Understanding the system requirements

Before you start the installation, ensure that the following system requirements have been met:

Meridian Enterprise application server

• As required for the installed version of Meridian Enterprise. For more information, see the BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide. This version of Meridian GCF/Project Portal is supported by the corresponding Meridian Enterprise versions listed in BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Supported Software.
• The Meridian GCF/Project Portal licenses must be registered on the BlueCielo License Server. For more information, see Understanding the licensing.
• If the Meridian Enterprise processors will be installed on the same computer with the Meridian Enterprise 64-bit edition server components (not recommended), the Meridian Enterprise Web Client must be also be installed on the computer from a Meridian Enterprise 32-bit edition setup program.
• The vault that contains the documents upon which you want to collaborate must be configured as a Web Access location.
• Meridian Enterprise user account with all privileges for use by Meridian GCF/Project Portal, particularly the privileges in the Global Collaboration group and in the tables listed in GCF tables.
• System time synchronized with all other collaborating sites.

Meridian Enterprise client computers

• As required for the installed version of Meridian Enterprise
• The Meridian Enterprise Web Client must be installed on each client computer that will use the GCF. Both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions must be installed for 64-bit operating systems.
• Meridian Enterprise .NET Interop, version 4.0.0 or higher

Web server

• As required for the installed version of Meridian Enterprise Web Access. For more information, see the of BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide.
• Existing website with basic authentication upon which to install the web service. If the existing site must use Windows authentication only, see Creating a GCF website with basic authentication.

SQL Server

• This version of Meridian GCF/Project Portal is supported by the versions of SQL Server listed in BlueCieloMeridian Enterprise Supported Software. SQL Server Compact Edition is also supported.

BlueCielo Project Portal

• System time synchronized with all other collaborating sites.

• BlueCielo Project Portal site with a dedicated workspace that has the Meridian Link option enabled and a valid Meridian Enterprise account specified for Meridian User.
• BlueCielo Project Portal user account with all access rights for use by Meridian GCF/Project Portal.

As always when installing new software, you should make backups of those parts of your current configuration that will be changed during installation. We strongly recommend that you back up the configuration (.met file) of all vaults in which you will install the GCF.