Windows Server 2008 R2 Extra Configuration
About this task
Following are the procedures to setup Server redundancy and starting/stopping of remote projects on Windows Server 2008.
- Server Redundancy Setup
- On the primary and secondary servers
- On the secondary server
- On the primary server
- Remote project start from the Workbench
Server Redundancy Setup
On the Primary and Secondary Servers
Do the following on both the Primary and Secondary servers
Procedure
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Follow the CIMPLICITY documentation requirements for Server Redundancy to set up the hardware and network, including
- Hardware.
- Computer.
- Network.
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Create the same user on both servers.
The user must:
- Be in the Administrator group
- Have the same user name on both servers.
- Have the same password on both servers.
- Configure the machines to be in the same workgroup.
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Do the following in the Windows Firewall.
- Select Start>Control Panel>Windows Firewall.
- Select the Exceptions tab.
- Check the following.
- File and Printer Sharing
- Netlogon Service
- Click OK.
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Configure the network(s) between the computers as Private.
On the Secondary Server
Note: If you want to start the project on the primary server from the secondary server, you also have to do these procedures on the primary server, - Open the Control Panel>Network and Sharing Center.
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Make sure the following are enabled.
- File sharing
- Password protected sharing
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Edit the Registry to access a remote WinRM service in a workgroup, as follows.
Note: If the account is a local computer member of the Administrators group, the User Account Control (UAC) does not allow access to the WinRM service.
Warning: Making changes to the registry is very dangerous and should be done with care.- Run regedit.exe or regedt32.exe.
- Expand the following folders in the Registry Editor left-pane.
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- SOFTWARE
- Microsoft
- Windows
- CurrentVersion
- Policies
- System
- Right-click System in the left pane; select New DWORD (32-bit) Value on the Popup menu.
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Enter
LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy
in the new field that displays in the Registry Editor right-pane. - Press Enter.
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Double click
LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy
- Enter 1in the Value Data field.
- Click OK.
- Close the Registry Editor.
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Set Remote Registry startup to Automatic, as follows.
- Open the Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Services.
- Right-click Remote Registry; select Properties.
- Select Automatic in the Startup type list field.
On the Primary Server
Configure project with server redundancy and use a UNC path name for the Project path under the Redundancy tab on the Project Properties.
Remote Project Start from the Workbench
The following procedure enables selected users to start a remote project from the Workbench.
On the Computer that will start a project on a remote computer.
- Map a drive from remote computer to the local computer to access the project.
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Grant full access for each administrative user who will perform administrative tasks, including configuration update, dynamic configuration, as follows.
- Open a command window.
- Enter the following.
net share /grant:Username1,FULL [/Grant:Username2>,FULL] [/Grant:UsernameN>,FULL]
Where
Sharename=drive:path Drive and path of the share Username You can enter as few as one name to as many names as should have this privilege. - Username1 is the first name entered for selected users.
- Username2 is the second user name for selected users.
- UsernameN is the user name with N corresponding to the sequence number for selected users.
FULL Grants full access. - Continue setup using the same procedures that you use to set up server redundancy.