Hi Amy Brassieur I hope I am not hijacking your thread too much. I think this falls in line and may be helpful in answering your questions more. We are at about the same stage as you are....updating from AGS 10.2.x in our case but moving to a virtual server (in a remote city, vs local) and upgrading SQL, IIS etc. Unlike before when I had admin rights however, I'm at the mercy of others so not able to test as much. Such is the future. (sigh)
Hi Derek Law,
I would have to say that the help for installing the Image Server (or any of the "roles") is impossible to find in the help. Your link above helped me track down what I think we needed to get started (we are just getting ready to upgrade from 10.2.x).
Based on the What is ArcGIS Enterprise?—Documentation | ArcGIS Enterprise it does sound like you can put is all on one machine, assuming you have the resources (underline added):
Multiple server license roles can be applied to the same machine or site as the base ArcGIS Enterprise deployment, or they can be deployed independently of the base deployment. To ensure enough machine resources will be available to support server operations, review the system requirements for each server licensing role before configuring a multirole server or server site. It is generally recommended to deploy separate sites for each role.
So, it says you can put in on one machine OR spread it out, but the info on separating is lacking. But, I take it, assuming your server is capable (and you don't mind Image Server caching eating up the resources your have) and assuming you are licensed for the Image Server "role", you could install on one machine, you would just need to authorize it. correct? In, our case, for development purposes...although we do plan to separate. We will doing all the heavy lifting with cache creation on the dev setup...then copy/deploy to a production server for cached and dynamic/function image server. (lots to try with the new version)
There really isn't any clear info about how to "install" Image Server or and of the "additional server deployment" roles (ArcGIS Image Server, ArcGIS GeoEvent Server, ArcGIS GeoAnalytics Server, and Business Analyst Server are additional licensing roles for ArcGIS Server. ) There are links to:
but I still haven't figured out whether a second server with a role like Image Server is considered an additional ArcGIS Server machine that must be added like you would to create a cluster, or if it is a standalone machine?
Whether is is installed on one machine or multiple, the installation of the software "role" is very confusing.
BTW - Although we have a production license, due to dev license cost, we will only have the dev license thru Aug 2018, so we need to get this all up and running soon, and get all setup, cached, and deployed, etc. Then we will only have a production license.
Thanks for you time