Installing and Uninstalling Global Resources

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11/12/2009

You use the Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 Setup program to install and uninstall Predictor and Direct Mailer, two of the global resources in Commerce Server. Other global resources are created during the unpacking process.

After you install Predictor and Direct Mailer, you must unpack these resources in order for a site to use them. When you unpack an application, you set the global resource pointers for the site to Predictor and Direct Mailer. For instructions about adding and deleting global resource pointers from a site, see Adding a Global Resource Pointer to a Site and Deleting a Resource from a Site.

For more information about installing and deploying Predictor and Direct Mailer, see Deploying Your Site.

Note

You can install the Commerce Server 2002 Direct Mailer and Predictor resources as highly available clustered resources to take advantage of Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS). For information about installing Direct Mailer and Predictor as clustered resources, see Installing Commerce Server 2002 Resources as Clustered Resources.

To install Predictor or Direct Mailer

Insert the Commerce Server2002 CD into your disc drive, and run the Commerce Server 2002 Setup program. Accept the license agreement, type your customer information, and select the destination folder.
In the Setup Type dialog box, select Custom (or Modify if you have already installed Commerce Server on this computer), and then click Next.
In the Custom Setup dialog box, under the Run-time Objects folder, select the Predictor Service or Direct Mailer Service option, and then select Not installed for the other options. Click Next.
In the Direct Mailer Database Configuration dialog box, type the name of the local computer in the SQL Server Computer box. Type the SQL server login user name and password to use when creating the Direct Mailer database, and then click Next.
In the Services Accounts dialog box, type the Windows user name and password of the account under which the services will run, and then click Next.

Note
- When designating a service account, use a permanent account. If this account is disabled at a later date, or if the password is changed, Commerce Server will stop working. For instructions about changing a service account or password, see Changing a Service Account or Password.
In the Ready to Install dialog box, click Install.

Commerce Server Setup installs Predictor and/or Direct Mailer onto the computer.
Click Finish to exit the Setup program.

To uninstall Predictor or Direct Mailer

Note

You can install the Commerce Server 2002 Direct Mailer and Predictor resources as highly available clustered resources to take advantage of Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS). For information about installing Direct Mailer and Predictor as clustered resources, see Installing Commerce Server 2002 Resources as Clustered Resources.

Important
To uninstall a Commerce Server 2002 clustered resource, you must first uninstall Commerce Server 2002. After you uninstall Commerce Server 2002, you can uninstall the cluster service (MSCS). For information about uninstalling Commerce Server 2002, see "Uninstalling Commerce Server 2002" in the Commerce Server 2002 Installation Guide.

Insert the Commerce Server2002 CD into your disc drive, and run the Commerce Server 2002 Setup program. Accept the license agreement, type your customer information, and accept the default destination folder.
In the Setup Type dialog box, select Modify, and then click Next.
In the Custom Setup dialog box, verify that the feature you want to remove, Predictor Service or Direct Mailer Service, is not selected (the check box should have an X in it, indicating that you are not selecting it), and then click Next.
In the Ready to Install dialog box, click Install.

Commerce Server Setup removes Predictor and/or Direct Mailer from the computer.
Click Finish to exit the Setup program.

Installing and Uninstalling Global Resources

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