[ABCINC] Customer Support -- Tech Note #1
Network install of Donorplus:
Requirements and tips.
Applies to: DonorPlus Release 1.x and above
Last updated: Friday April 16, 2004.
SUMMARY
The DonorPlus program may be installed in a network environment and ran as a
stand alone program. The following conditions must be present in the network.
1. Workstation is MS windows 95B, 98, Win2k, Win Mill, Win
XP or NT4.0 SP4 or above.
2. SERVER.
A. Ensure the server is stable.
B. Install The newest service pack
for the server or the current Netware patches for Netware Server 3.12 and above.
Install TCP/IP protocol if not already present. Make sure a static IP is
assigned.
3 The following network setup should be present in
the windows workstations. TCP/IP static IP is required for each workstation and
server.
PROCEDURE
A. Server:
A.1 Ensure the servers date and time & all
workstations (which will have the software
installed) date and time are current. They don't need to be
synchronized but
should be within a few minutes of each other. This is keep the data
integrity
and
the reports correct.
A.2 Install the "Program" on
all workstations on drive C. The Data folder goes on the server.
Then change
the dplus.ini on each workstation to: Datafiles=F:\data (or whatever
your
network drive is)
B. Workstation: Map a drive to the root of the shared
partition on the server (NTFS on
NT (2000) or SYS volume on
Netware. Typically, this has already been done and the drive
letter is F:. Use NetWare mapping
or on windows peer to peer or client to NT (2000) server use the "NET USE"
command as a login script. The syntax should be:
net use f: \\server_
network_name\f /yes
This will
map a local drive F: from the server name drive f. In this case the server name is
server_ network_name and the drive where cisdata folder will be is shared as f.
You should
put this a a batch file and then put a shortcut in the startup folder or put in the
registry in the run once key.
B.1 The shared partition on the server must be
available to all users of the program.
B.2 Contact your network administrator to
accomplish this task.
B.3 The current version is not fully
shareable. An message will occur if more than one
computer tries to access the data at a time. This message will let the new user know
that
the program is already running on another computer or their own computer.
B.4 The DonorPlus program install at this time
allows one user to access the data at a
time.
B.5 However , many computers in one center may
have the program installed at one
time.
B.6 Install the software on all computers in
the center on the same day. Call at one
time
to get a key for each workstation.
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