An additional database setup enables you to run multiple independent SoftDent databases across your network. Using this setup, multiple practices serving different patients and maintaining separate SoftDent licenses can set up a database for each doctor and access all databases from the server or workstations across the network.
Before starting, share the SoftDent directory on the server, install version 19.1.2, and save a backup of the directory.
The primary server is the machine on which the primary database is configured, and a secondary server is any networked computer on which the SoftDent software and database resides. After configuring the primary database, you can install additional databases on the primary server and secondary servers. An additional database is any licensed SoftDent database added to a networked computer.
Depending on practice requirements, add an empty database or install an existing SoftDent database to the additional database environment. After setting up an additional database environment, data files on all servers can be accessed from any networked SoftDent server or workstation.
Configuring the Primary Server
Installing an Existing Database