multiple server installations on the same machine

ajaybabuCh

Hi

Can I install Navision 3.7 and Navision 5.0 servers on the same machine



Thanks and Regards
Ajay

garak

it should be possible. Do you have tested it?
Note, you must edit the services and host file.

Take a look here.

http://www.mibuso.com/howtoinfo.asp?FileID=10

ajaybabuCh

Hi , I think we don't need to setup the services and hosts if the servers are with different versions

DenSter

those files map IP and port numbers to services. You're going to give your two database servers different names, so you will need to put en entry in those files for both services, has nothing to do with the version they are on.

Dave_Cintron

I have installed a dozen services on a single server from 2.0 - 4.0. Just do what it says in the installation manual. They are all very happy together.

garak

Hi , I think we don't need to setup the services and hosts if the servers are with different versions

No, you must edit these files if you use the native navision server. Because every server needs his own port! This you do in the services file.

If you use SQL, you must not edit the services and hosts files ;-)

Regards

ajaybabuCh

Hi

The following steps I have done

1) Installed the Navision 5.0 server
2) Installed the Navision 3.7 server
3) stopped all the services
4) hosts file set as follows
127.0.0.1 PRODSK0644 #Nav Server 50
127.0.0.1 PRODSK0644#1 #Nav server 370

5) Services file set as follows
PRODSK0644 2407/tcp #Nav server 50
PRODSK0644#1 2408/tcp #Nav server 370

6)started the server prodsk0644 for nav 5.0 through server command
it is started successfully
7) started the server prodsk0644#1 for nav 3.7 through server command in another folder.
it is saying that the port number is being used by other.

Could you please tell me the solution

thanks and regards
ajay

ajaybabuCh

anybody have an idea on this

infonote

When installing multiple versions of Navision, always install the lower version first.

E.g. if you need to install 3.70, 4 and 5.
Uninstall any existing installations
Install 3.70
install 4 then
install 5 using different directory names for each installation.

Dave_Cintron

On the second instance of the server, start with port 3000, not 2408. (Ports have specific purposes and you have to use available ports.)
Further, you don't have to "install" every server. Once you have one version of, say "3.6" server, you can simply copy the entire server directory (minus the database) to a new directory and create a batch (.com) file to start/stop the service.