Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Getting Started:
Installation and Configuration

Performing a shared network installation

Progress supports installing a shared network using either of the following methods:

A mapped drive.
Uniform Naming Conventions (UNC) pathnames.
Note: You cannot successfully mix these methods. If you use a mapped drive to initially install a shared network on a server machine, you must use a mapped drive on the associated client machine. Also, if you used the UNC pathnames method to install a shared network on a server machine, you must use the UNC pathnames on the associated client machine.

The procedures in this section describe both methods.

However, before you begin a shared network installation, you must uninstall any existing OpenEdge or Progress product that is installed on your client machine. See the "Uninstalling OpenEdge in Windows" section.

Installing a shared network using a mapped drive

Mapped drives allow you to make logical connections between two entities. In this situation, you can install OpenEdge at one network location. Then, by defining a shared folder, you can enable each client machine that needs access to the installation, to do so through the mapped drive.

To initiate a shared network installation using a mapped drive:

Install OpenEdge on your server:
Decide where to install OpenEdge on your server. For example, you might want to install your server on c:\Progress\OpenEdge.
Make sure that you share the folder that contains this destination folder. In this example the shared folder is c:\Progress and the share name is Progress.
Map a network-accessible drive on the same server machine to that shared folder. For example, you might map the network drive P: to \\windows-server\Progress.
Check your disk space availability to ensure you have enough space.
Run the installation and specify the mapped network drive as the OpenEdge installation destination. For example, specify P:\OpenEdge as the installation directory. For detailed information about performing an OpenEdge installation, see the Windows online help system.
On each client machine on which you intend to place the shared network installation, map the same drive letter that you mapped on the server (P: in this example) to the same shared folder on the server. For example, map the P: drive to \\windows-server\Progress.
Complete the shared network installation by running the shared network installation, following the steps in the "Using the Shared Network Installation Utility" section.

Installing a shared network using a UNC pathnames

Installing a shared network using a Univeral Naming Convention (UNC) pathnames is an alternative to the map drive method. The steps to define and use the UNC-based format, \\server name\shared-resource-pathname are straightforward to perform. Also, the UNC pathnames method supports a much greater level of flexibility in shared resource assignment and access than does the mapped drive method.

To initiate a shared network installation using UNC pathnames:

Decide where to install OpenEdge on your server. For example, you might want to install your server on c:\Progress\OpenEdge.
Make sure that you share the folder that contains this destination folder. In this example the shared folder is c:\Progress and the share name is Progress.
Check your disk space availability to ensure you have enough space.
Begin the OpenEdge installation on the server. Specify the UNC pathname \\server\Progress\OpenEdge as the installation destination.
Complete the installation. For more information on installing OpenEdge, see the Windows online help system.
Start the shared network installation on each client machine by choosing the \\server\Progress\OpenEdge\netsetup\setup.exe file.
Complete the shared network installation by running the shared network installation as described in the "Using the Shared Network Installation Utility" section.

Additional shared networking considerations

Note the following points when determining your approach to setting up and using a shared network installation:

Although the mapped drive and the UNC pathnames methods are two separate approaches, any precautions or prerequisites to that apply to using the mapped drive method also apply to using the UNC pathnames method.
Also, Progress Software Corporation does not support mixing the use of these methods. For example, if you use a mapped drive to initially install a shared network on a server machine, you must use a mapped drive on the associated client machine. Also, if you used the UNC path names method to install a shared network on a server machine, you must use the UNC path names on the associated client machine.