How to install an additional cache server and join it to the cache cluster

Confirm hardware and software requirements and install pre-requisites on the cache server. For more information, see the "Velocity" download page.

Download the "Velocity" installation program from the "Velocity" download page and copy it to the cache server. There are two installation programs available:

MicrosoftDistributedCache-i386.exe: Use this program to install "Velocity" on 32-bit computers.

MicrosoftDistributedCache-amd64.exe: Use this program to install "Velocity" on x64-based computers.

Perform the cache server installation using the setting of the cache cluster you want the cache server to join. This can be done manually with the graphical user interface (GUI) or by using command-line parameters to automate a "silent" installation. For more information about a cache server installation, see Cache Server Installation (Velocity).

GUI installation: To begin the GUI installation, double-click on the installation program.

Automated installation: To perform an automated installation, open the CMD.exe command-line tool and navigate to the folder within which you saved the installation program. Then, execute the installation program using the automation parameters. For more information, see Automated Cache Server Installation (Velocity).

Open the PowerShell-based cache administration tool from the shortcut that was installed on the desktop of the cache server. Note: On Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating systems, you will have to right-click the "Velocity" PowerShell shortcut and select Run as administrator for the cache administration tool to work correctly.

Set the PowerShell execution policy for signed assemblies, this is required to run the cache administration cmdlets. Depending on how your cache server is configured, you may not be prompted to set the policy. Follow the prompt or set the policy manually using the command: Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy AllSigned

Join the cache server to the cache cluster using the Start-CacheHost command. For example, if you performed the cache server installation on a computer named CacheServer1 with the default values for the TCP/IP port numbers, you would use the following command to start the server's cache host service: Start-CacheHost -HostName CacheServer1 -CachePort 22233. For more information about the cache administration commands available, see Cache Administration with PowerShell (Velocity).