This section provides a set of manual command line instructions that can be used as an alternative to the CorasWorks Installation Manager to install CorasWorks v11. This method is recommended for medium to large SharePoint farms.
If you have any problems with these instructions, please contact the Support team at Support@CorasCloud.com or (866) 580-3115.
1. Access the files you extracted from the zip file downloaded from CorasWorks.
2. Locate the ManualInstall-Basic.bat file in the WSP folder and open (don’t run) the file in a text editor.
3. Review the commands in the .bat file and verify that they meet your needs.
4. Make any necessary changes to the file (i.e., removing commands for web parts you may not want to install). In medium to large SharePoint farms, the batch file commands for deployment should be run individually, one at a time.
a) To do this using Notepad, edit the "ManualInstall-Basic.bat" file found in the "WSP" folder of the v11 installation folder. Copy and paste each command individually into a command prompt window.
b) Replace the %WebAppURL% portion of the command with your appropriate web application URL (e.g., http://intranet.company.net).
c) If
you have multiple web applications, change the %WebAppURL% portion of the
command with
"-allcontenturls".
5. Save the changes made to the .bat file.
6. Open a command prompt and run the bat file.
•Monitor deployment of the WSP solution using the Solutions Management page in SharePoint Central Administration (i.e., http://server/_admin/Solutions.aspx). Run each command one at a time and only proceed with the next command once the timer job for the current command has completed successfully (i.e., Solution added to the solution store or Status = Deployed).
•Feature activation works on a per site collection basis. Before running the "Activate Features" portion of the commands, edit the "%WebAppURL%" with your appropriate site collection URL (e.g., http://intranet.company.net/sites/HR). This must be done for all site collections, including the web application root (i.e., http://intranet.company.net/).
7. Repeat Steps 2-6 for the ManualInstall-Advanced.bat file.
8. Restart the SharePoint Timer Service on all servers in the Farm.
9. Restart IIS on all servers in the Farm.
10. Test the v11 components within SharePoint.