TITLE: INSTALLING LOTUS ORGANIZER ONTO DEDICATED SERVER UPDATED: 10/24/95 AUTHOR: RF This bulletin presents technical information about one topic related to your LANtastic network. Bulletins are available to help you with many aspects of managing or enhancing your network and with the installation of many compatible products. 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This bulletin takes you step by step through installing LANtastic Power Suite's Lotus Organizer onto a LANtastic Dedicated Server. After following these steps, you should be able to access the Organizer database files on the dedicated server. Note: These instructions apply to the CorStream server as well. Step 1: The Organizer installation must be performed from a workstation or server that’s running Windows and can log into the dedicated server. These instructions refer to this computer as “the Windows workstation.” Also, the SHARE program must be running on the Windows workstation. You can verify that SHARE is running by typing MEM/C at the DOS prompt. If SHARE is not in memory, just type C:\DOS\SHARE at the DOS prompt. Step 2: Establish a drive redirection to the dedicated server from the Windows workstation. To do this, at the DOS prompt on the Windows workstation type NET USE F: \\SERVER\C-DRIVE where F: is the drive letter you want to use, and SERVER is the dedicated server's name. You’ll have to substitute the drive letter you want to use and your dedicated server's name in this example command line. Step 3: Begin the installation by inserting LANtastic Power Suite disk 1 or CD-ROM into the appropriate drive and start Windows. From Program Manager, click on FILE/RUN A:\SETUP or D:\SETUP, depending on which drive contains the diskette or CD. In the LANtastic Power Suite Features Selection box, choose LANtastic Network Operating System, and Lotus Organizer. In the Style of Install box choose Quick Install, then click OK. You can install additional features from this screen too, but to simplify the process, you may want to defer installing any other options to a later date. Step 4: At the LANtastic Quick Setup screen, choose the option “Share this computer's drives and printers” (run SERVER), and choose “Replace existing LANtastic settings,” then click OK. Bypass the “Connections Quick Setup” screen by clicking OK. Step 5: When you’re asked for adapter type in the Network Adapter Setup screen, be sure to select the type of adapter that’s installed in the Windows workstation. In the Lotus Organizer Setup screen, choose “Database-Scheduling Center” then click OK. Step 6: The Organizer Group Scheduling Agent Setup screen appears. This configures Organizer's group scheduling feature. There are two ways of installing this feature: using shared files for group scheduling, or using cc:Mail for group scheduling. This bulletin covers the shared files for group scheduling option only. Choose “Use shared files for group scheduling,” then click OK. The next screen is the most important section of the installation so please read the following steps carefully. Step 7: At the Organizer Database Quick Setup screen you have the option to change the destination path for Lotus Organizer’s database files. Leave the computer name as it is, then choose the “Change Defaults” option in the lower right portion of the Setup screen. In the next screen, in the “Install to” section, click the Change button on the Database option. Note: You can’t change the installation directory for the user files. The install procedure won’t allow you to do this. “Where to install files” prompts you for the path where the Organizer database files should go. At this point you should type F:\LANTASTI\LOTUS (where F is the drive redirected to the dedicated server), then click OK. This takes you back to the Quick Setup screen where you can click OK to continue. Then verify that all the settings are correct on the LANtastic Setup Summary screen. Once you’ve done this, click “Install” and proceed with the installation. When it’s complete, leave the installation disk in the drive, and proceed to the next step. Step 8: At the DOS prompt on the Windows workstation, type NET_MGR then select Control Directory Maintenance. At the Control Directory Maintenance screen click Change Control Directory and type \\SERVER\C-DRIVE\LANTASTI.NET, where SERVER is the name of your dedicated server. Escape back to the main menu of NET_MGR then go to the next step. Step 9: At the main NET_MGR menu select Shared Resources Management. Press the Insert key. For the resource name type in ORGANIZE then press Enter. Note: You must use the exact name specified or Organizer won’t work. The same holds true for the path name. For the path name type C:\LANTASTI\LOTUS, then press Enter. Press Escape until you’re at the DOS prompt. Run Windows again, then go to the dedicated server and proceed with the next step. Step 10: At the dedicated server, press Alt+Esc until you get to the system console prompt. Then type DOWN to shut down the server, then EXIT to get to DOS. Reboot the dedicated server. The system is now reinitialized with the appropriate resources to allow other computers on the network to access the Organizer database files on the dedicated server. Now you must return to the Windows workstation. Step 11: At the Windows workstation, you’ll now need to rerun the Organizer installation to configure this computer to actually run Lotus Organizer. Begin the installation by inserting LANtastic Power Suite disk 1 or the CD-ROM into the appropriate drive. From Windows Program Manager click on FILE/RUN A:\SETUP or D:\SETUP, depending on which drive you’re using (floppy or CD-ROM). At the LANtastic Power Suite Features Selection box choose LANtastic Network Operating System, and Lotus Organizer. From the Style of Install box choose Quick Install, then click OK. Step 12: From the LANtastic Quick Setup screen, you can choose “Share this computer's drives and printers,” or choose to install as a workstation. Either way will work, but if you want other computers on this network to have access to this computer's hard drives or printer, you’ll need to configure this computer as a server (select “Share”). Now choose “Replace existing LANtastic settings” and click OK. You can bypass the Connections Quick Setup screen by clicking OK. Step 13: Be sure to select the Windows workstation’s adapter type at the Network Adapter Setup screen. At the Lotus Organizer Setup screen, choose the default Organizer User option, then click OK. At the next screen you must select the name of the computer that the Organizer database is on. This is the name of the dedicated server. Verify that the information on the LANtastic Setup Summary screen is correct, then click the Install button. Step 14: The final step is to verify that everything is working properly. Reboot the Windows workstation. When the workstation comes up, try running Organizer. If everything was set up properly, Organizer will access the database files installed on the dedicated server. To check on this, type NET SHOW at the DOS prompt on the Windows workstation. Drive O: should be redirected to the dedicated server’s name. ARTISOFT TECHNICAL SUPPORT: Artisoft offers a wide selection of technical support options. For information regarding technical support services, please refer to our Directory of Support Services, available where you obtained this bulletin (request fax document 4, check Support & Services at our Home Page, or download file DIRLIST.TXT). You can also obtain this information by calling Artisoft at (520) 670-7000. Artisoft makes no warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of this document. 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