Help Needed - Administration Package

Hi, I need to set up and use the OD 6.1.1 GUI on Windows.

I have intalled IWOVopendeployBaseFull.6.1.1.0.0.Build62302.Windows.exe but I think that an Administration Package also must be installed and configured in order to use a browser-based user interface.

If so, where can I download that package to evaluate if it help us to have our OD 4.5 deployments migrated to OD 6.1.1

Please I would really apreciate help on this one.

Thanks.
mt

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Pawan

Where did you find the IWOVopendeployBaseFull.6.1.1.0.0.Build62302.Window s.exe ? Its at the same place on the support site.

sample.bmp

MarianoTuma

The company I work for had that installer available. I didn't downloaded from the web.

Pawan

You should always download fresh installables from support site with updated Release notes.

MarianoTuma

The thing is that I need to use the same version that is on Production Environment.

Can you help me out with the administration package software? Do you use the GUI?

Pawan

The thing is that I need to use the same version that is on Production Environment.

You must be using OD 4.5 and supported Administration Package on the Production, is it something else, then what is the version you are using on production? You can get the installation guide on the support site. Please refer to it.
To login through GUI http://servername:8081/iw/opendeploy/login
By default port is 8081 unless you have changed it.

MarianoTuma

OD 4.5 in Prod Environment, but it is being migrated to OD 6.1.1

I do not have access to servers of PROD or STAGE environments, so I installed OD 6.1.1 on my windows machine.

I dont have apache installed, and I dont know if by installing the exe I told you before I get the GUI installed too.

I want to use this GUI to convert OD 4.5 deployments configurations automatically to OD 6.1.1 format.

Thanks
mt

moonkhanna

OD 4.5 in Prod Environment, but it is being migrated to OD 6.1.1

I do not have access to servers of PROD or STAGE environments, so I installed OD 6.1.1 on my windows machine.

I dont have apache installed, and I dont know if by installing the exe I told you before I get the GUI installed too.

I want to use this GUI to convert OD 4.5 deployments configurations automatically to OD 6.1.1 format.

Thanks
mt

You need to understand, noone on Devnet can provide you with the software. You need to send your request to support@interwoven.com

Adam Stoller

OD 4.5 in Prod Environment, but it is being migrated to OD 6.1.1

I do not have access to servers of PROD or STAGE environments, so I installed OD 6.1.1 on my windows machine.

I dont have apache installed, and I dont know if by installing the exe I told you before I get the GUI installed too.

I want to use this GUI to convert OD 4.5 deployments configurations automatically to OD 6.1.1 format.

Thanks
mt

Just in case it isn't clear - OD 4.x does not have an Admin tool (some of the posts seemed to indicate that it could be downloaded from support).

Also - to the best of my knowledge, the GUI never provided a tool for automatically translating 4.x version of OD config files into the "NG" (XML) versions. When OD 5.x first came out, and I believe at least through OD 5.5.1 - there was a solutions/ CLT that could be used to handle somewhere between 50% and 95% of the translation - but it still required manual review and tweaking.

I don't know if that tool still exists in the 6.x distributions (haven't looked for it, don't have access to a 6.x distribution right now).

So - you may have a choice of downloading a 5.x version (if they're still available) to get the conversion tool and then tweak the results for use with a 6.x server - or you may just have to manually translate the deployments yourself - or figure out what the actual requirements were and start from scratch to create the deployment configuration files (this you can do through the GUI - though personally I prefer to avoid it)

You also have to keep in mind that the server configuration file changed too (the entire OD model changed significantly between 4.x and 5.x) - so there's a lot of [re-]learning to do.

The GUI primarily gives you the ability the administer the server(s), launch deployments, view log files (not a particularly great interface IMO), schedule deployments, and view reports (depending on what you've configured).

I know a lot of companies that don't bother with the Admin GUI - but I also know a number of companies that do have it installed. How much they actually use it ... I don't know.

But regardless - you should definitely be looking to upgrade from OD 4.x.

MarianoTuma

Just in case it isn't clear - OD 4.x does not have an Admin tool (some of the posts seemed to indicate that it could be downloaded from support).

Also - to the best of my knowledge, the GUI never provided a tool for automatically translating 4.x version of OD config files into the "NG" (XML) versions. When OD 5.x first came out, and I believe at least through OD 5.5.1 - there was a solutions/ CLT that could be used to handle somewhere between 50% and 95% of the translation - but it still required manual review and tweaking.

I don't know if that tool still exists in the 6.x distributions (haven't looked for it, don't have access to a 6.x distribution right now).

So - you may have a choice of downloading a 5.x version (if they're still available) to get the conversion tool and then tweak the results for use with a 6.x server - or you may just have to manually translate the deployments yourself - or figure out what the actual requirements were and start from scratch to create the deployment configuration files (this you can do through the GUI - though personally I prefer to avoid it)

You also have to keep in mind that the server configuration file changed too (the entire OD model changed significantly between 4.x and 5.x) - so there's a lot of [re-]learning to do.

The GUI primarily gives you the ability the administer the server(s), launch deployments, view log files (not a particularly great interface IMO), schedule deployments, and view reports (depending on what you've configured).

I know a lot of companies that don't bother with the Admin GUI - but I also know a number of companies that do have it installed. How much they actually use it ... I don't know.

But regardless - you should definitely be looking to upgrade from OD 4.x.

Ok, thanks, I will upgrade from 4.5 to 6.1.1 manually.

nipper

Ok, thanks, I will upgrade from 4.5 to 6.1.1 manually.

FYI, the OD configuration files changed drastically from 4 to 6, actually from 4 to 5 if I recall correctly. There was at one time a script to convert the old form config files to the XML files in use today. Whether you will be able to find that is questionable, but it is worth a look.

HTH

Andy