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General Information

Information about the computers in the Automation Engine environment and their file structure are included below.

Computers in the Automation Engine Environment

The following computers are required to install Automation Engine:

DB computer: The computer where the databaseA database is an organized collection of data including relevant data structures. is installed.
Server computer: The computer where the Automation Engine Server processes are installed.
Admin computer: The computer used by an administrator. Database administration must also be installed on this computer (such as utilities, including the SQL Enterprise Manager and ISQL_w for MS SQL Servers).
User computer(s): Computers where Automation Engine users work.
Host(s): The controlled and monitored computers where Automation Engineagents are installed.

It is not necessary to have an individual computer for every purpose. Depending on your environment, the following combinations are possible and useful:

DB computer = Server computer (recommended)
DB computer = Server computer = Admin computer

In the installation instructions, the terms explained above are used to describe the various computers, whether they refer to one computer serving several purposes or several computers each serving one particular purpose.

Automic strongly recommends installing the individual components (such as Automation Engine, UserInterface, utilities, and particular agents) in separate directories, in order to avoid conflicting library files.

File Structure

The file structure shown below is created by default if you use the folders that are suggested in the Windows setup programs:

Each sub-folder contains a BIN folder in which the program files are stored. Automic recommends creating a similar structure if you use other operating systems. In UNIX, the BIN folder is created when the TAR files are unpacked.

The installation documents use "AE" as the system name, the description for the database connection, and the name of the installation directory. This is our recommendation for reasons of clarity. If other names are used, keep this in mind and adjust them accordingly in each processing step. See also: Notes for Configuration-File Adjustments

Files that are downloaded from the Automic Download Center can be write-protected. Change their file attributes to make them writable.

The programs stored in the directory IMAGE:\Tools\no_supp are diagnosis and test programs, and should be processed upon request of the Automic Support team.