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HyWorks VM Scale Booster Installation In Maintenance Mode

Reinstall

Re-running the same setup of HyWorks VM Scale Booster can be used to reinstall the HyWorks VM Scale Booster. Reinstallation can be done to achieve following purpose:

  • Reconfiguring the Consumer configuration(s) (e.g., Consumer Hostnames, Port, SSL Configuration, Username, Password).

Follow below steps to reinstall Accops HyWorks VM Scale Booster:

  1. Navigate to the directory having Accops HyWorks VM Scale Booster downloaded.

  2. Double click on setup file to invoke the installer.

  3. Click on Next on Welcome screen.

  4. Click on I Agree on Licesense Agreement screen to proceed.

  5. Click on Next on Choose Components screen.

  6. On MQ Configuration screen, provide appropriate details for:

    1. Consumer Hostname(s): If having more than one, then provide comma separate consumer hostnames.

    2. Port: Message queue port. Default is 5672 for non-SSL and 5671 for SSL.

    3. Enable SSL: Select this checkbox if Message Queue is configured to communicate over SSL.

    4. Username: Username to be used to communicate with message queue.

    5. Password: Password for the user configured to access message queue.

  7. Click on Install to proceed. Wait for installation to get completed.

  8. Click on Finish to close HyWorks VM Scale Booster setup wizard.

  9. Reinstallation is completed, with following results:

    1. HyWorks Controller configurations are not overwritten and will remain same as before.

    2. Consumer Message Queue configurations will be overwritten as per provided inputs.

  10. Verfication of new configurations can be done by checking following configuration files: Examples are given using default location.

    1. C:\Program Files (x86)\Accops\HyWorks VM Scale Booster\appsettings.json: Check the controller and message queue information here.

Upgrade

Running the setup of newer version of HyWorks VM Scale Booster, can be used to upgrade the setup. The steps are going to be same as mentioned in Reinstallation section.

Uninstall

To uninstall VM Scale Booster, follow the below steps:

  1. Go to Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > Programs and Features.

  2. Select Accops HyWorks VM Scale Booster from installed program list and click on Uninstall/Change.

  3. Accops HyWorks VM Scale Booster Uninstall wizard will be opened with installation directory information.

  4. Click on Uninstall to proceed.

  5. Click on Finish to close the uninstall wizard.

    1. Uninstallation is completed, all configurations, files and service should get removed.