Xerox DocuColor 7000, DocuColor 8000 Installation Manual

Software

Installation Guide

English

Spire CXP8000 Color Server for Xerox DocuColor 8000 Digital Press

version 1.0

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Contents
Reinstalling the Spire CXP8000 Color Server Software	1
Overview ........................................................................................................................................................	1
Backing Up and Restoring the Software ..........................................................................................................	4
Backing Up the Creo System Partition ......................................................................................................	4
Backing Up the Job List Database.............................................................................................................	5
Restoring the Creo System Partition .........................................................................................................	7
Restoring the Job List Database................................................................................................................	9
Reinstalling the System .................................................................................................................................	11
Reinstalling the Software Complete Overwrite ..............................................................................................	12
Reinstalling the Operating System (Windows XP)....................................................................................	13
Reinstalling the Creo Application Software.............................................................................................	15
Disk Striping ..........................................................................................................................................	15
Using the Configuration Wizard.............................................................................................................	24
Installing and Configuring Novell Client for Spire ...................................................................................	37
Configuring the McAfee VirusScan ........................................................................................................	37
Enabling Unix Connectivity.....................................................................................................................	37
Activating Windows XP..........................................................................................................................	38
Backing Up the Creo System Partition ....................................................................................................	41
Performing a Test Print...........................................................................................................................	41
Reinstalling the Software Preservation Installation .........................................................................................	42
Appendix A: Formatting the Image Disk	43
Appendix B: Formatting the External Device	45
Appendix C: Installing and Configuring Novell Client for Spire	47
Appendix D: Configuring the McAfee VirusScan	51
Appendix E: Performing a Test Print	57

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Reinstalling the Spire CXP8000 Color

Server Software

Overview

This chapter describes when and how to back up and restore the entire operating system and application software (including the current job list database) on your computer, as well as when and how to reinstall the software configuration on your Spire CXP8000 color server.

Backing up the application software on a regular basis (weekly) is always recommended so that a working copy can be used for recovery, if necessary. Performing the restore procedure requires a previous backup. To ensure a successful recovery:

•Save a copy of the backup, either on the network or on an external device to prevent loss of data in case your system disk becomes corrupted.

•Perform the backup and recovery procedure at any time that you want to back up and restore the Creo system partition and the job list database.

•Windows XP activation is not required.

To reinstall the software configuration:

•Perform either a complete overwrite of the entire system or only a system partition.

•When you reinstall the software configuration using either of the two methods, your current job list database will be deleted.

•Both of these methods require:

Reinstalling the operating system (Windows XP)

Reinstalling the Creo application software

Using the Configuration Wizard to configure the system

Activating Windows XP

Backing up the Creo system partition at the end of the reinstallation process

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The following scenarios will assist you in determining when to use the backup and restore procedures and when to use the reinstallation procedures.

Procedure	Use	Windows XP
		Activation

Backup and	Always recommended except for when the	Not required
restore	system must be reinstalled, see
	Reinstallation in the following row.

Reinstallation	System Partition Overwrite
	• Windows operating system is corrupt	Required
	• Unrecoverable system crash	Required
	Complete Overwrite
	• System disk replacement	Required
	• Upgrading the system disk	Required

Notes:

There are two reinstallation methods:

System Partition Overwrite, which overwrites partition C, should be performed when the

Windows XP Professional operating system is corrupt and needs to be reinstalled.

Complete Overwrite, which overwrites partitions C and D, should be performed only when installing a new operating system, when the system exhibits unpredictable behavior (for example, error messages suddenly appearing or occasional GUI freezes), when physically replacing the system disk or when upgrading the system disk.

Partition C contains the operating system files. Partition D contains the Creo application files (job list database/user files).

Preloaded Software

The Spire CXP8000 color server is delivered to the customer site preloaded with the following software and configuration:

•Windows XP Professional

•MS Service Pack 1a

•Internet Explorer 6.0

•Spire CXP8000 Color Server for Xerox DocuColor 8000 Digital Color Press

•Adobe Acrobat 6.0

•Network Parameters (hostname, IP address, network services and protocols)

•System backup

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Disk Configuration

The following table outlines the Spire CXP8000 color server disk configuration:

Disk 0	C:		D:
	Windows XP Professional software		Spool files
	Creo application		Shared files
			Output directory files
			APR high-resolution files
			Backup folder

Disk 1		Image storage

Disk 2		Image storage

Disk 3		Image storage

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Backing Up and Restoring the Software

Not

We recommend that you restore the software on your Spire color server after an unrecoverable system crash or when you want to replace the system hard disk.

When you back up the Creo system partition (partition C), all the operating system files are copied to partition D (see Backing Up the Creo System Partition).

The backup and restore procedures do not require Windows XP activation, and are not related to the system reinstallation. The procedures can be performed at any time that you want to backup and restore your Creo system partition, and backup and restore your job list database.

Attention: Before performing the backup and restore procedures, make sure that your computer’s configuration is the one that you want to use when restoring the system.

To back up and restore the software, you first need to back up the Creo system partition. To restore the software, you need to perform the following tasks:

1.Back up the job list database.

2.Restore the Creo system partition.

3.Restore the job list database.

The procedures for backing up and restoring the software are described in detail in the following sections.

Notes:

•To enable the restoration of customer settings and job data, we recommend that you back up the Spire CXP8000 color server configuration and other information before loading the operating system, see Backing Up the Creo System Partition and Backing Up the Job List Database on page 5.

•Once you have backed up all the required information to your local

disk, move this information to an external device or to a network (you cannot back up directly to an external device or network).

Backing Up the Creo System Partition

You can back up the Creo system partition at any time.

When you backup your Creo system partition, Norton Ghost copies the files on partition C to an image file on partition D.

Note: If you are already logged on your system and the Spire CXP8000 color server workspace is open, exit the workspace, insert CD #1A, and proceed to step 4.

1.Turn on your computer.

2.Place CD #1A (Windows XP Fast Install) in the DVD-ROM drive.

3.Restart the computer.

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4.If you are already logged on to your system, on the Windows desktop, follow the path: Start > Shut Down > Restart > OK.

5.Wait until the PC DOS Start Up menu appears. The following choices are available:

•Creo Software Complete Overwrite Installation

•Creo Software Preservation Installation (System Partition Overwrite)

•Backup Creo System Partition

•Restore Creo System Partition

•DOS prompt

6.Use the keyboard arrows to select Backup Creo System Partition, and press

ENTER.

The Norton Ghost window appears. If a Norton License Agreement window appears, click OK to continue. The files on partition C are copied to an image file on partition D. The process takes about three minutes to complete.

7.A message appears instructing you to remove the CD from the DVD-ROM drive and restart the computer.

Remove the CD and press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to restart the computer. You have completed Backing Up the Creo System Partition.

Tip: If you want to copy the files, to an external device, the files are located on D:\Backup\SYSPART.<File Name>.

Backing Up the Job List Database

If you back up the Creo software and configuration (Backing Up the Creo System Partition on page 4), your job list database is also backed up. If , at some later date, you restore the configuration, the original job list database will be restored, thus replacing your current job list database.

Note: If you are already logged on your system and the Spire CXP8000 color server workspace is open, exit the workspace and proceed to step 3.

1.Turn on your computer.

2.Exit the Spire application.

3.On the Windows desktop, double-click My Computer, and follow the path,

D: > Backup > Scripts.

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4. In the Scripts window, double-click Backup_Joblist.bat.

5. When the backup is complete, the following message appears.

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6.Make sure that the folders created in D:\Backup have the latest modification date.

Note: The actual backup is a group of folders that are created the first time you back up the job list database.

7.Press any key to continue.

You have completed Backing Up the Job List Database.

Restoring the Creo System Partition

Performing the restore procedure requires a previous backup. Before restoring the Creo system partition, we recommend that you back up any current important jobs, using the procedure described in Backing Up the Job List Database on page 5. If you want to restore the information from the image file on partition D back to partition C, the current job list will be replaced with the old job list that was saved while backing up partition C.

1.If required, return the ghost file, or files (SYSPART.<File Name>) you moved to an external device, to D:\Backup.

2.If your Spire color server is on, and the Spire workspace is open:

a.Exit the workspace.

b.Place CD #1A (Windows XP Fast Install) into the DVD-ROM drive.

c.On the Windows desktop, follow the path,

Start > Shut Down > Restart > OK.

Wait until the PC DOS 7.1 Startup menu appears.

If your Spire color server is off:

a.Press the Power On/Off button on the front panel.

b.As soon as power is applied, place CD #1A (Windows XP Fast Install) into the DVD-ROM drive.

Wait until the PC DOS 7.1 Startup menu appears.

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3.When the PC DOS Start Up menu appears, the following options are available:

•Creo Software Complete Overwrite Installation

•Creo Software Preservation Installation (System Partition Overwrite)

•Backup Creo System Partition

•Restore Creo System Partition

•DOS prompt

4.Use the keyboard arrows to select Restore Creo System Partition.

5.Press ENTER.

The system takes about one minute to respond, and then the following message appears.

The restore process is irreversible and overwrites all information on the system partition.

To save job and other resource information use the Backup_Joblist.bat script.

Continue and restore system partition?? Yes/No

6. If you press N (No), the following message appears.

Please remove the CD-ROM and floppy from the drive and press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to reboot the computer.

a.Backup the job list database, see Backing Up the Job List Database on page 5.

b.Return to step 2 and repeat the procedure.

7.If you press Y (Yes), the Norton Ghost window appears, and the files on partition D are restored to partition C.

8.When the process is complete, the following message appears.

Please remove the CD-ROM and floppy from the drive and press

CTRL+ALT+DELETE to reboot the computer.

9.Remove the CD from the DVD-ROM drive, and press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to restart.

You have completed Restoring the Creo System Partition.

Note: Before performing the restore procedure—if the job list database was not backed up or cannot be restored, you must format the image disks. See Appendix A, Formatting the Image Disk on page 43.

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Restoring the Job List Database

When you restore the Creo software and configuration that you previously backed up, you are replacing the current job list database with your original job list database.

Note: If you are already logged on your system and the Spire CXP8000 color server workspace is open, exit the workspace and proceed to step 3.

1.Turn on your computer.

2.Exit the Spire application.

3.On the Windows desktop, double-click My Computer, and follow the path,

D: > Backup > Scripts.

4.In the Scripts window, double-click Restore_Joblist.bat.

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The following message appears.

5.Press Y to continue.

The following window appears.

6.Press any key to continue.

You have completed Restoring the Job List Database.

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Reinstalling the System

There are two methods by which you can reinstall the system:

•Creo Software Complete Overwrite Installation:

This procedure replaces the entire system disk, operating system partition,

Creo application, and user partition (partitions C and D).

A complete overwrite should be performed under the following condition:

when physically replacing the system hard disk

Note: This option deletes all the files stored on disks C and D. Make sure to back up any important customer files before selecting this option.

Back up the files to the local disk, and then back up the files to an external device or to a network (you cannot back up directly to an external device or network).

Determine whether VIPP or any other Xerox/Creo supported application is loaded on the Spire CXP8000 color server. Such applications have to be reloaded after the Complete Overwrite installation is completed.

•Creo Software Preservation Installation (System Partition Overwrite): This

procedure replaces only the operating system partition (C). You should perform System Partition Overwrite under the following conditions:

when the Windows XP Professional operating system is corrupt and needs to be reinstalled

when you are upgrading the operating system

after an unrecoverable system crash

Note: After reinstalling the Creo system partition (partition C), you can restore files that were backed up on partition D, such as the system configuration and activation string.

However, it may become necessary to reinstall the system at the customer’s site, for example, after an unrecoverable system crash.

The reinstallation is mostly unattended. User interaction is needed only to insert CD #1B into the DVD-ROM drive, and for entering the OS license number and the computer hostname, for restarting the computer when requested, for inserting the final application CD, and for the Configuration Wizard.

The reinstallation of the system requires three CDs:

Two CDs #1:

•CD #1A and #1B (Windows XP Professional Fast Install) One CD #2:

•CD #2 (Spire CXP8000 color server version 1.0 for the DocuColor 8000 Application Software)

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Reinstalling the Software Complete Overwrite

When possible, we recommend that you back up and restore the software. That is, in cases other than system crash or system disk replacement. For more information, see Backing Up and Restoring the Software on page 4.

We suggest that you study the following flowchart, which will assist you to establish which procedure to perform and in what sequence.

Reinstall the operating system (Windows XP)

Reinstall the Creo application

Stripe the Disks

Use the Configuration Wizard

DFE Configuration Recovery		First Time Configuration
DFE Configuration Recovery		(if recovery fails or no backup
(if backup is available)		(if recovery fails or no backup
(if backup is available)		is available)
		is available)

Install Novell Client for Spire (if required)

Install virus protection software

(highly recommended)

Enable UNIX connectivity (if required)

Activate Windows XP

Back up the Creo system partition

Perform a test print

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Reinstalling the Operating System (Windows XP)

Before reinstalling, ensure that:

•all external SCSI devices are disconnected from the Spire CXP8000 color server.

•the following information is available:

CD software pack

Computer name (for example, Falcon_WinXP)

TCP/IP information

Windows XP Professional OEM product ID number

Gateway, WINS address, and DNS information

Required AppleTalk zone

IPX information

For more details, refer to the Xerox Installation and Planning Guide.

Reinstalling the Windows XP Professional Operating System

1.If your Spire color server is on, and the Spire color server workspace is open:

a.Exit the workspace.

b.Place CD #1A (Windows XP Fast Install) into the DVD-ROM drive.

c.On the Windows desktop, follow the path,

Start > Shut Down > Restart > OK.

Wait until the PC DOS 7.1 Startup menu appears.

If your Spire color server is off:

a.Press the Power On/Off button on the front panel.

b.As soon as power is applied, place CD #1A (Windows XP Fast Install) into the DVD-ROM drive.

Wait until the PC DOS 7.1 Startup menu appears.

2.When the PC DOS Start Up menu appears, the following options are available:

• Creo Software Complete Overwrite Installation

• Creo Software Preservation Installation (System Partition Overwrite)

• Backup Creo System Partition

• Restore Creo System Partition

• DOS prompt

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3.Use the keyboard arrows to select Creo Software Complete Overwrite Installation (all data on C and D will be overwritten) and press ENTER.

Note: If the Norton Ghost® License Agreement Warning appears, click OK.

The system starts copying the files. After about five minutes, the following message appears.

SPAN Volume [1] Done

Norton Ghost needs to open the next part of the image. Please either insert the next disk and choose OK.

4.Remove the CD #1A from the DVD-ROM, insert CD # 1B, and click OK.

The system copies files and automatically restarts. This process takes about eight minutes.

5.When the Windows XP Professional Setup screen appears type the 25-digit Product Key, and click Next.

Note: The product key is printed on a label that is stuck to the side of the

Spire CXP8000 color server.

6.In the Computer Name and Administrator Password screen, type the name for the Spire CXP8000 color server, for example Falcon_WinXP.

Important:

In the administrator name and password area, use the default settings.

If required, you can change the administrator name and password, but only at the end of the installation process (see Changing the Administrator Name and User Password (Optional) on page 34).

7.Click Next.

The installation process continues.

8.At the end of the installation, the system restarts. You are asked to insert the application software CD.

Proceed to Reinstalling the Creo Application Software.

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Reinstalling the Creo Application Software

1.Insert CD #2 into the DVD-ROM drive.

2.In the SPIRE application splash screen that appears, click Start. The Adobe Acrobat setup begins.

3.After the Adobe Acrobat setup is complete, the Spire CXP8000 color server installation starts.

4.When the License Agreement window opens, click Yes to continue the Spire CXP8000 color server installation.

5.When the installation is complete, remove CD #2 from the DVD-ROM drive.

6.Click Finish to restart the computer. Proceed to Disk Striping.

Disk Striping

The

Once the Spire CXP8000 color server restarts, the Wrong Disk Configuration message appears. This message indicates that the disks need to be striped.

Note: If a message appears requesting you to activate Windows XP, ignore it until you have completed configuring the system. For more information, see

Activating Windows XP on page 38.

Initial Disk Striping Procedure

Note: If the Wrong Disk Configuration message appears, perform the Initial Disk Striping procedure. If the Image Disks File System is not Formatted message appears, proceed to step 3 of the Confirming the Disk Striping procedure on page 23.

1. In the following message, click OK.

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Contents

Overview

Backing Up and Restoring the Software

Backing Up the Creo System Partition

Backing Up the Job List Database

Restoring the Creo System Partition

Restoring the Job List Database

Reinstalling the System

Reinstalling the Software Complete Overwrite

Reinstalling the Operating System (Windows XP)

Reinstalling the Creo Application Software

Disk Striping