Chapter 1 - Introduction - Motorola MSP3-CNTRL-SW-1 - Mobility Services Platform Control Edition Installation Manual

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Mobility Services Platform version 3.2.1 is available in several Editions that allow you to choose
to purchase and install just the functionality you need. MSP Stage Edition provides support only
for initial deployment of devices. MSP Provision Edition provides all the features of MSP Stage
Edition plus the ability to use Provisioning to keep your devices continuously up to date. MSP
Control Edition provides all the features of MSP Provision Edition plus the ability to perform Data
Collection and optionally Collection Analysis and the ability to perform Actions on selected
devices. Depending on the MSP Edition you choose to install, the functionality you elect to use,
and the complexity of the enterprise you need to manage, the installation of MSP will vary in
complexity.
Installing MSP 3.2.1 Stage or MSP 3.2.1 Provision Edition will typically be the least demanding.
You may choose to use either Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005 or Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Standard or Enterprise edition to host your MSP database. Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005
is license-free, and hence Microsoft offers no support. In addition, Microsoft SQL Server Express
2005 has limitations on maximum database size and generally is not considered an enterprise-
class solution. Depending on your situation, you may want to use Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Standard or Enterprise editions even though they require the purchase of licenses from
Microsoft. By paying for licenses, you get an enterprise-class solution and support from
Microsoft.
Installing MSP 3.2.1 Control Edition without Data Collection is comparable in complexity to
installing MSP 3.2.1 Stage Edition or MSP 3.2.1 Provision Edition. You may choose to use either
Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005 or Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard or Enterprise
editions to host your MSP database. For the same reasons stated above, it is often advisable to
use Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard or Enterprise editions to ensure that you have an
enterprise-class scalable and supported solution.
Installing MSP 3.2.1 Control Edition with Data Collection always requires the use of Microsoft
SQL Server 2005 Standard or Enterprise editions to host your MSP database. In addition, if you
wish to use Collection Analysis, you will need to install the optional Analysis Services feature of
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard or Enterprise editions.
If you need a higher scalability solution and/or or a higher availability solution that provides for
redundancy in the event of a catastrophic failure, you will need to use Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Standard or Enterprise editions to host your MSP database. Further, you will generally need to
host SQL Server 2005 on a separate dedicated server or server cluster. Such installations will be