Hello all, just purchased DBISAM C/S.

I have a question on how to install the DBISAM server on my server machine.
I already ran the automatic installation, which installed everything on my
machine. So how do I now get the DBISAM server installed and running on my
company server machine? I don't believe I should also run the installation
on my server machine as that will attempt to install all the VCL stuff
again, won't it?

The instructions say the following:

If running the database server as a normal application there is nothing else
to do besides start up the database server from the directory in which
DBISAM was installed.  You can find the GUI database server in the
\server\dbsrvr sub-directory under the main directory for the Delphi,
C++Builder, or Kylix version of DBISAM that you installed.  If you wish to
run the database server as a Windows NT/2000/XP service you must install it
as a service by running the database server with the /install command-line
switch set.

This is confusing me. DBISAM was installed in my PC, not on my server
machine, therefore I can't "start up the database server from the directory
in which DBISAM was installed". Do I just copy dbsrvr.exe (which was placed
on the hard drive of my PC during the installation) to the server machine
and run that?

Yes - simply copy the dbsrvr.exe to the server.
I also would copy  SRVADMIN.exe and DBSYS.exe so you have admin capability
and can work with tables right on the server

Raul

"J.R. Marousek" <jr@cutting-tool-supply.com> wrote in message
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> Hello all, just purchased DBISAM C/S.
>
> I have a question on how to install the DBISAM server on my server
> machine. I already ran the automatic installation, which installed
> everything on my machine. So how do I now get the DBISAM server installed
> and running on my company server machine? I don't believe I should also
> run the installation on my server machine as that will attempt to install
> all the VCL stuff again, won't it?
>
> The instructions say the following:
>
> If running the database server as a normal application there is nothing
> else to do besides start up the database server from the directory in
> which DBISAM was installed.  You can find the GUI database server in the
> \server\dbsrvr sub-directory under the main directory for the Delphi,
> C++Builder, or Kylix version of DBISAM that you installed.  If you wish to
> run the database server as a Windows NT/2000/XP service you must install
> it as a service by running the database server with the /install
> command-line switch set.
>
> This is confusing me. DBISAM was installed in my PC, not on my server
> machine, therefore I can't "start up the database server from the
> directory in which DBISAM was installed". Do I just copy dbsrvr.exe (which
> was placed on the hard drive of my PC during the installation) to the
> server machine and run that?
>

"J.R. Marousek" <jr@cutting-tool-supply.com> wrote in message
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> Hello all, just purchased DBISAM C/S.
>
Congratulations!

> I have a question on how to install the DBISAM server on my server
> machine.

Copy dbserver.exe and srvadmin.exe to the server, and run it there. Run the
admin on the server because you need all paths to be relative to the server,
not the workstation.

I use a couple of small batch files to start and stop the server
----
dbsrvr /install
net start dbsrvr
----
net stop dbsrvr
dbsrvr /uninstall
----
I'm certainly no expert, but this setup seems to work just fine for us, and
AFAIK my customers do pretty much the same thing.

Robert

Got it working... thanks for the help!