DCS Scenarios
This chapter describes and illustrates the deployment topologies for the following Microsoft DCS SP1 scenarios:
- Scenario1 – DCS Installation on a Single Server
- Scenario 2 – DCS Services and Databases Installed on Different Systems
- Scenario 3 – DCS Services Grouped and Installed on Separate Servers
- Scenario 4 –DCS Services Installed on Separate Servers
- Scenario 5 – DCS Service or Database Installed on a Separate Server
Required User Input
The following table lists all of the features that are installed, the required user input for each feature, and the corresponding database entries in the Web.config file.
DCS Features and Required Input
Feature |
User Input |
Web.config Entry |
|---|---|---|
Discovery Service |
Discovery database location |
Discovery database location |
Policy database |
Policy database (ServiceConfiguration) location |
None |
Security Token Service |
None |
Policy database (ServiceConfiguration) location |
Business Log database |
BusinessLog database location |
None |
Management Service |
Discovery Service URL and DCSManagementDB location |
DCSManagementDB location, Discovery database location, and Policy database (ServiceConfiguration) location |
Application Management Service |
Discovery Service URL and Application Management database (WorkflowPersistenceStore) location |
WorkflowPersistenceStore database location, DCSManagementDB location, BusinessLog database location, and Policy database (ServiceConfiguration) location |
Management Services Console |
Discovery Service URL |
None |