By using storage media such as a CD-R or MO disk, you can install software on a stand-alone machine (offline machine) in which JP1/Software Distribution Client is installed, without using a network. This is called offline installation. Offline installation can also be executed for a client where job execution is suspended by an instruction from a higher-order system.

For details about the offline installation method, see 7.7.1 Offline installation in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.

The following figure provides the general procedure for offline installation.

Figure 2-3 General procedure for offline installation

Offline installation is useful in the following cases:

• When you want to install a package on a PC outside the network
• When package transfer will take a long time, such as when the connected network's line speed is slow or the package is very large

To execute offline installation using a managing server and offline machine, the following conditions must be satisfied:

On the managing server:

• Windows JP1/Software Distribution Manager 07-50 or later (relational database version) has been installed
• Remote Installation Manager is used on the PC where the above JP1/Software Distribution Manager is running

On the offline machine:

Windows JP1/Software Distribution Client 07-50 or later has been installed

Note that the following actions cannot be performed in an offline installation:

• Installing JP1/Software Distribution Client^#
• Specifying an installation schedule
• Restarting the computer following installation
• Installing from the Package Setup Manager
• Performing a split distribution or multicast distribution
  

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  To install JP1/Software Distribution Client by overwriting the existing version without using a network, you can use JP1/Software Distribution Administrator Kit.