Install the Components

This chapter describes how to install the Meridian components and the basic configuration that is needed to test the connectivity between the maintenance management system, Meridian Explorer, and Meridian Enterprise. For information about the detailed configuration that is necessary for each customer's requirements, see Configure Asset Management.

Installing the Meridian components is very much a manual task that cannot be automated completely by a setup program due to the many ways that maintenance management systems are installed (for example, Maximo might be installed on a UNIX computer).

Installing Meridian Enterprise involves tasks for installing and configuring multiple components on several servers and on the client computers. The installation tasks are listed in the order in which they should be performed in the following table and are described in the remainder of this guide. Use the hyperlinks in the following checklist to find the installation information for each task. Track your installation progress by printing this checklist and placing a checkmark in the box in the Completed column as you finish each task.

Meridian installation checklist

Completed	Task	Topic Reference
	Read this manual completely to familiarize yourself with the system.	Asset Management
	Verify that the hardware and software requirements are met completely before beginning installation.	Asset Management Module System Requirements
	Back up the maintenance management system configuration and data.
	Create the tag document type in the Meridian Enterprise vault to store the asset information that will be imported from the maintenance management system and that are required by Meridian.	Required Vault Objects
	Configure the Meridian options in the Meridian Enterprise vault.	Configure Asset Management
	Import the tag data from the maintenance management system into the vault.	Import And Maintain Proxy Tags
	Install Meridian Explorer and configure filters that link the asset property values to Meridian Explorer properties. Also create views to show the linked documents to the maintenance management system users.	Meridian Enterprise Server Administrator's Guide
	Synchronize the Meridian Explorer repository with the Meridian Enterprise vault.	Meridian Enterprise Server Administrator's Guide
	Configure the link to Meridian Explorer in the maintenance management system.	Integrate With Maximo 7 Integrate With Other CMMS Systems
	Three options are available for Meridian client applications: Meridian data consumers and maintenance management system users should use Meridian Explorer. To install it, see the Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide. Users who will manage the document to tag relationships and need maximum capabilities should use PowerUser. Occasional users who will manage links between documents and asset tags and who prefer to use a web browser should use PowerWeb.	Install For a PowerUser User Install For a Web Browser User Meridian Enterprise VBScript API Reference Guide

Most of these tasks require you to copy files from the Meridian distribution package to various locations, possibly on several computers. In this guide, the following designations are used for these locations:

Folder descriptions

Folder	Description
<Setup>	The location of the distribution package, for example, a CD referred to as drive D:.
<IIS>	The default folder where Internet Information Services web pages are stored. By default, this is C:\Inetpub\wwwroot on the computer where Internet Information Services is installed.
<Maximo>	The folder where the Maximo application is installed. On a Windows server, the default is C:\MAXIMO.

Installing and configuring Meridian to support custom functionality may require Visual Basic, C#, ASP, or JavaScript (for Maximo integration) programming that is not described in this guide. For professional assistance, please contact your Accruent Solution Partner or Accruent Professional Services.

The following topics describe each installation task.