Installing Meridian Enterprise Server

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Installing Meridian Enterprise Server

The Meridian Enterprise Server application server includes business and data access components that are used by other BlueCielo applications. These components should be installed on a Windows server running Internet Information Services (IIS) on which you want to host Meridian Enterprise Server.

The components are installed using the Meridian Enterprise setup program. Meridian Enterprise Server is an integral part of:

BlueCielo Explorer
BlueCielo Publisher
User and group management when the preceding are used together with Meridian Enterprise
Meridian Enterprise Data Library

Meridian Enterprise Server is typically installed on one computer. However, for maximum scalability it can be installed on multiple computers and configured as a cluster as described in Configuring a Meridian Enterprise Server cluster.

Before you begin

An existing installation of Meridian Enterprise Server cannot be upgraded. You must uninstall the existing version before installing a newer version. Delete any remaining files in C:\Program Files\BC-Meridian Enterprise Server and in C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM. If you have manually modified any configuration files, make a backup copy before uninstalling the old version and restore the file after installing the new version.
If ASP.NET is installed on the computer before IIS is enabled, you must enable ASP.NET by running the command aspnet_regiis -i.

If the Meridian Enterprise client components were installed on the Meridian Enterprise Server computer before Meridian Enterprise Server is installed, some of the Meridian Enterprise client libraries are overwritten during the Meridian Enterprise Server installation. If Meridian Enterprise Server is subsequently uninstalled, those libraries will be unregistered and cause errors if Meridian Enterprise Server is reinstalled, such as with an upgrade. In such cases, run the Meridian Enterprise setup program before reinstalling Meridian Enterprise Server and select the Repair option to re-register the libraries and prevent the errors.
You must install the setup package as an administrator of the computer and temporarily disable Windows User Account Control (UAC).

To install the components:

Follow the instructions in the BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide to run BC-Meridian Server (x64).exe.
On the Select Features page, review the selections in each branch using the descriptions in the following table. Select only those components for which you have purchased and installed licenses and complete the installation.

Meridian Enterprise Server setup component branches
Branch	Description
BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Server	Meridian Enterprise Server core components
BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise website	Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, BlueCielo Explorer client, and BlueCielo Publisher queue websites
Publisher	BlueCielo Publisher core components
Publisher/System links	BlueCielo Publisher system links available in this release.
Publisher/Rendering modules	BlueCielo Publisher rendering modules available in this release. Note If the AutoVue rendering module is installed for rendering 3D models, also select the Oracle AutoVue 3D Professional Advanced component in the Client/Viewer branch. Licenses that begin with M--AV3 must also be installed on the BlueCielo license server.
Publisher/Post-rendering tools	BlueCielo Publisher watermarking, merging, and electronic signature components.
Publisher/Publishing tools	BlueCielo Publisher services for the Windows file system, BlueCielo Project Portal, and Microsoft SharePoint.

If the AutoVue rendering module was installed, the AutoVue Document Converter dialog will display the installation results. Click OK to close the dialog.
If a rendering module will be used on the Meridian Enterprise Server computer that starts a native application (for example, AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, Microsoft Office, and so on), install and configure the native application.
If AutoCAD drawings will be rendered with the AutoVue rendering module that use custom font (.shx) files, place copies of the font files in the following location after installation:
```
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\Fonts
```
If Meridian Enterprise Server is installed correctly, you can open Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console as described in Opening Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console.