Starte Meridian Installation

The installation of all Meridian standard components can be done with the setup program. This makes it easy to install Meridian, even for inexperienced users. After you have installed and correctly licensed the Meridian application server, you can then install Meridian on client computers or additional servers. For information on the Windows Installer Package, see Control Windows Installer Packages.

To start the Meridian installation:

1. If you will be installing the server components, first perform the tasks described in Prepare For Installation.

2. Run the Meridian installation package. The Meridian setup wizard starts and searches for a previous installation. If one is found, you will be prompted to perform an upgrade as described in Upgrade Meridian.

   Note:

   To start Meridian server installation on Windows Server Core, run the appropriate setup program listed in Choose An Installation File from a command line window. The setup program will show the graphical setup wizard with which you can complete installation. The Meridian services can then be managed with Meridian Enterprise Administrator from a remote computer as described in Administer Meridian Enterprise Remotely. Rerun the program to change, repair, or uninstall the software.

3. If you are installing Meridian for the first time on a computer, the language selection page appears.
4. Choose a language in which to install the software and click OK. The Preparing to Install page appears while the setup files are decompressed and then the Welcome page appears.
5. Click Next. The License Agreement page appears.
6. Read the license agreement and either accept or reject the agreement and click Next. If you do not accept the license agreement, the installation will stop. If you accept the license agreement, the Specify Program Folder page shows the default location for 64-bit program files.
7. The default folder is usually adequate. Click Change and specify the destination for the 64-bit program files if you want to place most of Meridian’s files on a non-system partition.
8. Click Next to continue. The Specify Program Folder page shows the default location for 32-bit program files.
9. Again, the default folder is usually adequate. Click Change and specify the destination for the 32-bit program files if you want to place most of Meridian’s files on a non-system partition.
10. Click Next. The Select Server Roles page lists the available server roles.
11. Select the roles that you want this server to perform and click Next. The Select Features page shows a tree view of the available server components. The required components and the components that comprise the server roles that you selected are selected by default.
12. Select the components that you want to install on this server and click Next. The Logon Information page appears.
13. Type the user name and password for one account to use for all the Meridian services. If you want the same account to also be used for the EDM Server service and the License Server service, select Use this account for EDM and License services. Click Next to continue.
14. If you did not select to install the License Server component, the Choose Computer page appears. Type the name of the server where Meridian License Server is installed and click Next.
15. If you did not select to install the Accruent Enterprise Server component, the Choose Computer page appears. Type the name of the server where Meridian Enterprise Server is installed and click Next. The Specify Local Workspace Folder page appears. This folder is used to cache documents on a local hard disk for maximum performance.
16. Accept the default folder or click Browse and select a different location and click Next to continue.
17. If you selected to install the Site Cache component, the Specify Site Cache Location page appears.
18. Accept the default folder or click Browse and select a different location and click Next to continue. The Select Vaults Folder page appears.
19. Accept the default folder or click Browse and select a different location and click Next to continue. For information about the amount space required and location options, see Document Storage Space Requirements. The System Time dialog box appears. It is extremely important that the correct date, time, time zone, and regional settings are made on both the server and all client computers, and that all client computers are time-synchronized with the server. Click OK to continue. The Shared Extensions Folder page appears. If any client extensions are registered in a vault, they will be copied to this location where they can be downloaded by the client PCs when the vault is opened. The setup program will create a hidden share for this folder. All users require read access to this location. Usually the default folder is acceptable. 
20. Accept the default folder or click Browse and select a different location and click Next to continue. The Start Copying Files page appears.
21. Review all your choices and click Next to continue. The installation begins and the progress is shown on the Setup Status page.
22. When installation is completed, you will be prompted to click Finish.
23. If any other server computers will be used with Meridian, configure a service account as described in Grant Domain Privileges With a Service Account.
    
24. Upgrade any existing vaults as described in Upgrade Meridian Vaults.