we just started the migration from ARIS7.2 to ARIS9.8. Actually we are discussing two alternatives of getting to the intended environment, which includes Design- and Connect-Server (and Publisher-Server?).
The first plan was to "copy" in a first step the 7.2-environment in a 9.8-environment. Which means to install a designserver and a publisherserver (on two separate machines).
Once this construction is running stable to add then a connectserver (on the same machine as the designserver or on a separate machine?).
On the ARIS UserDay in Saarbrücken I got the recommandation to install the connectserver already in the first step but don't use it for that moment. It would be easier and more successfull then to initialize the connectserver after the businesspublisher is obsolete.
Maybe there are some of you which have already made experiences in this szenario or can give any useful hints for this topic.
Thank you in advance and best regards from Cologne (Germany)
On one computer you only install either ARIS Connect Server or ARIS Design Server. If either one is already installed, the other one can't be installed and blocked by the setup.
But as ARIS Design Server is 100% included of ARIS Connect Server, you could install ARIS Connect Server even when you have only license keys for ARIS Design Server.
BUT I strongly recommend disable those 2 runnables which Connect needs on top of its embedded ARIS Design Server. Doing so is bullet proof but should be documented your installation protocol since it's a manual change.
The procedure is described in chapter Run ARIS Connect Server as ARIS Design Server in file ARIS Server Installation and Administration Guide in folder .\Documents\English on DVD.
thank you so much for the reply!! Even when I encountered that part of my question was a case of rtfm.
But without your hint I never would have found that chapter according to the relationship between Connect- and Design-Server in the tremendous ARIS Server Inst.&Adm-Guide 8o)
So I will try it with installing an Connect-Server tomorrow. Maybe we will read again ...
