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Set up an Environment for Deployment Using Extra! Deployment Tools

If you plan to use the Extra! administrative tools to customize session documents, the Extra! workspace, or the way that Extra! is installed, you’ll need to set up an environment that you can use to access these administrative tools.

NOTE:There are two types of Extra! installations. The Administrative install image installs the files required for installation but does not install any values in the registry required to open and run Extra!. You cannot run Extra! from an Administrative installation image. The workstation (or PC) installation enters the values in the registry required to run the product.

Create an Administrative Installation Point

You create an administrative installation point by installing an administrative install image of Extra! on a network share (typically on a file server). An administrative install image is a source image of the application, similar to an image on a CDROM. It includes all the files required to install Extra! as well as the administrative tools used for customization.

Use this procedure to create an administrative installation point on a networked file server. This places all of the administrative tools and installation files you need to customize and install Extra! to a single location.

NOTE:Micro Focus recommends to create an administrative installation point before you install Extra! on a workstation. This allows you to use the administrative installation point for the workstation installation. If you are setting up the administrative point and the workstation installation on a single workstation for testing purposes, you must perform the administrative installation first.

To create an administrative installation point

  1. Download the Extra! installation files.

  2. Create a network share on a network file server.

  3. From the root directory of the installation files, double-click setup.exe.

    This starts the Setup.

  4. Click Continue and accept the license.

  5. From the Advanced tab, click Create an Administrative install image on a server.

  6. Click Continue.

    The File Location tab is selected.

  7. Browse to the network share you want to use for the administrative install image.

    CAUTION:Important! Be sure to specify a UNC path for the network share. For example: \\share_name\administrative_install_point

  8. Click Install Now.

  9. The next step in preparing a test environment is to Install Extra! on a Workstation.

NOTE:Administrative install images are typically created in a file server folder but you can create them in any folder on a local hard drive. This is useful for testing purposes.

If you prefer to install Extra! on your workstation first, you cannot use the installation program graphical interface to create the administrative install image. Instead, you must install it from the command line as follows:

path_to_setup_file \setup.exe /install /admin TARGETDIR= UNC_path_to_administrative_installation_point

Install Extra! on a Workstation

After you create an administrative installation point, you'll need to install Extra! on a workstation so that you can open and run Extra!. If you plan to customize Extra!, you will use this installation to create custom configuration files.

To install Extra! on a workstation

  1. On the workstation, navigate to the network share where you have created the administrative installation point, and double-click setup.exe.

  2. From the Setup, click Continue, and then accept a license.

  3. The following steps are optional:

    1. To personalize the installation, click the User Information tab and enter the name, organization, and Volume Purchase Agreement (VPA) number, if you have one. (VPA numbers, which are issued by Micro Focus, are used by customer support to expedite service requests.)

    2. To change the default installation folder or the default user data directory, click the File Location tab and browse to the folder you want to use.

    3. To select which features, components, or languages are installed, click the Feature Selection tab. The default installation does not include all features and components.

  4. Click Install Now.