Overview

If you set conditions (a policy) for an ID group, new clients that are added to a system managed by JP1/Software Distribution can be automatically registered into that ID group.

By executing a software distribution job for the ID group in advance, you can have that software distributed automatically to new clients whenever they are added to the ID group. This is useful for security because it allows you to distribute necessary software, such as anti-virus products, whenever a new computer is added.

The following figure shows the general procedure for creating the ID group ID_NEWCLT and then automatically distributing software to clients who are added to that ID group.

Figure 4-12 General procedure for automatically distributing software to newly added clients

Operating procedure

To automatically distribute software to new clients:

1. Create an ID group.
   
   • For details on how to create ID groups, see 8.3.2 Creating an ID group in the Setup Guide.
2. Package the software to be distributed.
   
   • For details on software packaging, see 2.1 Packaging procedure in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
3. Create a remote installation job (ID group job) with the ID group specified as the destination.
   
   • For details on how to create a remote installation job, see 2.3.1 Remote installation execution procedure in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
   • For details on how to specify a destination during job creation, see 8.2.4 Setting up the Destination page in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
4. Execute the job.
5. Set policies for the ID group.
   New clients will be registered automatically into the ID group.
   Once a new client is registered into the ID group, the next time that client establishes connection with the higher system, the job executed for the ID group is executed automatically at the client.
   
   • For details on how to set a policy for an ID group, see 9.4 Automatic maintenance of ID groups in the Setup Guide.
   Check the job execution status.
   
   • For details on displaying the execution status, see 8.4.3 Items displayed in the Job Status window in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
   • For details on how to check the execution status, see 8.4.5 Displaying the execution status of ID group jobs in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
   Re-execute a job that resulted in an error.
   
   • For details on re-execution settings, see 8.5.2(1)(b) Re-executing an ID group job in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
   • For details on how to re-execute jobs, see 8.5.2(2) Re-executing a job that resulted in an error in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.

Notes

• For notes on packaging, see 2.1.4 Notes on packaging in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
• For notes on using ID groups, see 8.3.5 Notes on using ID groups in the Setup Guide.
• For notes on linking system configuration information and ID groups, see 8.4.3 Notes on linking system configuration information and ID groups in the Setup Guide.
• For notes on checking the execution status of ID group jobs, see 8.4.5(4) Notes on checking the execution status of an ID group job in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
• For notes on automatically adding clients to ID groups, see 9.4.2 Notes on using automatic maintenance of ID groups in the Setup Guide.