Installing TopTeam Application Server for Embedded Database

TopTeam Application Server for Embedded Database has been retired.

This article describes how to install TopTeam Application Server for Embedded Database.

NOTE: This article is applicable if you are installing TopTeam Application Server for Embedded Database for TopTeam version 10 or lower. If you are upgrading, we highly recommend you that you must upgrade to the latest version and migrate to other databases supported by TopTeam.

If you want to install TopTeam Application Server for another database, refer to the article Installing TopTeam Application Server.

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Firebird is an Open Source RDBMS database that comes with TopTeam Application Server as an out-of-the-box database. Firebird is a good scalable database suitable for small size teams.

For more information on Firebird, visit www.firebirdsql.org

TopTeam Application Server can be installed on a personal computer or a Windows Server computer. When evaluating TopTeam, you can even install TopTeam Application Server on a laptop, however, for production usage you should use a desktop or a server class computer.

We recommend you to install TopTeam Application Server on the latest Windows Server computer.

To install TopTeam Application Server as a Windows Service, you should log into the computer as a Windows Administrator. You do not require Windows Administrator privileges if you want to run TopTeam Application Server as a Windows Application.

We however recommend you to install TopTeam Application Server as a Windows Service for production usage.

You do not need to purchase a license upfront to install and evaluate TopTeam. By default,TopTeam Application Server will start in an evaluation mode if you do not provide a valid license key.
Upon expiration of the evaluation period, TopTeam Application Server will stop running.

To continue using TopTeam, you need to purchase a permanent license key or contact TechnoSolutions sales representative for an extension key.

• Download the latest TopTeam Application Server installer from the TechnoSolutions Customer Portal (access to Customer Portal is available only to licensed customers) or use the download link provided by TechnoSolutions.

The installer file name format is: TopTeamIBServerEmbLic_Installer_<TopTeam Application Server Version>_DB_<TopTeam Database Schema Version Required>_<Release Date>.exe

e.g. TopTeamIBServerEmbLic_Installer_5.0_DB_8.0_31Jul14.exe

In the example above:
5.0 – is the version number of TopTeam Application Server
8.0 – is the TopTeam database version which will be installed by this installer
31Jul14 – is the release date of this TopTeam Application Server

• Ensure that the computer you have selected for installing TopTeam Application Server meets the system requirements. For more information, refer to the article System Requirements for TopTeam Application Server.

Double-click the TopTeam Application Server installation file.

Carefully read the License Agreement. After reading it, choose “I accept the agreement” and click Next to proceed to the next step.

Carefully read the License Agreement. After reading it, choose “I accept the agreement” and click Next to proceed to the next step.

Choose the folder to install TopTeam Application Server for Embedded Database on your computer. Ensure that you have READ and WRITE permissions on this folder. We recommend you to keep at least 2 GB of free disk space on the drive where you install TopTeam Application Server for log files that are created while you run the application.

Default Folder: C:\Program Files\TechnoSolutions TopTeam\Application Server for Embedded DB.

You can easily change this location anytime in the future.

Specify the folder where the TopTeam database files should be installed. Ensure that you have READ and WRITE permissions on this folder. The size of the TopTeam database files grows over a period of time as you add records to the repository.
We recommend you to keep at least 2 GB of free disk space on the drive where you install the TopTeam Database files.

Default Folder: C:\Program Files\TechnoSolutions TopTeam\TopTeam Database Files

You can easily change this location anytime in the future.

TopTeam Application server can be installed in two modes:

1. Install as Windows Service (Recommended)
Choose this option to install TopTeam Application Server as a Windows Service. You must be logged in as a Windows Administrator for this.

2. Install as Application
Choose this option to install TopTeam Application Server as a Windows Application. Use this option if you do not have Windows Administrator privileges on the computer and want to evaluate TopTeam.

We recommend you to go with option 1 unless you don’t have Windows Administrator privileges on this computer.

You can always change this configuration setting later.

Check option to create a shortcut on the desktop for TopTeam Server for Embedded Database.
Click Finish to exit the installation wizard.

After successful completion of installation, Management Console for TopTeam Server will be launched automatically, if you have installed TopTeam Application Server as a Windows Service.
If you have installed TopTeam Application Server as a Windows Application, it will start in Application Mode and the Server Configuration Wizard will be launched automatically.

Refer to the article Configuring TopTeam Application Server using Configuration Wizard.

Revised: July 23rd, 2018