I used .NET 2.0 to do my Crystal servers; I don't remember if the Crystal installer will go out and install .NET if it is not present; it might have.
The other thing you have to decide is what to do for the SQL database. Since Crystal has had an annoying habit of installing relatively unsecure versions of the unmanaged desktop MS SQL Server over the years, I usually install a SQL Server Standard 2005 server first to be the host for the BOE11 database, so that I have full control over version and configuration, which SQL Server user account it will use (I create my own, make it a dbcreator, and disable the "sa" account), and limit it to local TCP/IP connections. Christopher Strauss, Ph.D. Call Tracking Administration Manager University of North Texas Computing & IT Center http://itsm.unt.edu/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Pargeter, Christie :CO IS > Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 11:15 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: Installing Crystal Reports Server on MidTier > > Is there anything else I need installed on the server before I can use > the .NET installation method (e.g., do I need to install a version of > NET) and if so what is the best version? > > My list below is pretty much all that is installed on the server. > > ________________________________ > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) on behalf of > strauss > Sent: Mon 5/18/2009 8:08 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: Installing Crystal Reports Server on MidTier > > > ** > > The easiest way to keep Crystal Reports Server out of the Tomcat/Java > world (where it can and will conflict with mid-tier) is to use the .NET > implementation of Crystal on the IIS server. You select .NET rather > than Java during the Crystal installation. Then keep mid-tier > exclusively on Tomcat with its own web server. Cuts way down on > problems with Java, and makes upgrading/patching easier. > > > > Christopher Strauss, Ph.D. > Call Tracking Administration Manager > University of North Texas Computing & IT Center > http://itsm.unt.edu/ > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Pargeter, Christie :CO IS > Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 10:02 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Installing Crystal Reports Server on MidTier > > > > ** > > Hi all - I am trying to install Crystal Reports Server XI R2 on our new > MidTier 7.x box but I am running into a major issue and wanted to know > if anyone had an idea. > > > > The MidTier server has Window 2003, IIS 6, Tomcat 5.5.26, MidTier 7.1 p > 6, RKM 7.2 p 2 & ITSM's help files. > > > > The issue that I am having is when I try to install Crystal it wants to > install another version of Tomcat on the server. It puts this version > of Tomcat in the Crystal installation folder. Since I already have > Tomcat on the server I don't want 2 versions. But I can't see how to > tell it to not install Tomcat but put the web files I need, to apply > the license, in the current Tomcat folder. > > > > Can anyone help with this? > > > > Thanks > > > > ________________________________ > > > Christie Pargeter > Legacy Health System > > IS - Programming > > SR Technical Analyst > > cparge...@lhs.org > > System Office > > tel: 503-415-5149 > > > > _Platinum Sponsor: rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers > Are"_ > > _Platinum Sponsor: rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers > Are"_ > > _______________________________________________________________________ > ________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers > Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
