Windchill System Administrator's Guide

About Installing Two Types of Replica Sites
Two types of replica sites to allow you to maximize performance and the use of
resources: the full-scale replica site and the lightweight replica site:
• Full-scale replica site -- A complete Windchill installation, with database
access, that can also manage replicated content from another Windchill
installation.
• Lightweight replica site -- A partial Windchill installation, without database
access, which can only manage replicated content from another Windchill
site.
The installation of a full-scale replica site is similar to a regular Windchill
installation; but you need to pay attention to one setting and note one piece of data
that is displayed.
The installation of a lightweight replica site differs from the installation of a fullscale
replica site in several ways: you do not need to work with a database tool,
you are concerned with more variables, and some properties settings must be
present.
The installation and configuration of both full-scale replica site and lightweight
replica site are detailed in the following sections.
Installing a Full-scale Replica Site
Follow the installation process defined in the Windchill Installation and
Configuration Guide — Windchill. Do not select the checkbox Disable All Nonreplication
Services during the installation, which results in a server that serves
as a lightweight replica site. Note the data in the box Name of Site Hosting Data
for Other Services, because that information will be needed to connect the
master sites and replica sites.
Before using the full-scale replica site, you can create folders or confirm the
existence of folders that will serve as Replica Folders.
See the section Replica Configuration later in this document for information on
configuring the full-scale replica site.
Installing a Lightweight Replica Site
In lightweight mode, the replica Windchill server will not have access an Oracle
instance and will be running with a minimal set of services. Only those services
required for Content Replication will be started. The replica site will requires the
installation of a servlet engine and web server; it is recommended that this is
completed prior to the ultralight server install.
To set up a lightweight Content Replication server, you must modify some of the
properties during the execution of Pro/Setup. If you are not setting properties
through a graphical user interface or in a mapping file, you add or edit properties
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