze Presentation platform: • Select Start > All Programs > Macromedia > Macromedia Breeze 4 > Start Breeze Server. Starting Breeze Live The following procedure starts Breeze Live. To start Breeze Live: • Select Start > All Programs > Macromedia > Macromedia Breeze 4 > Start Breeze Live Server.
Verifying that you can use the Breeze Manager and send e-mail notifications To verify that you can use the Breeze Presentation platform and that it can send e-mail using your e-mail server, you’ll create a new Breeze user, send an e-mail notification to the user, and then confirm that the email was received. To create a new user and send an e-mail notification: Click the Users tab on the Breeze Manager home page. In the Users and Groups page, click New User.
Open the Breeze Publish Wizard by selecting Publish from the Breeze menu in PowerPoint. The Publish Wizard login window appears. 7 Log in with the e-mail address and password you used in step 3, and follow the steps in the Publish Wizard. When you complete the steps in the Publish Wizard, your PowerPoint presentation is uploaded to the Breeze Presentation platform and compiled into a Breeze Flash presentation.
Select the user you created earlier (see step 2 in “Verifying that you can use the Breeze Manager and send e-mail notifications” on page 23) and click Finish. The Meeting Information page for the meeting you created appears. 4 Click the Invitations link. 5 On the Invitations page, click Send to send yourself a meeting invitation. This invitation contains a link to the meeting room in which the meeting is held. 6 When the meeting invitation arrives, click the meeting link.
Appendix A: Clustering Breeze Presentation Platforms If your Macromedia Breeze license permits, you can install the Breeze Presentation platform on two or more computers, and then cluster the Breeze Presentation platforms to provide load balancing and failover. Clustering Breeze Presentation platforms has the following advantages: • You can effectively use third-party hardware or software to provide load balancing and failover for HTTP requests.
To set up clustered Breeze Presentation platforms: Install the Breeze Presentation platform on each computer that will be in the cluster. During installation, you use the same license key each time you install the Breeze Presentation platform. 2 Set configuration properties in the custom.ini file belonging to one of the Breeze Presentation platforms in the cluster.
To verify replication of content across a cluster with two Breeze Presentation platforms: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Verify that the Breeze Presentation platform on Computer1 is running and that the Breeze Presentation platform on Computer2 is stopped. Before you start the Breeze Presentation platform, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 must be running. To start the Breeze Presentation platform: ■ Select Start > All Programs > Macromedia > Macromedia Breeze 4 > Start Breeze Server.
Appendix B: Clustering Breeze Live If your Macromedia Breeze license permits, you can install Breeze Live on two or more computers and then cluster the computers to provide load balancing and failover for Breeze Live. This appendix explains how to create a Breeze Live cluster and verify that the cluster functions successfully.
On the file server, share the Breeze folder, giving the Breeze user you created in step 2 full control over the folder. To share the Breeze folder: a Right-click the Breeze folder in the Windows Explorer Folders panel, and select Sharing and Security. The Properties window for the Breeze folder opens: b Click Share This Folder and enter a Share name, for example, Breeze. c Click Apply and then click the Permissions button. The Permissions window opens.
The following procedure for verifying failover in a Breeze Live cluster assumes that there are two computers in the cluster, Computer1 and Computer2. The procedure for verifying failover with more than two computers is very similar. To verify failover in a Breeze Live cluster with two computers: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Verify that no Breeze meetings are currently open. This ensures that if you create two meetings, load balancing assigns each meeting to a different computer.
