Overview of Full-Text Retrieval (FTR) Setup with SmartPlant Foundation - Full-Text Retrieval (FTR) - Installation & Upgrade

Full-Text Retrieval (FTR) Installation
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You must implement the following configuration rules for using the SmartPlant Foundation Full-Text Retrieval (FTR) service:

  1. You must designate a host to be the FTR Main Server. The FTR Main Server handles all searching and indexing requests. It indexes object properties in SmartPlant Foundation and communicates with other FTR servers on remote computers containing SmartPlant Foundation vaults to index files in the remote vaults. On the FTR Main Server, you must install the FTR Run Time (RT) software.

    Because of the processing demands of FTR indexing, it is recommended that the FTR Main Server be set up on a separate computer containing SmartPlant Foundation vaults rather than the SmartPlant Foundation server.

  2. If you have SmartPlant Foundation vaults on separate computers than the FTR Main Server, you must install FTR RT and SmartPlant Foundation File Server and FTR Service components on these computers so that files can be indexed on their respective computers.

    Make sure that these additional hosts are selected in the FTR Server configuration as Additional FTR Server Host.

    For more information, see Setting up FTR Server on Computers Containing SmartPlant Foundation Vaults and Adding Remote FTR Servers.

  3. The Internet Information Services (IIS) (or Web Services) must be located on the FTR Main Server to enable the execution of an ASPX page.

The communication between the various modules can be explained as follows:

  • The SmartPlant Foundation Client is installed on Host 1.

  • Host 1 initiates an FTR Index-supported command or FTR Search.

  • Host 2 is the SmartPlant Foundation server.

  • Host 3 contains the SmartPlant Foundation database.

  • Host 4 is configured to be the FTR Main Server. FTR RT and the IIS are installed on Host 4.

  • Host 5 contains one or more SmartPlant Foundation vaults. You must also install FTR RT and SmartPlant Foundation FTR Service component on this host if files in these vaults are to be indexed.

Any logical grouping of the Hosts 1 through 5 is possible. However, the components explicitly specified under each host should always be installed together.