SNOASIS Installation Guide - Part I - Server Build

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SNOASIS Installation Guide

Author : Steve RosaAndrea GoebbelnFilled in from PropertiesAuthoriser : Fabian GeurtsFilled in from Properties

Creation Date : 18-Oct-200426-Feb-200108-Jan-2001Save Date : 03-Jun-2005Print Date : 18-Oct-2004

Synopsis : This document describes the procedure to follow in order to install SNOASIS onto an Oasisserver. The audience targeted is the Windows 2000 Deployment team.Filled in fromProperties

Revision HistoryRevision Number

Revision Date

Summary of Changes Changed by (Acronym)

1.0 18/10/04 First release SRO

1.1 01/12/04Corrected password for EURCTXFarmAdmin.

Included registry hack for the configuration of page file for servers with more than 4 GB of memory

SRO/HBO

1.2 03/06/05 Registry setting to remove /3GB switch in boot.ini file SRO

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Table Of Contents

1. Introduction............................................................................................3

2. Audience................................................................................................3

3. Prerequisites..........................................................................................3

4. Procedure...............................................................................................4



1. IntroductionAs more and more SNOASIS servers are being deployed through Europe, it has been decided to delegate the installation of the SNOASIS layer from the Technology team to the Windows 2000 Deployment team.

This document explains all the steps to follow for the installation of the SNOASIS layer on top of an existing Oasis server.

2. AudienceThe audience targeted by this document is the Windows 2000 Deployment team.

3. Prerequisites The server on which you want to install the SNOASIS layer must be running Oasis 2226

and must be joined to the nestle.com domain before you start the procedure.

If the server has more than 3.5 GB of physical memory, the line for the Windows instance in the boot.ini file should include the /PAE switch as last argument.

You should have administrative rights on the server (typically, an adm2 account).

You should know the location of the WTSProfiles share for the site 1.

You should know the location of the CITRIX-2226 share for the site 2.

The server should be created with the appropriate tasks in PDBnet, so you can track the steps already done.

You should have a Peregrine RM ticket.

The server should be in maintenance mode during the installation, as several reboots are needed.

1 See the Technology team for this piece of information.2 See the Technology team for this piece of information.



4. ProcedureLog on to the server with your administrative account.

Include the computer account of the server into the group EUR: TS Policy.

Start the Add/Remove Programs applet from the Control Panel and click on Add/Remove Windows Components:



Click on Components:

Unclick Cluster Service and click on Next:



Select Application server mode and click Next:

Click on Next:



Choose Permissions compatible with Terminal Server 4.0 Users and click on Next:

Click on Next:



Wait while the components are being configured:

Click on Finish and on Yes to confirm the reboot of the server:



After the reboot, log back on to the server.

Now set the WTSProfilesShare system variable by executing the following command:

Set the initial and maximum sizes for the paging file to 2 * physical memory of the server. In the same dialog box, set the maximum registry size to 120 MB:


Replace DEMDCW00 by the server hosting the WTSProfiles share on the site


If the system has 6 or 8 GB of physical memory, follow this procedure: (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;237740).

To create multiple paging files on one volume to overcome the 4,095-MB limit:

1. Using Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe only), locate the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\MemoryManagement

3. Find the Pagingfiles value, and then double-click it to open it.

4. Remove any existing values, and add the values (refer to the two tables below for the values to enter):

c:\pagefile1.sys 4092 4092

c:\pagefile2.sys 4092 4092

etc…

5. Click OK and quit Registry Editor.

6. Reboot the server.

7. Delete the C:\Pagefile.sys file.

If the system has 6 GB of memory, create the following paging files in the registry:

Location Min Max

C:\pagefile1.sys 4092 4092


F:\pagefile1.sys 4092 4092


If the system has 8 GB of memory, create the following paging files in the registry:

Location Min Max





Note that if the C: drive is not big enough, but the F: drive has enough space, you can put all page files on F: drive.

Best performances are achieved when each volume (C: and F:) resides on separate arrays controlled by different RAID adapters.


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;237740


Now, you must disable the /3GB switch in the boot.ini file of the server. In order to do so, open the Registry Editor and go to the following key:

HKLM\Software\Nestle\OASIS

Create the value:

Value name: 3GBFlag

Value type: REG_DWORD

Value data: 2

This will ensure that the /3GB is removed in the boot.ini file at next boot (FYI, this is preformed by the startup script).

Open the properties of the production network adapter (or the team, if teaming software is installed and configured), select File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks and click on Properties:



Choose Maximize data throughput for network applications and click on OK:

Click on OK to close the properties of the network adapter (or the team).



Map the W: to the CITRIX-2226 share of the site (check the Reconnect at logon box).



Open a DOS box and execute the following commands:

Press Enter to go on:



Enter 1 (Install MDAC 2.7 SP1) in the following menu:

When MDAC is installed, you should have the following window:

Press Enter and reboot the server.



Start the WTS script:

open a DOS box

w:

cd wts

wts

Enter

and select the option 3 (Execute RDP configuration tools) in the menu. Once the tools are installed, you should get the following window:

Press Enter and reboot the server.




open a DOS box

w:

cd wts

wts

Enter

and select the option 4 (Install Metaframe unattended process) in the menu. Press enter to continue. The system will copy a lot files locally:

Once the copy is over, the script will ask you to provide several parameters. The first question is about what you want to do. In your case, select option 2 in the following menu:



As we are running the SQL datastore on SQL server, select (SQL Server):

As Service account name, specify exactly EURCTXFarmAdmin:



As password, specify exactly: Eur_Citrix001.

As farm name, specify exactly: EURCTXFarm



For the group of administrators, specify: EUR: CTXFarmAdmins:

Specify the name of the database server: DEMDCD00



Press Enter when you get the following window:

Edit the parameter files. Make sure it is exactly as follows:

Save and close the file.



Press Enter twice when you get the following window.

This will start the unattended installation of MetaFrame. Wait while the software is being installed on the server:



When you get the following window, the installation of MetaFrame is over. Press Enter and the server will reboot by itself:

After the reboot, log on to the server. Press Enter twice in the following window to start the post-install script:

This window will close by itself once the script has run.




open a DOS box

w:

cd wts

wts

Enter

and select the option 5 (Install Gold Applications) in the menu. The installation of the Gold applications can take a long time to complete:

When the installation is finished, you will get the following window:



Start the WTS script again (type wts in the DOS box) and select option 7 (Install GoldPlus Applications).

Again, this will take some time to complete:

When the installation is finished, you will get the following window:



The last software to install are the TS tools for Office 2000. Here is how to proceed: in the DOS box, enter the follow commands:

Confirm by clicking Yes on the following dialog box:

The system will confirm that the registry file has been correctly imported. Press OK to close the window:



Enter the following command in the DOS box (this command makes sure that the changes performed in the registry will be active for all users):

Then run the following command 3:

\\DEMDCW00\Citrix-2226\WTS\Scripts\ORKTools\Setup.exe

3 Replace DEMDCW00 by the name of the server hosting the Citrix 2226 share.



Accept the EULA and click on Next:

Click on the Next button of the following dialog box:



Go to Tools and select Not Available:

Go to Terminal Server Tools and select Run all from My Computer:



Click on Install Now:

Click OK on the following box:



Go back to the DOS box and enter the command change user /execute (this will re-enable registry shadowing):

Un-map the W: drive:

Reboot the server and assign the Peregrine RM ticket to the EUR_W2K Technical resolution group.


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