[FX.php List] Multiple WPE connections to a single FMSA machine?

John May jmaymailing at pointinspace.com
Fri May 4 07:18:00 MDT 2007


Do you have any further details on this?  Approximate release date? 
Supported platforms?

Thanks!

	- John


>Dolphin Interconnect( www.dolphinics.com ) will release a new
>midleware that will allow you to run several computers as one,
>virtually, then it will not be a need for several licenses.
>
>ggt667
>
>On 5/4/07, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com> wrote:
>>That makes sense, since FM Admin has a portal-like structure there, and also
>>the heading "FileMaker Web Publishing Engines" (note the plural).
>>
>>I haven't been able to get any clear answer to this conundrum; the FM person
>>I spoke with today said that a single FMSA license allows use of a single
>>install of WPE, but I neglected, in my haste to get off the phone, to ask
>>him *how* one would install more than one license code into FMSA. From what
>>I can see, there is no way to enter more than one install code into FMSA.
>>Since I have a developer's code for FMSA, I was going to put it in just long
>>enough to migrate all my sites, but I guess I'll bite the bullet now and
>>move them all early tomorrow morning before things get cranked up.
>>
>>Theoretically it ought to be smooth as silk, since I've already put all the
>>sites onto the web server; all that would remain would be to change all the
>>DNS for the various domain names, and then they ought to start working
>>again.
>>
>>The only question remaining is how to "disconnect" the old server so that
>>WPE on the new server would be allowed to connect; anyone have any thoughts
>>about that, other than shutting the machine down (which I would rather not
>>do because of the CDML sites on that machine)?
>>
>>Bob Patin
>>Longterm Solutions
>>bob at longtermsolutions.com
>>615-333-6858
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>On May 3, 2007, at 8:33 PM, Dale Bengston wrote:
>>
>>
>>I recall seeing an FMI person demo this at DevCon when v7 came out. They
>>said you could only have one WPE per FMSA, but "look at all that space for
>>some day" or something like that. So I think it's probably feasible, but not
>>a feature they've finished and/or opened up to the installed base. Maybe
>>some day, maybe never.

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