Installing Umbraco 4.0.4.2 on Windows 2008 64 Bit Integrated mode with Pro license
This is going to be a slightly loaded ramble, but after digging through the many forum posts i've not noted anyone with any real definitive installation procedure for the following scenario...
1. Umbraco 4.0.x (I'm assuming 4.5.x would have the same problems when combined with a pro license)
2. Windows 2008 or R2
3. 64 Bit OS version with 8GB RAM usual raid configuration you'd expect from a dedicated ISP
4. 64Bit app pool running in Integrated pipeline mode
5. Pro license with Courier, Contour and Concierge.
During our experiments moving from classic to pipeline, 32Bit to 64Bit we're relatively confident we've solved the Contour problem but to get there we had to jump through quite a few hoops before the build would run.
We think the main problem has been with dlls not being compiled to "any CPU". Our first encounter was with Courier v1.0. Upgrading to v1.2 seemed to solve this problem, but then we found the same problem again with the bundled third party dll for licensing, DeployLX.Licensing.v3.dll. The only way to fix this was to download the latest Deploy libraries and browse to the redistribution folder and find v4 which has been compiled for "any CPU". Replacing v3 with v4 brings our installation back to life!
Whilst I understand a 64 Bit Windows environment is still quite new developers and users, it was something I would've expected to be thoroughly tested in a paid for license, especially when ISP offerings for Windows 2008 are becoming prevalent.
I'm more than happy to provide information anyone intent on usng Windows 64 Bit with a Pro license, as there does seem to be a few gotcha's which havent quite been ironed out of the current versions.
Please feel free to shoot me down, if there's something we have missed which would solve the issues outlined.
Installing Umbraco 4.0.4.2 on Windows 2008 64 Bit Integrated mode with Pro license
This is going to be a slightly loaded ramble, but after digging through the many forum posts i've not noted anyone with any real definitive installation procedure for the following scenario...
1. Umbraco 4.0.x (I'm assuming 4.5.x would have the same problems when combined with a pro license)
2. Windows 2008 or R2
3. 64 Bit OS version with 8GB RAM usual raid configuration you'd expect from a dedicated ISP
4. 64Bit app pool running in Integrated pipeline mode
5. Pro license with Courier, Contour and Concierge.
We have been testing our current build using 32Bit WOW64 in classic mode but it has been giving us problems in serious problems with Contour. See topic http://our.umbraco.org/forum/umbraco-pro/contour/11663-Object-moved-here,-redirect-error-and-permission-problem-in-Contour-forms
During our experiments moving from classic to pipeline, 32Bit to 64Bit we're relatively confident we've solved the Contour problem but to get there we had to jump through quite a few hoops before the build would run.
We think the main problem has been with dlls not being compiled to "any CPU". Our first encounter was with Courier v1.0. Upgrading to v1.2 seemed to solve this problem, but then we found the same problem again with the bundled third party dll for licensing, DeployLX.Licensing.v3.dll. The only way to fix this was to download the latest Deploy libraries and browse to the redistribution folder and find v4 which has been compiled for "any CPU". Replacing v3 with v4 brings our installation back to life!
Whilst I understand a 64 Bit Windows environment is still quite new developers and users, it was something I would've expected to be thoroughly tested in a paid for license, especially when ISP offerings for Windows 2008 are becoming prevalent.
I'm more than happy to provide information anyone intent on usng Windows 64 Bit with a Pro license, as there does seem to be a few gotcha's which havent quite been ironed out of the current versions.
Please feel free to shoot me down, if there's something we have missed which would solve the issues outlined.
please ignore this post...ive tried deleting it!
I think this forum need a little TLC in places!
Go here ... http://our.umbraco.org/forum/getting-started/installing-umbraco/11973-Installing-on-Windows-Server-2008-or-R2
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