Preparing to Install DataExchange
Preparation Needed for DataExchange Installation
The following topics provide a list of preparations to install and run DataExchange v13:
Checklist
The following checklist helps you to prepare to install and use DataExchange.
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Precautions
The PSQL database engine must be stopped and restarted during DataExchange installation. If your business requirements prohibit stopping the database engine during certain hours, install DataExchange outside those times.
Back up any important files on the target hard drive, including data files, before you begin the installation.
Administrator Rights
Security features on Windows 7, 8, 10, and Server 2012 require you to do one of the following things to successfully use your DataExchange installation:
Once you have turned on this setting, any user who is a member of the Administrators group will be able to create, deploy, and run replication projects. Administrators group members will no longer need to run DataExchange under the Administrator account. Other users will be unable to use DataExchange.
DataExchange Licensing
DataExchange requires an activation license to replicate data between two or more computers. The installer prompts you to enter a license key and decodes it to ensure that it is valid.
DataExchange Real-Time Backup Edition supports installation on two machines: a First Site and a Partner Site. DataExchange Data Synchronization Edition supports installation on a First Site and as many Partner Sites as you require. For both editions, you apply the same license key on every site.
With Real-Time Backup Edition you have the option of creating more Partner Sites for additional backups, but you must purchase a DataExchange license for each Partner Site beyond the first one.
You may install an evaluation version of DataExchange without a license. At the end of the evaluation period, the replication engine returns an error when it attempts to start. Use the Event Viewer of your operating system to find this entry in the Application event log.
You can add a permanent license at any time using the following steps.
The easiest way to apply a license key is by using PSQL License Administrator.
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Press Enter or click the Authorize button.
The Key field is cleared if the key is successfully authorized.
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Verify that the new license information that appears in the License Information list. If necessary, press F5 to refresh the list.
The license is now active.
You can also apply a license using the licadmin command-line utility. For more information, see PSQL User's Guide.
DataExchange Release Notes
We recommend that you read the release notes. This readme file may have important information that could not be included in the product documentation but is essential to installing and using the product.
It is included in a DataExchange installation on 64-bit systems as the file readme_dx.htm in C:\Program Files (x86)\Actian\PSQL\Replication\Docs. However, since this file may be updated after the release, its latest version is always posted on the Actian website.