Task D: Initialize Your Manager

After the Manager is running for the first time, you must initialize it.

To initialize the Manager:

1.

Start the GridServer Administration Tool.

Go to http://yourhost:port to open the installation page.

2.

Read and accept the End User License Agreement (EULA) to continue installation.

3.

Select Installation Type.

Selecting Installation Type

Choose a Standard or Custom Manager installation. The default, Standard, installs a primary Director and a Broker with all default settings. If you select Standard, click Next and skip to step 4 in this procedure.

Choose Custom to install a new Manager (for instance to install a secondary Director, failover Broker, or no Broker) or upgrade an old installation.

4.

Enter Configuration Values.

In the GridServer Manager Configuration page, select New Manager Installation, click Next, and enter values for each applicable item on each screen. For information about any page, click Page Help.

The following issues might require different configuration than a typical install:

Issue	Configuration Information
Upgrades	Before installation, move your previous version of GridServer to another location. On the GridServer Manager Setup page, type the path to your old DS_DATA directory in the Previous Data Directory box. GridServer migrates your old settings to your new installation. When upgrading from a previous version of GridServer, see Upgrading GridServer and complete all steps required before beginning this installation process.
Installing a Secondary Director or Standalone Broker	Use the two lists on the Manager type page to select if you want to create a Manager with no Broker, a Manager with a secondary Director, or a standalone Broker. If you install a secondary Director, reconfigure the Manager containing the primary Director. To do so, go to Admin > System Admin > Manager Reinstall and enter the secondary Director’s address and port in the corresponding page. This configures the primary Director to recognize the secondary Director and reconfigures the Engine and Driver accordingly.

5.

Verify and Install.

After you complete a Custom or Typical installation, the Verify Setup Parameters screen shows the installation parameters. Review parameters to ensure they are correct. To change parameters, restart the installation process with the Start Installation button.

The Manager Installation screen

When installing the GridServer Manager on a UNIX system, if the installer shows the fully qualified hostname as the Manager name or uses the machine hostname as the full name, this can cause potential routing problems after installation. Change the hostname of the machine with the Custom install option. Go back to the beginning of the installation screens and repeat the installation from Step 2, and enter the correct DNS-resolvable hostname in the Verify Hostname screen.

When satisfied with the parameter values, click Start Installation to begin installation.

6.

Restart the Manager

After Manager installation finishes, you are prompted to shut down the application server. On Windows machines, use the server stop command; in UNIX, use the server.sh stop command. Restart the Manager, using the same command used earlier.

7.

Create a root account

After restarting the application server, go to http://yourhost:port again. At the prompts, enter a username, password, and password verification for your initial admin account.

This first account you create is the root account. For more information about the root account, see the TIBCO GridServer® Administration.

After creating your account, the home page in the Administration Tool appears.