Software Distribution and Installation

AVEVA Hull and Outfitting 12.1.SP5 is supplied on a DVD-R, which self-installs using standard Microsoft installation procedures. The full software suite is usually loaded onto individual PCs running Windows, with the license server and file loaded onto a networked Windows server.

Note:
This release requires AVEVA Licensing System (ALS) and an appropriate license; it will not work with FlexMan. Older versions of AVEVA Hull and Outfitting will also work with ALS. ALS is supported in virtual environments and facilitates support on Citrix.

Please note that AVEVA Licensing is not included on the product DVD but should be downloaded from the AVEVA web-site. For further details of AVEVA Licensing releases, please see:

http://support.aveva.com

The installers use standard Microsoft Installer (MSI) technology, which facilitates silent installations through standard MSI means. They are usually triggered by use of a setup.exe file.

There are fewer separate installers, each corresponding to an AVEVA ‘release’, on the DVD. The Hull & Outfitting/Marine installer now includes options to install many of the associated products, although, for various reasons, some products still use a separate installer.

Using separate installers means that a selection of products can easily be installed together. This includes the AVEVA Global client option, which enables the use of AVEVA Hull and Outfitting or other Marine products with Global. However, there is a separate installer for Global server, which is usually installed on a separate machine, such as a server, which does not necessarily have AVEVA Hull and Outfitting installed.

There are options to install batch files and shortcuts on the desktop and/or in the start menu for direct entry to popular modules. In addition, the pml index can be automatically configured. Please note that there is no ‘thin client’ installation options as this is no longer supported.

Existing installations should be changed, repaired or removed using Add or Remove Programs from the Control Panel. This process will prompt for the original DVD if required. This ensures that a consistent product set, as tested by AVEVA, will be deployed.

Fix releases (patches) will use a standard updating process, which also checks, and if necessary ‘heals’, the existing installation. There is therefore no prompt for location, as the system already has this information. Fix releases may also be removed using Add or Remove Programs. Fix releases are applied to all products installed together, not to the individual products. The use of the latest fix release is recommended: this includes any previous fixes to products installed together.

Note:
During the installation it is fully possible to change the path in which the Marine product is installed from its suggested default. However, it is required that the installation path does not include folders with spaces in the names.

For full details of the installation options and procedure, and the hardware and software requirements, please refer to the Marine Software Installation Guide and Minimum System Requirements Marine.