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VERSION 2.2 Table of Contents Notes about this install guide ............................................................................ 9 What's new in Perception 5.4? ................................................................................. 9 How is this guide organized? ................................................................................... 9 Who is the audience for this install guide? ............................................................... 10 Security information ............................................................................................... 10 Perception's architecture ................................................................................. 11 System requirements ....................................................................................... 13 Recommended hardware........................................................................................ 13 Disk space required ............................................................................................... 14 Supported operating systems ................................................................................. 14 Supported database systems .................................................................................. 15 Supported browsers ............................................................................................... 17 Software prerequisites ........................................................................................... 17 License files........................................................................................................... 17 Virtual environments .............................................................................................. 17 Creating a single-server Perception installation .............................................. 19 What does a single-server installation mean? .......................................................... 19 The installation process (Get started!) ..................................................................... 19 1. Install a server OS ........................................................................................ 21 2. Install and configure the prerequisites ........................................................ 22 3. Configure PHP .............................................................................................. 28 4. Install the prerequisites on your ETL server ................................................ 31 5. Install a database system to handle the ETL_Temp database .................... 34 6. Install the ETL service on your ETL server ................................................... 37 7. Configure AppFabric ..................................................................................... 39 8. Creating the shared repository database on your database server ............. 43 Create a Tablespace and User ................................................................................ 47 Setting up a Local Service Name ............................................................................. 50 9. Create an ODBC connection to your shared repository database ................ 53 10. Download and install Perception ............................................................... 56 11. Create the Main and Results Warehouse (RW) databases ........................ 62 12. Create the temporary ETL (ETL_temp) database....................................... 70 13. Configure the environment ........................................................................ 74 14. Create the shared repository ..................................................................... 76 15. Create the database links .......................................................................... 84 16. Migrate settings from your Perception server to your ETL server ............. 87 17. Launch Enterprise Manager and start the ETL service ............................... 88 Creating a load-balanced Perception installation ............................................ 90 What does load balancing Perception mean? ........................................................... 90 System requirements ............................................................................................. 91 The installation process (Get started!) ..................................................................... 92 1. Creating the shared repository database on your database server ............. 94 Create a Tablespace and User ................................................................................ 98 Setting up a Local Service Name ........................................................................... 101 2. Create your first Perception server ............................................................ 104 2a. Install a server OS .................................................................................... 105 2b. Install and configure the prerequisites .................................................... 106 2c. Configure PHP .......................................................................................... 112 2d. Install a database system to handle the ETL_Temp database................. 115 2e. Configure AppFabric ................................................................................. 118 2f. Create an ODBC connection to the shared repository database ............... 122 2g. Download and install Perception ............................................................. 125 2h. Create the Main and Results Warehouse (RW) databases ...................... 131 2i. Create the temporary ETL (ETL_temp) database ...................................... 139 2j. Configure the environment ....................................................................... 143 2k. Create the shared repository ................................................................... 145 2l. Creating database links ............................................................................. 153 2m. Migrating settings from your Perception server to your ETL server ....... 156 2m. Launch Enterprise Manager and start the ETL service ............................ 157 3. Set up your file shares ............................................................................... 159 4. Configure the ServerSettings.config file .................................................... 160 5. Update the web.config files ....................................................................... 161 6. Configure IIS 7 ........................................................................................... 162 7. Configure the license ................................................................................. 163 8. Update the Enterprise Manager settings ................................................... 164 9. Export server configuration to your 2nd/3rd/... Perception server .......... 165 10. Create a second (and third/fourth/...) Perception server ....................... 166 11. Copy across settings from Server 1 to other servers ............................... 167 12. Setting stickiness and affinity .................................................................. 168 13. Testing your load-balanced environment ................................................ 169 Creating a multi-tiered (custom) Perception environment ........................... 170 What does a multi-tiered (custom) installation mean? ............................................ 170 The installation process (Get started!) ................................................................... 171 Further custom installation options ....................................................................... 172 1. Create the shared repository database on your database server .............. 175 Create a Tablespace and User .............................................................................. 179 Setting up a Local Service Name ........................................................................... 182 2. Install an OS on your Assessment Delivery Web Server (QPLA) server .... 185 3. Install the prerequisites on your Assessment Delivery Web Server (QPLA) server 186 4. Configure PHP on your Assessment Delivery Web Server (QPLA) server .. 189 5. Install Assessment Delivery Web Server ................................................... 192 6. Install an OS on your ETL Services Server server ...................................... 196 7. Install the prerequisites on your ETL Services Server server .................... 197 8. Install a database system to handle the ETL_Temp database .................. 200 9. Install ETL Services Server ......................................................................... 202 10. Install an OS on your Perception Application Server server .................... 204 11. Install the prerequisites on your Perception Application Server server .. 205 12. Configure AppFabric ................................................................................