Setup of the GP Manager

The GP Manger is supplied on a USB stick or DVD and can be installed from this.

Some computers experience problems during setup. The most common problem is that the Microsoft SQL Server Express is not installed correctly or the installation of one of the Microsoft Visual Studio Redistributable packages fails.

To ensure that the GP Manager can still be installed if the installation fails, it is important to have a basic knowledge of the system requirements and the setup procedure.

The description applies to both GP Manager V6.5 and GP Manager V7.

If the default path in the instructions is C:\GPM_V7 is specified, then you must change it for version 6.5 to C:\GeBioM_SQL The same applies to the instance names of the SQL Server (GEBIOMV7/GEBIOM).

	Version 6.5	Version 7
Installation path	C:\GeBioM_SQL	C:\GPM_V7
Instance name	GEBIOM	GEBIOMV7

 

Relative paths are specified in the instructions. It is assumed that you are in the installation path.

Example: .\GpData corresponds to standard settings C:\GPM_V7\GpData resp. C:\GeBioM_SQL\GpData