Hi,
I'm having a slight problem with installing Hauptwerk on my Windows server 2012 R2.
First a few words why I'm trying to do something as "kinky" as this. A decently specced computer is financially unfortunately out of my reach. You can however get older rack server very cheap with a lot of RAM and many decently paced cores. In this case we are talking about a HP DL580 G2 with 4 * 6-core processors and 128GB RAM for under £400. Non-server Windows makes use of a maximum of 2 sockets which means I need the server edition.
When I first tested this set up last year everything worked and installed fine (Hauptwerk 4.1). Now however when I launch the installer for HW 4.2.1 it runs through the unpacking initialisation, it goes through the initialisation of the auto installer and just before the installation dialogues are supposed to appear I get an error message:
I have tried ... command -line options don't work and I think that the part of the installer which throws the error is launched from the main installer process which means I probably can't influence what command line options that module is getting.
I know that windows server is not a supported platform and that chances that you have a remedy in place are slim. I did however wanted to check if there are any hidden command line parameters for the installer which could help to successfully install Hauptwerk.
I would settle for HW 4.1 ... that was however the final version which contained the licensing for the free edition. Now that the licensing has been removed from the latest HW edition, so has the option to renew the license.
In the long term the plan is obviously to upgrade to the advanced edition (otherwise such a beast of a server would be a complete waste) which means that the licensing issue becomes a non-issue as this is replaced by a dongle ... in the short term this is however little comfort ... it is also frustrating to think that I would be stuck on 4.1
As I said: any bread crumbs leading in the right direction would be hugely appreciated.
Best Regards
Mathis
I'm having a slight problem with installing Hauptwerk on my Windows server 2012 R2.
First a few words why I'm trying to do something as "kinky" as this. A decently specced computer is financially unfortunately out of my reach. You can however get older rack server very cheap with a lot of RAM and many decently paced cores. In this case we are talking about a HP DL580 G2 with 4 * 6-core processors and 128GB RAM for under £400. Non-server Windows makes use of a maximum of 2 sockets which means I need the server edition.
When I first tested this set up last year everything worked and installed fine (Hauptwerk 4.1). Now however when I launch the installer for HW 4.2.1 it runs through the unpacking initialisation, it goes through the initialisation of the auto installer and just before the installation dialogues are supposed to appear I get an error message:
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Installer UI Mode Error
Installer User Interface Mode Not supported
The installer cannot run in this UImode. To specify the interface mode, use the -i command-line option, followed by the UI identifier. The valid UI modes identifiers are GUI, Console, and Silent.
I have tried ... command -line options don't work and I think that the part of the installer which throws the error is launched from the main installer process which means I probably can't influence what command line options that module is getting.
I know that windows server is not a supported platform and that chances that you have a remedy in place are slim. I did however wanted to check if there are any hidden command line parameters for the installer which could help to successfully install Hauptwerk.
I would settle for HW 4.1 ... that was however the final version which contained the licensing for the free edition. Now that the licensing has been removed from the latest HW edition, so has the option to renew the license.
In the long term the plan is obviously to upgrade to the advanced edition (otherwise such a beast of a server would be a complete waste) which means that the licensing issue becomes a non-issue as this is replaced by a dongle ... in the short term this is however little comfort ... it is also frustrating to think that I would be stuck on 4.1
As I said: any bread crumbs leading in the right direction would be hugely appreciated.
Best Regards
Mathis