User manual SYMANTEC ALTIRIS WORKFLOW 7.0 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION GUIDE V1.0

[. . . ] AltirisTM Workflow from Symantec Installation and Configuration Guide Version 7. 0 Workflow 7. 0 Installation and Configuration Guide Legal Notice Copyright © 2009 Symantec Corporation. Symantec, the Symantec Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U. S. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. This Symantec product may contain third party software for which Symantec is required to provide attribution to the third party ("Third Party Programs"). [. . . ] Background processing refers to timeouts and escalations in your workflow processes. Table 2-1 Step Step 1 Installing with separate background processing Description Install Workflow Server, Designer, Client Tools, Process Manager Database, Process Manager Portal, and Process Manager Portal Core on the primary Workflow server. The primary server is the central location where you publish your processes. The primary server may also be the primary Process Manager server, depending on your configuration. Install Workflow 7. 0 normally on your primary server, using the following settings: Action Install Workflow 7. 0 on the primary server Deselect Background Processing. Select all other pieces you want to run on the primary server. Use all default settings, including SQL persistence with a Process Manager database connection setting. Step 2 Install background processing on Install only Workflow Server and background processing on the the secondary server secondary Workflow server. Install Workflow 7. 0 normally on your secondary server, using the following settings: Select only Background Processing and Workflow Server. Select Show Advanced Settings During Installation. For persistence settings, select Based on SQL server database and Custom Settings for the database connection. For the custom database connection string, use the following: Data Source=(Name of primary server);Initial Catalog=Ensemble;User ID=sa;Password=Your password;Pooling=true;Connection Timeout=300; Step 3 Connect the primary and secondary servers Edit the task tray settings on the primary and secondary servers to connect them. See "Adding connection settings between the primary and secondary servers" on page 25. Installing Workflow 7. 0 Possible installation configurations 25 Table 2-1 Step Step 4 Installing with separate background processing (continued) Description Create and publish a test project to test the separate background processing. See "Testing a separate background processing configuration" on page 26. Action Test the configuration Adding connection settings between the primary and secondary servers After you have installed Workflow 7. 0 in a separate background processing configuration, edit the task tray settings on the primary server (main Workflow server) and the secondary server (background processing server). To add connection settings 1 On the primary server, add the secondary server to the task tray connection settings. On the primary server, double-click the task tray application. Configure the settings for your secondary server, and then click OK. 2 On the secondary server, add the primary server to the task tray connection settings. On the secondary server, double-click the task tray application. Configure the settings for your primary server, select LogicBase_ProcessManager for the server role, and then click OK. 3 Click the Default Server drop-down list and click the primary server. Note: Because the default polling interval is set to twenty-four hours, the background processing may not start immediately. If you want it to start immediately, reduce the polling interval (Workflow Server Configuration > AutoTriggerInfo > Polling Service List Interval Minutes). Remember to reset the polling intverval after background processing has registered. 26 Installing Workflow 7. 0 Possible installation configurations Testing a separate background processing configuration After you have installed Workflow 7. 0 in a separate background processing configuration and configured connections between your primary and secondary servers, Symantec recommends testing the configuration. Test the configuration by creating a Workflow-type project with timeouts, publish the project to both servers, invoke the process from the primary server only, and then see if the timeouts work. If the timeouts appear in the Log Viewer in the Logging and Configuration Tool, you have successfully set up the separate background processing configuration. To test a separate background processing configuration 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 On the primary server, open Workflow Designer and create a Workflow-type project. In the workspace of the open project, add a Get Current Date component and connect it after the Start component. [. . . ] When you see the Exporter Configuration dialog box, on the left, uncheck all the solutions except for Workflow Solution, and then click Next. If Workflow 7. 0 does not appear in the list, abort migration. 8 Click Next even if you see the message, Fails to meet baseline requirements. If you see a dialog box indicating that the product readiness check has not been satisfied by Workflow, click Yes. 9 Click Next. 10 When the data export finishes, click Finish. 11 Navigate to C: > Program Files > Altiris > Upgrade > Data and copy the newly created . adb file over to your 7. 0 server. [. . . ]