IBM SPSS Data Collection Installation Manual

Also see for SPSS Data Collection Server 6.0.1: Reference manual

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39IBM SPSS Data Collection Interviewer Server installation informationNote: When selecting a non-default web site location on a 64-bit server, you cannot select a webfiles location under C:\Program Files in the Internet Information Services (IIS) Configurationdialog. For example, if you defined a non-default web site named myWebSite, and its local pathis C:\Program Files\myWebSite, you must select a web files location that is not located underC:\Program Files when you select myWebSite for the Data Collection folders and applications(you can instead select the location C:\Program Files (x86)).The Advanced button is available for advanced configuration of your chosen web site. This allowsyou to place Interviewer Server Administration in its own application pool so each process can besplit across multiple application pools The operating system places a 2 GB restriction on processesin IIS. Put simply, splitting a process across application pools means it is possible to run largerprocesses. Refer to your IIS documentation for general information about application pools. Ifyou want to use application pools, proceed as follows: Click Advanced.This opens the Advanced IIS Configuration screen. To place Interviewer Server Administration in its own application pool, select Use“SPSSDimensionNetPool” application pool. If you want processes to recycle and/or shut downafter specific number of minutes, select the appropriate option and enter the number of minuteselapse time required. Selecting this option means that if the Interviewer Server Administrationprocess is recycled or shut down, anyone using Interviewer Server Administration activities atthat time will have to restart their session in order to continue working. To place Interviewer Server in its own application pool, select Use “SPSSmrInterviewPool”application pool. If you want processes to recycle and/or shut down after so many minutes,select the appropriate option and enter the number of minutes elapse time required. Selectingthis option means that if the application process is recycled or shut down, anyone usingInterviewer Server activities at that time will have to restart their session in order to continueworking. Click Apply.On the Internet Information Services (IIS) Configuration screen, click Next when you are ready tocontinue.Note: If you already installed Interviewer Server, the IIS configuration settings are automaticallyinherited, so the Internet Information Services Configuration screen will not appear.E On the Choose Destination Location page, choose the folder in which you want to installInterviewer Server. The default is [INSTALL_FOLDER]\IBM\SPSS\DataCollection\6\. ClickNext.E On the File Management Folder page, choose the location of the File Management root folder(FMRoot). This is the folder in which the master copies of project files created using InterviewerServer Administration or the Scriptwriter desktop activities will be stored, and it is from here thatthe interviewing machines will make local copies of these files.The File Management root folder must be shared so that it is accessible by other machines. Ifyou choose a folder on your current machine, the installation procedure will create the share foryou. If you choose a folder with a UNC pathname (that is, one that starts \\machine_name\...) thiswill be used as the shared folder. Click Next.