Modify installed MES products or components

You can add and/or remove products or components by modifying the installation.

To remove MES from the node entirely, see Uninstall MES.

If you remove MES Web Portal, the existing Web Portal content will be backed up to save any custom web files. For more information, see Understand MES Web Portal customization file backups during an MES uninstall.

Add or remove MES products or components

Note: The MES Curation Services component cannot be removed from MES.

1. From the node, do one of the following:

   • Run the Setup.exe file in the MES installation root folder.

   • In the Control Panel Programs and Features applet, select Manufacturing Execution System and click Change or Uninstall/Change on the toolbar.

   The Setup tool options appear.

   

2. Select Modify, and then click Next.

   The list of MES products and components appears. The check boxes of products and components that are currently installed are selected by default. For example, the figure below indicates that only the Operator Client role components are currently installed.

   

3. Select the check boxes of only those products and components that you want to have installed at the conclusion of the Modify operation.

   Only those products and components that have been selected will be installed. If a product or component was previously installed but you have cleared its check box here, that product or component will be uninstalled. Following the example provided in the previous step, the figure below indicates that the Operator Client role components will be uninstalled while components related to the Configuration Client role will be installed.

   

4. When you have finished selecting the products and components to be installed or remain installed, click Next.

   The Modify confirmation screen appears.

   

5. To continue with the installation modification, click Modify.

   A list of the prerequisite software that must be installed on the node prior to performing the MES installation modification appears.

6. If any of the required software is not installed on the local node, click the Install Prerequisites button to install them.

   If you have not installed the prerequisite software for certain MES features that the Setup tool cannot install automatically for you, a message appears to indicate this condition. You must click Cancel to exit the MES Setup tool and install the prerequisite software before modifying the MES software. For more information about prerequisite software, see MES prerequisite software.

7. If all prerequisite software is installed on the local node, click Next.

   If any applications that might conflict with the installation are running, a list of them appears.

   

8. Close the applications, then click the Try Again button to see if there are still any conflicts.

   • If there are still conflicting applications running, close them and click the Try Again button.

   • If there are no conflicting applications, click Next.

   The installation modification begins. The following screen appears when it completes successfully.

   

9. To close the Setup tool, click Finish.

If you installed any of the following components, you must configure them using the Configurator:

• MES Database

• MES Middleware

• MES Middleware Proxy

• MES Web Portal

• Report Server components

For information about how to configure the MES components, refer to the appropriate topics in Understand MES component configuration.

Post-Uninstall Tasks

For possible post-uninstall tasks you might have to perform, see Complete post-uninstall tasks after removing MES components .