As someone who has done this a ton of times, my best recommendation is to do
this on a server that is completely fresh and has nothing else installed on
it.
Installations I have done have ranged from taking 5 days to sort through the
entire install and get it working correctly, to being able to get the
installation done and working over the course of about 3 hours.
Those 3 hour installations have always been done on a brand new installation
of an OS without anything being done to it at all. The permissions and com
settings can be really weird at times, and minor errors in config files and
settings really can throw things out of whack and take excessively long to
sort out.
Avoid MS SBS as the OS at all costs!
Also, version 2.7 will not work with the Express version of SQL anymore,
also, there are some problems at times with the 2.6 DB with all the
documents pre-configured, sometimes there are errors upgrading it to 2.7,
but you don't actually need to do a full installation of 2.6 to get the DB
and its contents available to you on the server.
Personally, I kind of like the completely empty DB with 2.7 instead of all
the pre-configured stuff in the Epicor built database, with the amount of
changes you need to make for all your customizations, it's often just easier
to start from scratch in the first place and allow yourself to setup your
own plans for what fields you want, and where they are located on your own
documents. I am not sure the time differential is really any different in
the long run.
Also, while I think it is a completely outdated technology that no one
should be using anymore, if you plan on faxing anything, then it will be
extremely difficult to get setup and working through a virtual machine.
-----Original Message-----
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
dcbmichaels
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 4:58 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Re: APM & APM+ Installation
I installed myself.... the trick is to install 2.6 version first, cause it
has all the Epicor form templates...then upgrade to 2.7...If you call tech
support they will help you along.... honestly its a real PITA to install....
Damian
this on a server that is completely fresh and has nothing else installed on
it.
Installations I have done have ranged from taking 5 days to sort through the
entire install and get it working correctly, to being able to get the
installation done and working over the course of about 3 hours.
Those 3 hour installations have always been done on a brand new installation
of an OS without anything being done to it at all. The permissions and com
settings can be really weird at times, and minor errors in config files and
settings really can throw things out of whack and take excessively long to
sort out.
Avoid MS SBS as the OS at all costs!
Also, version 2.7 will not work with the Express version of SQL anymore,
also, there are some problems at times with the 2.6 DB with all the
documents pre-configured, sometimes there are errors upgrading it to 2.7,
but you don't actually need to do a full installation of 2.6 to get the DB
and its contents available to you on the server.
Personally, I kind of like the completely empty DB with 2.7 instead of all
the pre-configured stuff in the Epicor built database, with the amount of
changes you need to make for all your customizations, it's often just easier
to start from scratch in the first place and allow yourself to setup your
own plans for what fields you want, and where they are located on your own
documents. I am not sure the time differential is really any different in
the long run.
Also, while I think it is a completely outdated technology that no one
should be using anymore, if you plan on faxing anything, then it will be
extremely difficult to get setup and working through a virtual machine.
-----Original Message-----
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
dcbmichaels
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 4:58 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Re: APM & APM+ Installation
I installed myself.... the trick is to install 2.6 version first, cause it
has all the Epicor form templates...then upgrade to 2.7...If you call tech
support they will help you along.... honestly its a real PITA to install....
Damian
--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "jplehr" <jlehr@...> wrote:
>
> Vantage 8.03.409C
>
> I am looking to get APM/APM+ up and running. For those running APM/APM+,
did you do the install yourself or did Epicor do it? If yourself, how
difficult to get it functioning correctly?
>
> If it matters, my install will be on a VM Windows 2008 Server w/ SQL
Server 2008.
>
> Jeff
>
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