Adding Web Servers
To add Web servers to an existing site, you need to run Commerce Server Setup and Commerce Server Site Packager on the new Web server. Make sure you have installed the prerequisite hardware and software first.
To install a Commerce Server Web server
Insert the Commerce Server2000 compact disc into your disc drive, and run the Commerce Server 2000 Setup program using the Web Server installation option.
Click Next.
In the Administration Database Configuration dialog box, do the following:
Use this To do this SQL Server Computer Type the name of this server. SQL Server Login Name Type the SQL Server login name that will be used to access the Administration database. To avoid online analytical processing (OLAP) errors, you should avoid special characters (such as #, @, %, and '). SQL Server Login Password Type the password for the SQL Server login. To avoid OLAP errors, you should avoid special characters (such as #, @, %, and '). Click Next.
In the Services Accounts dialog box, do the following:
Use this To do this Username Type the Windows user name of the account under which the Commerce Server services will run on this computer. Password Type the password of the Windows account. Domain Type the domain of the Windows account. Click Next.
In the Ready to Install dialog box, click Install.
Commerce Server Setup installs the Runtime Objects and Commerce Server Site Packages onto this server.
To exit the Setup program, click Finish.
Now you must unpack the applications you want onto the new Web server. Use the following procedure after you have installed Commerce Server on a new Web server.
To add a new Web server to an application
On the physical Web server that you want to add to the application, expand Commerce Server Manager, expand Commerce Sites, and then expand the site you want to administer.
Expand Applications, right-click the name of the application to which you want to add the Web server, point to New, and then click Add Web server.
In the Add Web Server From dialog box, select the package file that contains the Web server files you want to add to the Web server, and then click Open.
Commerce Server Site Packager starts.
The Select IIS Web Sites and Virtual Directories dialog box displays the name of the Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 Web site where the application will be installed and the IIS virtual directory for each Commerce application. This information is read-only; the IIS Web site and virtual directory must be the same across all Web servers in the application. Click Next.
Site Packager adds your files to the Web server, and then adds the Commerce Web server object to the selected application. When you open Commerce Server Manager, the Commerce Web server object appears under the application.
In the Unpacking is complete! dialog box, review the log file, and then click Finish.
After you add a Web server to an application, the Commerce Web server object appears under the application node in Commerce Server Manager. The Commerce Web server object contains properties required by the Data Warehouse resource in order to import log files: server name, Internet Protocol (IP) address, log file path, and log file period. These properties are automatically populated from IIS when you add a Commerce Web server object to an application. For information about configuring these Web server properties, see Configuring a Web Server.
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Note
- To add a Web server to an existing application, you must use a package that contains an image of that application. For example, suppose you unpack a site called ShoeStore containing an application called Retail. If you rename the Retail application to Retail2, you must repackage the site with that renamed application and then use the new package to add Web servers to the application.