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MACROMEDIA BREEZE Installation Manual

MACROMEDIA BREEZE Installation Manual

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  • Page 1 Installation Guide...
  • Page 2 If you access a third-party website mentioned in this guide, then you do so at your own risk. Macromedia provides these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of the link does not imply that Macromedia endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content on those third-party sites.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Uninstalling Macromedia Breeze ........
  • Page 4 Verifying that you can use the Breeze Presentation platform ....23 Verifying that you can use Breeze Training....... 24 Verifying that you can use Breeze Live .

  • Page 5: Resources For A Successful Breeze Deployment

    Guide to documentation and additional resources Macromedia Breeze contains a variety of media to help you learn how to use the components quickly. About the electronic manuals and online help In addition to this installation guide, the following electronic manuals and online help systems are...

  • Page 6: Information About Specialized Topics

    “Appendix B: Clustering Breeze Live” on page 29. For information about specialized topics not discussed in this installation guide, visit the Macromedia Breeze licensed-support website at www.macromedia.com/go/breeze_licensed_support. Note: In order to access the licensed support site, you will need information from your Welcome letter, including your serial key.

  • Page 7: Before You Install

    Breeze Presentation platform in this chapter also apply to the Breeze application server, except where noted. Note: For optimal performance, and to ensure the installation is not unnecessarily complicated, Macromedia recommends that you install Breeze on a dedicated computer.
  • Page 8 A CD-ROM drive • A hard disk with the following disk space: 1 GB for Macromedia Breeze Presentation platform installation 10 GB per 100 presentations Software requirements for the Breeze Presentation platform You must have the following software on your computer to install the Breeze Presentation platform: •...

  • Page 9: Breeze Presentation Platform With Breeze Live Installation Requirements

    To install a printer driver if none is installed: • If no printer drivers are installed, select Add, and then select a local printer driver for installation. The Windows printer-driver wizard guides you through the process. Breeze Presentation platform with Breeze Live installation requirements If your Breeze configuration includes Breeze Live, you can install the Breeze Presentation platform and Breeze Live on the same computer or on separate computers.

  • Page 10: The Breeze Database

    A database management system: either the Breeze database engine or Microsoft SQL Server 2000 The Breeze database engine comes with Macromedia Breeze, but there are restrictions on its use. For information about choosing between the Breeze database engine and Microsoft SQL Server 2000, see “The Breeze database”...

  • Page 11: Installing Breeze

    Note: If you are using Breeze Live stand-alone configuration, the preceding two statements apply to the Breeze application server rather than the Breeze Presentation platform. • You have the serial number provided by Macromedia for installing Macromedia Breeze. The Welcome letter that comes with the installation DVD contains the serial number. Using the Breeze installer Use the procedure described in this section to install Breeze.
  • Page 12 The following Select Features window appears Breeze Presentation platform and Breeze Training if you are licensed to install the Breeze Presentation platform and Breeze Training, but not Breeze Live: Note: The Breeze Presentation platform and Breeze Training are installed together, on the same computer. If you install the Breeze database engine, it must be installed at the same time and on the same computer as the Breeze Presentation platform.
  • Page 13 (the installer identifies itself as the installer for Microsoft SQL Server, Desktop Edition) after the Macromedia Breeze installation completes. Installing the Breeze database engine may take a few minutes. The installation proceeds automatically—you do not need to interact with the Breeze database-engine installer.

  • Page 14: Completing An Aborted Installation

    Select Start > All Programs > Macromedia > Macromedia Breeze 4 > Stop Breeze Server. To start Breeze Live: • Select Start > All Programs > Macromedia > Macromedia Breeze 4 > Start Breeze Live Server. To stop Breeze Live: •...

  • Page 15: Setting Up The Breeze Database

    The database is created through either the Breeze database engine or Microsoft SQL Server 2000. The Breeze database engine comes with Macromedia Breeze. You can install it at the same time you install the Breeze Presentation platform.

  • Page 16: Maintenance

    [Boot drive]\Breeze\content. • Periodically, back up the entire Breeze root directory. • You should occasionally delete log files in order to conserve disk space. Upgrading Breeze For information about upgrading Breeze and the database, see the “Upgrade Guide” at: www.macromedia.com/go/breeze_4_upgrade.

  • Page 17: Configuring The Breeze Presentation Platform

    Configuring the Breeze Presentation Platform It’s important to configure the Macromedia Breeze Presentation platform by setting property values in the Breeze configuration file, custom.ini. For example, you should change the default support password to use the URL of your own enterprise support site. The following procedure and table indicate how to change settings in the custom.ini file.
  • Page 18 Property Default value Description DB_USER The user name for the Breeze Presentation platform to use in accessing the database. The password for the Breeze Presentation platform, which allows DB_PASSWORD breeze access to the database. For the integrity of your system security, change the default password.

  • Page 19: Configuring Breeze Live

    Configuring Breeze Live If you install Macromedia Breeze Live on the same computer as the Breeze Presentation platform, no additional configuration of Breeze Live is necessary. If you install Breeze Live on a separate computer from the Breeze Presentation, you need to perform the configuration steps described in this chapter.
  • Page 20 Restart the Macromedia Breeze Application Service for your changes to take effect. On the Breeze Live host computer, follow the procedure given in step 7, and set the login properties for the Flash Communication Server and the Flash Communication Administration Server so that the Breeze user account can start the services.

  • Page 21: Verifying Your Installation

    Verifying Your Installation After you have installed and configured Macromedia Breeze, you should verify that the installation was successful and that all features are functional. Note: If you are using the Breeze Live stand-alone configuration, all references in this chapter to the Breeze Presentation platform also apply to the Breeze application server.

  • Page 22: Starting The Breeze Presentation Platform

    The Welcome page for Macromedia Breeze appears. Under the Start Using Macromedia Breeze heading, there is a link for logging in to Breeze and a link for downloading the Macromedia Breeze Plug-In for Microsoft PowerPoint. You will download the Breeze Plug-in for PowerPoint in a later step (see “Verifying that you can use the Breeze Presentation platform”...

  • Page 23: Verifying That You Can Use The Breeze Manager And Send E-Mail Notifications

    Go to the URL that you received in the new-user notification that was described in the preceding section (http://ADMIN_HOST/common/support/course/startmain.htm). The URL takes you to a page with the heading “Welcome to Macromedia Breeze” and a link for downloading the Breeze Plug-In for PowerPoint.

  • Page 24: Verifying That You Can Use Breeze Training

    Open the Breeze Publish Wizard by selecting Publish from the Breeze menu in PowerPoint. The Publish Wizard login window appears. Log in with the e-mail address and password you used in step 3, and follow the steps in the Publish Wizard. When you complete the steps in the Publish Wizard, your PowerPoint presentation is uploaded to the Breeze Presentation platform and compiled into a Breeze Flash presentation.
  • Page 25 Select the user you created earlier (see step 2 in “Verifying that you can use the Breeze Manager and send e-mail notifications” on page 23) and click Finish. The Meeting Information page for the meeting you created appears. Click the Invitations link. On the Invitations page, click Send to send yourself a meeting invitation.

  • Page 26: Appendix A: Clustering Breeze Presentation Platforms

    Appendix A: Clustering Breeze Presentation Platforms If your Macromedia Breeze license permits, you can install the Breeze Presentation platform on two or more computers, and then cluster the Breeze Presentation platforms to provide load balancing and failover. Clustering Breeze Presentation platforms has the following advantages: •...

  • Page 27: Verifying Failover For Http Requests

    Before you start the Breeze Presentation platform, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 must be running. To start the Breeze Presentation platform: Select Start > All Programs > Macromedia > Macromedia Breeze 4 > Start Breeze Server. To stop the Breeze Presentation platform: Select Start >...
  • Page 28 Before you start the Breeze Presentation platform, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 must be running. To start the Breeze Presentation platform: Select Start > All Programs > Macromedia > Macromedia Breeze 4 > Start Breeze Server. To stop the Breeze Presentation platform: Select Start >...

  • Page 29: Appendix B: Clustering Breeze Live

    Appendix B: Clustering Breeze Live If your Macromedia Breeze license permits, you can install Breeze Live on two or more computers and then cluster the computers to provide load balancing and failover for Breeze Live. This appendix explains how to create a Breeze Live cluster and verify that the cluster functions successfully.

  • Page 30: Verifying Failover For Breeze Live

    Copy the custom.ini file to the Breeze Live installation folder on each of the Breeze Live computers. On the Breeze Presentation platform computer, set the login properties for the Macromedia Breeze Application Service so that the Breeze user account can start the service.
  • Page 31 You can have two or more meeting rooms open in your browser at the same time. Because of load balancing, each meeting you created should be assigned to a different computer. Stop Breeze Live on Computer1 by selecting Start > All Programs > Macromedia > Macromedia Breeze 4 > Stop Breeze Live Server.

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