Overview

Install, on separate computers, the Server core facility and Remote Installation Manager, which are installation components of JP1/Software Distribution Manager, and then run the managing server.

The following figure shows the flow for installing the JP1/Software Distribution server facilities and GUI on separate computers.

Figure 4-1 Flow for installing JP1/Software Distribution server facilities and GUI on separate computers

Operating procedure

To install JP1/Software Distribution's server facility and the GUI on separate computers:

1. Install the database server on the management server.
   If you use Embedded RDB as the database, there is no need to install a database server.
   
   • For details on placement of the relational database server, see 7.1.2 System configuration in the Setup Guide.
   • For details on setup of the relational database, see 7.3 Setting up the relational database environment in the Setup Guide.
2. Install JP1/Software Distribution's Server core facility onto the management server.
   
   • For details on the installation method, see 2. Installing JP1/Software Distribution Manager in the Setup Guide.
3. Install a database client on the computer that is used to perform operations on the managing server.
   If you use Embedded RDB as the database, there is no need to install a database client.
   
   • For details on placement of the relational database client, see 7.1.2 System configuration in the Setup Guide.
4. Install Remote Installation Manager on the computer that is used to perform operations on the managing server.
   
   • For details on the installation method, see 2.2 Installing Remote Installation Manager in the Setup Guide.
   • For details on setup of the server connection (during installation), see 2.1.18 Specifying the connection destination (Remote Installation Manager) in the Setup Guide.
5. Start Remote Installation Manager and perform operations on the managing server.
   
   • For details on how to start Remote Installation Manager, see 1.3 Starting and terminating Remote Installation Manager in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.