Installing the Remote Transfer Agent Posting Server

1. Download install_ version.exe to the Remote Transfer Agent Posting server, and then double-click the executable to launch the installation wizard. Do not extract the file to a folder structure that contains spaces.
2. On the Choose Install Folder page, enter the installation path or click Choose to select the installation path.
3. On the Before We Begin page, select Yes or No for the questions shown to help the installation wizard understand your installation environment. The selections do not affect whether or not the wizard installs the selected modules, but the selections allow you to enter database connection information for the selected modules.
   1. For Would you like to install or upgrade a database with this installation for either myMicros or iCare?, select No.
   2. For Will different features connect to the myMicros Database using different database IP Addresses, select Yes if you expect to use more than one IP/SID to connect to the Enterprise Back Office database. For example, select Yes in an Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) environment that does not use a virtual IP and when features such as Remote Transfer Agent connect to a different node. If you select No, you can still modify the connection strings, but you cannot view individual database information screens by feature.
4. If you are performing an upgrade:
   1. On the Use existing Portal configuration page, select Yes to use the existing configurations, or select No to configure a new install set.
   2. On the Additional Features page, select No to continue using the existing set of features, or select Yes to add features to the existing install set.
5. On the Choose Install Set page, select Posting.
6. On the Choose Backup Path page, enter a folder path or click Choose and select a folder path for storing a backup of the existing installation.

   The wizard creates and names folders using incremental numbers. For example, RTA_1, RTA_2, and RTA. The latest backup folder does not have an appended number, and the wizard only stores up to three backup copies.

7. On the Database Information page, configure the connection to the Enterprise Back Office database:

   Oracle Database	Microsoft SQL Server
   In the Database Type section, select Oracle, and then enter the database network port and SID. Enter the database login credentials. Enter the domain name or IP of the database server. In the Preferred Cache Type drop-down list, select Oracle.	In the Database Type section, select SQL Server, and then enter the database network port. In the Additional Connection Parameters field, enter any required connection strings. Enter the database login credentials. Enter the domain name or IP of the database server. In the Preferred Cache Type drop-down list, select Generic.

8. On the Posting Server Configuration page, configure the Posting server as described in the following table:

   Table 8-4 Posting Server Configurations

   Field	Description
   How many posting threads should run on the server simultaneously?	Enter the number of simultaneous posting threads. Entering a number greater than eight can lead to performance degradation.
   How many days of psLogs should be saved?	Enter the amount of days that the posting server preserves the Result sets and the entries in the RTA_Processed_job table.
   What directory should hold psLogs?	Enter the path to the folder where the posting server saves the logs in .zip format.
   Move History by location rather than full server?	Select or deselect whether to move history by location rather than moving history by server. If you deselect this option, the admin server stops posting for the duration of the move.
   Limit move history day range	Select or deselect whether to limit moving history by date. You should typically only use this option when you partition databases by date.
   What name would you like to use for Temporary Menu Items?	Enter the name the posting server uses for temporary menu items.
   What database user should posting use?	Enter the database account name for posting.
   What is the password for this user?	Enter the database account password for posting.
   Run alignment with definitions posting?	Select or deselect whether to run alignment while posting definitions. Select this option if the environment contains an aggregation engine.

9. On the Review page, select your preferred review type:

   • Normal: Review the install folder, features, and disk space requirements.

   • Advanced: Review and edit individual variables in the installation files, then review the install folder, features, and disk space requirements.

10. Review the log files for errors. The installation wizard writes logs to the C:\temp\ folder during installation, and to the installation path after completing installation.