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Ensure that the system where WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Server AE is being installed meets the following platform level requirements:

Operating System

WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Server AE only supports the following Windows Server class operating systems:

• Windows Server 2003 (64-bit)
• Windows Server 2008 (64-bit)
• Windows Server 2012 (64-bit)

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)

Microsoft IIS Version 6.0 or newer, installed and running prior to the installation of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

• For Microsoft IIS Version 6.0, ASP.NET Version 4.0 is automatically installed.
• For Microsoft IIS Version 7.0, the following Role Services must be pre-installed:
  • Common HTTP Features/Static Content
  • Common HTTP Features/Directory Browsing
  • Common HTTP Features/HTTP Errors
  • Application Development/ASP.NET
  • Management Tools/IIS 6 Management Compatibility/IIS 6 Scripting Tools
  • Security/Windows Authentication (required for secure configuration)

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Ensure that the system where WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Server AE is being installed meets the following hardware level requirements:

• Any current server-class system, with multiple x64 processor cores.
• At least 8 GB of RAM is recommended.

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WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Workbench AE projects that have been published to the WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Server AE can be accessed using the following clients:

• Any workstation web browser that supports Microsoft® Silverlight®, including:
  • Internet Explorer® Version 7, 8, 9, and 10
  • Google Chrome™ (Windows or MacOS)
  • Mozilla Firefox® (Windows or MacOS)
  • Apple Safari® (MacOS)

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WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Server AE generally requires the same amount of RAM to open the first session of a project as WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Workbench AE. Additional concurrent sessions share the data pool and typically increase the RAM required by 15-30% (depending on the type and number of charts in the published project). Therefore the example project cited above might require 2 GB to support 10 concurrent sessions (550 MB + 9 * 150 MB).

Note: A WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Server AE session is normally recycled after 20 minutes of inactivity, so typical concurrent load is much less than a coordinated training session.

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How to: Install WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Server AE

WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Server Analyst Edition (AE) provides a standalone installation. This installation is independent to WebFOCUS Developer Studio, WebFOCUS Client, and the WebFOCUS Reporting Server installations.

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If the WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Server AE installation fails prematurely, ensure that your environment satisfies the prerequisites. However, if all of the prerequisites are satisfied, then the WebFOCUS Visual Discovery Server AE installation failure could be caused by one of the following issues:

• Correct version of Microsoft .NET not installed. Ensure that Microsoft .NET Version 4 or higher is installed.
• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) is not running. Perform the following steps to ensure that IIS is running with the required Role Services:
  1. Click the Windows Start menu and then click Control Panel.
  2. In the Control Panel, click Programs and Features, then click Turn Windows features on or off in the left pane.

     The Windows Features dialog box opens, as shown in the following image.

     

  3. Select the following options:
     • Web Management Tools: IIS 6 Management Compatibility
     • IIS 6 Management Compatibility: IIS 6 Scripting Tools
     • Web Management Tools: IIS Management Console
     • Web Management Tools: IIS Management Scripts and Tools
     • World Wide Web Services (Application Development): ASP.NET
     • World Wide Web Services (Common HTTP Features): Directory Browsing
     • World Wide Web Services (Common HTTP Features): HTTP Errors
     • World Wide Web Services (Common HTTP Features): Static Content
     • Security: Windows Authentication
     • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1: Windows Communications Foundation HTTP Activation
  4. Click OK when you are finished.