Appendix A. Parallels H-Sphere Winbox MSI Packages

Parallels H-Sphere Winbox installation and update is performed from MSI packages each responsible for a particular functionality.

Package List

• HsCore - core of Parallels H-Sphere Winbox service
• HsInstaller - Parallels H-Sphere Winbox installer
• HsGeneralHosting - provides FTP hosting services
• HsMSSQL - Parallels H-Sphere MSSQL hosting server (requires MSSQL server installed on the box)
• HsRSync - RSync utitity
• HsWeb - provides Parallels H-Sphere Web resources for Windows hosting
• HsAspNetSqlEMan - supports ASP.NET Enterprise manager
• HsSharePoint - SharePoint hosting (requires SharePoint installed)
• HsColdFusion - ColdFusion hosting (requires ColdFusion installed)
• HsWebalizer - Webalizer
• HsUrchin - integrates the Google Analytics tool (requires Urchin installed)
• HsMiva - integrates Miva tool (requires Miva installed)
• HsPerl - Perl
• HsAWStats - AWStats
• HsStats - Winbox statistics resource
• HsPHP - PHP hosting, includes both PHP 4 and 5 version
• HsWebShell - WebShell Web File Manager
• HsOsCommerce - OsCommerce
• HsPhpBB - PhpBB
• HsEasyAppSvc - provides EasyApp service to enable installation of EasyApp collection

Package Name

Each package filename has the following notation:

<PACKAGE_TITLE>_<HS_VERSION>.<BUILD>.<TIMESTAMP>.msi

where:

• <PACKAGE_TITLE> is the name of the package (see the list above)
• <HS_VERSION> is Parallels H-Sphere version
• <BUILD> is the package build
• <TIMESTAMP> is the package build timestamp (days from 1 Jan 2000)

Example: HsGeneralHosting_3.2.152.3195.msi.

Package Download and Installation

Parallels H-Sphere MSI packages are downloaded from the Download location: http://download.hsphere.parallels.com/shiv/HS/WINDOWS/ location.

There can be several cases of installing these packages:

• Automatic

  The first step is downloading and running the HsCore package. Installation/update of the rest of the packages is managed from the admin CP by means of the Update Wizard. The wizard runs them from the <HS_HOME>\data\services\installer folder, where <HS_HOME> is Parallels H-Sphere home location (C:\Program Files\HSphere by default)

• Istallation of the Bundles

  Download and run the Windows server installation bundles in accordance with the hosting type:

  Windows Web hosting: HS_WinHosting_Bundle<HS_VERSION>.exe

  MS SQL hosting: HS_MSSQL_Bundle_<HS_VERSION>.exe

  Windows Web + MS SQL hosting: HS_WinHosting_MSSQL_Bundle_<HS_VERSION>.exe

• Manual

  Not recommended! You can also manually install/update Parallels H-Sphere Winbox by downloading these packages and running them one by one, according to their dependencies.

Packages Requiring Third-Party Software

HsMSSQL, HsSharePoint, HsColdFusion, HsUrchin and HsMiva integrate third-party products into Parallels H-Sphere environment and require respective software installed. Please refer to separate documents for specific guidelines on their configuring in Parallels H-Sphere System Administrator's Guide.

Package Dependencies Tree

Parallels H-Sphere Update Wizard installs the packages in the following sequence:

HsCore

 |-- HsInstaller

 |-- HsMSSQL

 |-- HsGeneralHosting

	 |-- HsRsync

	 |-- HsWeb

		 |-- HsAspNetSqlEMan

		 |-- HsSharePoint

		 |-- HsColdFusion

		 |-- HsIpMigrator

		 |-- HsWebalizer

		 |-- HsUrchin

		 |-- HsMiva

		 |-- HsPerl -- HsAWStats -- HsStats

		 |

		 |--HsPHP

			 |-- HsWebShell

			 |-- HsOsCommerce

			 |-- HsPhpBB

			 |-- HsEasyAppSvc