Before you install NVivo Server, we encourage you to read this document.
1.2 GHz Pentium III-compatible processor (32-bit) or 1.4 GHz Pentium 4-compatible processor (64-bit)
2 GB RAM
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit editions). Web editions of Windows Server are not supported
10 GB of available hard-disk space—or more depending on data storage needs
Intel x86-compatible (32-bit) processors and Intel x64-compatible (64-bit) processors are supported. Itanium (64-bit) processors are NOT supported
Internet Explorer 7 (or later), Google Chrome 6 (or later), or Firefox 3.6 (or later) is required to access NVivo Server Manager
Recommended system requirements
2.0 GHz Pentium 4-compatible processor or faster
4 GB RAM or more
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, or Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2. Web editions of Windows Server are not supported
25 GB of available hard-disk space—or more depending on data storage needs
Intel x86-compatible (32-bit) processors or Intel x64-compatible (64-bit) processors are supported. Itanium (64-bit) processors are NOT supported
Internet Explorer 7 (or later), Google Chrome 6 (or later), or Firefox 3.6 (or later) is required to access NVivo Server Manager
Internet connection
When you install NVivo Server, the following components are installed (if required and not already present):
Windows PowerShell 2.0
.NET Framework 3.5 SP1
.NET Framework 4.0
SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition SP1
The installer also performs the following:
NVivo Server is installed with its own SQL Server database instance (QSRNVIVO9). The SQL Server database instance is created during installation.
The metabase is installed in the QSRNVIVO9 SQL Server instance. The NVivo Server metabase contains data used by NVivo Server to manage server roles and permissions, licenses and projects.
The NVivo Service runs as a Windows Service under the server’s local system account (NT AUTHORITY\System). This account is granted the necessary database permissions at install time.
NVivo Server Manager is installed—this is a browser-based application which runs in Internet Information Services (IIS). Under IIS, the application is installed in the NVivo10 web application pool.
The following are not supported:
Any other installation of SQL Server, or any other SQL Server database instance
Installation of multiple versions of NVivo Server on the same server
Installation of NVivo Server on a server that is functioning as a domain controller
Installation of any other software that uses SQL Server
SQL Server database mirroring
SQL Server failover clustering
Deployment of the service and database components of NVivo Server to separate machines
Customization of the SQL Server instance, the NVivo Server metabase, NVivo Service or NVivo Server Manager settings
Read the Installation and Setup guide
The NVivo Server 10 R2 'Installation and Setup Guide' will take you through the installation and set up process, and help to familiarize you with NVivo Server.
You can access this guide from the NVivo Server USB flash drive or from the QSR website.
For technical information about NVivo software and installation instructions for IT administrators, refer to the QSR Technical Resource Center.
The NVivo Server Help is available from the ‘Help’ link in NVivo Server Manager, and provides comprehensive information about installing, configuring, maintaining and monitoring NVivo Server.
The Support pages on the QSR website provide an extensive range of resources and access to our support team.
This release of the software provides the same features and capabilities as NVivo Server 10. If you have already installed NVivo Server 10, you do not need to switch to NVivo Server 10 R2.
In this release:
55756 SQL Server 2012 is installed as the database component (previous releases of NVivo Server 10 install SQL Server 2008 R2)
59285 Installation of NVivo Server on Windows Server 2012 R2 is now supported
For detailed information on NVivo Server features, please refer to the QSR website.
Please refer to the QSR website for information and advice on known issues in NVivo Server.
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