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Custom Or Expand

The Custom or Expand installation option allows you to select individual components. It is recommended that you run this type of installation only after you are familiar with specific BusinessObjects Enterprise components and their roles, otherwise you may inadvertently fail to install a required component. You should perform a Custom or Expand installation if you plan to use BusinessObjects Enterprise in a distributed environment.

After setting up one BusinessObjects Enterprise server, you can run a Custom or Expand installation on a second computer to add server components, create a CMS cluster, increase available resources, and distribute the processing workload over both computers.

The Custom or Expand install features consist of:

• Client Components
• Web Tier Components
• Server Components
• Database Access
• Export Support
• Samples
• Help Files

You may choose to install all, some, or parts of these components.

You may want to choose a Custom or Expand installation if:

• You have an existing installation of BusinessObjects Enterprise and you would like to deploy additional components to another computer.
• Your deployment of BusinessObjects Enterprise will be distributed across multiple computers.
• You have resource limitations and need to consider disk space constraints.