Installing and Uninstalling Global Resources

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You use the Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 Setup program to install and uninstall Predictor and Direct Mailer, two of the global resources in Commerce Server. Other global resources are created during the unpacking process.

After you install Predictor and Direct Mailer, you must unpack these resources in order for a site to use them. When you unpack an application, you set the global resource pointers for the site to Predictor and Direct Mailer. For instructions about adding and deleting global resource pointers from a site, see Adding a Global Resource Pointer to a Site and Deleting a Resource from a Site.

For more information about installing and deploying Predictor and Direct Mailer, see Deploying Your Site.

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  • In the initial release of Commerce Server 2000, you cannot install Direct Mailer to a SQL Server virtual cluster. Install Direct Mailer to a physical node of the SQL Server virtual cluster using the name of the physical computer, and use a SQL Server instance that is separate from the virtual instance.

To install Predictor or Direct Mailer

  1. Insert the Commerce Server2000 CD, and run the Commerce Server 2000 Setup program. Accept the license agreement, type your customer information, and choose the destination folder.

  2. In the Setup Type dialog box, select Custom (or Modify if you have already installed Commerce Server on this computer), and then click Next.

  3. In the Custom Setup dialog box, under the Run-time Objects folder, select the Predictor Service or Direct Mailer Service option, and then select Not installed for the other options. Click Next.

  4. In the Direct Mailer Database Configuration dialog box, type the name of this computer in the SQL Server Computer box. Type the SQL server login user name and password to use when creating the Direct Mailer database. Then click Next.

  5. In the Services Accounts dialog box, type the Windows user name and password of the account under which the services will run. Then click Next.

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  - Use a permanent account. If this account is disabled at a later date, or if the password is changed, Commerce Server will stop working. For instructions about changing a service account or password, see [Changing a Service Account or Password](ee811497\(v=cs.10\).md).

  1. In the Ready to Install dialog box, click Install.

    Commerce Server Setup installs Predictor and/or Direct Mailer onto the computer.

  2. Click Finish to exit the Setup program.

To uninstall Predictor or Direct Mailer

  1. Insert the Commerce Server2000 compact disc into your disc drive, and run the Commerce Server 2000 Setup program. Accept the license agreement, type your customer information, and accept the default destination folder.

  2. In the Setup Type dialog box, select Modify, and then click Next.

  3. In the Custom Setup dialog box, verify that the feature you want to remove, Predictor Service or Direct Mailer Service, is not selected (the checkbox should have an X in it, indicating that you are not selecting it). Click Next.

  4. In the Ready to Install dialog box, click Install.

    Commerce Server Setup removes Predictor and/or Direct Mailer from the computer.

  5. Click Finish to exit the Setup program.

See Also

Deploying Your Site

Adding a Global Resource Pointer to a Site

Deleting a Resource from a Site

Installing Commerce Server

Uninstalling Commerce Server


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