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Common Tasks
Common pre-installation tasks
The term common is used in this chapter to indicate a task required for all ERP LN installations, regardless of the database package is being used. For detailed information, this document refers you to chapters in this document, or other documents. This chapter provides a short overview of the process you must follow to start the Staging Wizard. Representing standard values in this document is difficult. Numerous hardware and software combinations are possible with the ERP LN software. Multiple criteria determine the size of your hardware and the way the software is applied to achieve the best performance. Consider a sizing by Infor. Incorrect values can negatively impact performance.

Hardware and software requirements

In addition to the assumption that your machine is sized by Infor and completely prepared for the ERP LN software installation, your system must meet the following requirements:

ERP LN software with the latest supported Feature Pack. A certified database must be installed and running. An installed network interface card: ERP LN services are started during the installation of ERP

LN. Therefore, a network interface card must be installed on your system before you install ERP LN. Although the network interface card does not need to be connected to the network, the ERP LN network-related services do not start unless a network interface card is detected. Java Virtual Machine for ERP LN.

SUN

Note

A supported Windows Server Version must be configured, and running. The HTML Help viewer installed on Windows. Without this, the Help function will not work.

Check the Support Matrix of Infor ERP LN 6.1 in the technical notes for Porting Set (latest version).This matrix supplies information about the exact supported versions to be used.

Common Windows tasks

Before you install ERP LN on Windows, complete the following tasks:

Create the Windows user.

Enlarge the event log.

Create the Windows user baan

T create the Windows user baan, complete the following steps: o 1. Log on as a user with administrator rights. (Y must log on to the local server). ou 2. Click Start -> Programs -> Administrative T ools -> Computer management. 3. On the User menu, add the user baan. 4. Make the user baan a member of the db2admns, Users and Administrators groups.

Enlarge the event log

Before you install ERP LN, check the Windows event log. The default value of the Maximum Log Size is probably set to 16384, which is sufficient:

Allocating disk space

Consider disk usage thoroughly Estimate the future disk space to avoid future performance problems. . The process to change the allocations after you allocate disk space is usually very time-consuming. T properly allocate the available disk space, consider a number of factors, such as o

disk capacity . disk space needs.

number of concurrent users.

number of companies.

future

The following table provides an example of how you can allocate disk space to set up your machine: File system Disk space Description usr1 1 GB Database binaries usr2 2 GB ERP LN binaries usr3 1 GB Database files usr4 4 GB Data files for ERP LN Database depend- Database log files ant usr5 Disk space allocation

Note
A Multibyte or Unicode installation requires double the amount of disk space. For more specific infomation

about disk allocation you can contact Infor.