Preface

This manual is intended for system administrators who want to perform a new installation of JP1/Software Distribution. The readers are required to have basic knowledge about JP1/Software Distribution and Windows.

This manual is part of a related set of manuals. The manuals in the set are listed below (with the manual numbers):

• Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Description and Planning Guide (3020-3-S79(E)), for Windows systems
• Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Setup Guide (3020-3-S80(E)), for Windows systems
• Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Administrator's Guide Volume 1(3020-3-S81(E)), for Windows systems
• Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Administrator's Guide Volume 2 (3020-3-S82(E)), for Windows systems
• Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Automatic Installation Tool Description and Reference (3020-3-S83(E)), for Windows systems
• Job Management Partner 1/Remote Control Description and Operator's Guide (3020-3-S87(E))

Refer to these manuals when necessary.

• JP1 Version 6 Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Description and System Setup (3020-3-927(E))
• JP1 Version 7i Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Description and System Setup (3020-3-G31(E)), for Windows systems

In this manual, Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Description and System Setup is generically used, referring to JP1 Version 6 Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Description and System Setup and JP1 Version 7i Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Description and System Setup, for Windows systems.

JP1/Software Distribution Administrator Kit provides online help which has the same contents as this manual. The online help allows you to search for the desired item from the full text in the manual.

You can start the online help by choosing the Help button in either the Startup Kit dialog box or the Create or Edit Installation Set dialog box. The online help is available on a machine on which Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or a later version is installed.

This manual uses the following abbreviations for the names of products related to JP1/Software Distribution:

Abbreviation		Full name or meaning
JP1/Software Distribution	JP1/Software Distribution Client	Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Client#
	JP1/Software Distribution Manager	Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Manager
	JP1/Software Distribution SubManager	Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution SubManager
JP1/Remote Control		Job Management Partner 1/Remote Control Agent
		Job Management Partner 1/Remote Control Manager
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Vista Edition JP1/Software Distribution Client		JP1/Software Distribution Client for Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Vista

#

JP1/Software Distribution Client 08-00 and later versions allow you to select whether JP1/Software Distribution Client will be used as a relay system or a client during installation. In this manual, JP1/Software Distribution Client (Relay System) indicates JP1/Software Distribution Client that is used as a relay system.

This manual uses the following abbreviations for the names of other products:

Abbreviation			Full name or meaning
AMT			Intel(R) Active Management Technology
Microsoft Internet Explorer			Microsoft(R) Internet Explorer
			Windows(R) Internet Explorer(R)
Pentium			Intel Pentium(R)
UNIX			UNIX(R)
Windows	Windows 2000	Windows 2000 Advanced Server	Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000 Advanced Server Operating System
		Windows 2000 Professional	Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000 Professional Operating System
		Windows 2000 Server	Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000 Server Operating System
	Windows 7		Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 7 Enterprise
			Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 7 Professional
			Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 7 Ultimate
	Windows 8		Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 8
			Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 8 Enterprise
			Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 8 Pro
	Windows 95		Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 95 Operating System
	Windows 98		Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 98 Operating System
	Windows Me		Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Millennium Edition Operating System
	Windows NT 4.0	Windows NT Server 4.0	Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) Server Network Operating System Version 4.0
		Windows NT Workstation 4.0	Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) Workstation Operating System Version 4.0
	Windows Server 2003	Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition
			Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2003, Enterprise Edition
		Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2003 R2, Standard Edition
			Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2003, Standard Edition
	Windows Server 2008		Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Datacenter
			Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V(R)
			Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Enterprise
			Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V(R)
			Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Standard
			Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Standard without Hyper-V(R)
			Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 R2 Datacenter
			Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 R2 Enterprise
			Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 R2 Standard
	Windows Server 2012		Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2012 Datacenter
			Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2012 Standard
	Windows Vista		Microsoft(R) Windows Vista(R) Business
			Microsoft(R) Windows Vista(R) Enterprise
			Microsoft(R) Windows Vista(R) Ultimate
	Windows XP	Windows XP Home Edition	Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition Operating System
		Windows XP Professional	Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional Operating System

This manual also uses the following acronyms:

Acronym	Full name or meaning
CD-ROM	Compact Disc Read Only Memory
CPU	Central Processing Unit
FTP	File Transfer Protocol
HTML	Hypertext Markup Language
ID	Identifier
IP	Internet Protocol
LAN	Local Area Network
OS	Operating System
PC	Personal Computer
WAN	Wide Area Network
WS	Workstation
WWW	World Wide Web

This manual uses the following conventions in diagrams:

The following table explains the fonts used in this manual:

Font	Convention
Bold	Bold type indicates text on a window, other than the window title. Such text includes menus, menu options, buttons, radio box options, or explanatory labels. For example: From the File menu, choose Open. Click the Cancel button. In the Enter name entry box, type your name.
Italics	Italics are used to indicate a placeholder for some actual text to be provided by the user or system. For example: Write the command as follows: copy source-file target-file The following message appears: A file was not found. (file = file-name) Italics are also used for emphasis. For example: Do not delete the configuration file.
Code font	A code font indicates text that the user enters without change, or text (such as messages) output by the system. For example: At the prompt, enter dir. Use the send command to send mail. The following message is displayed: The password is incorrect.

The following table explains the symbols used in this manual:

Symbol	Convention
|	In syntax explanations, a vertical bar separates multiple items, and has the meaning of OR. For example: A|B|C means A, or B, or C.
{ }	In syntax explanations, curly brackets indicate that only one of the enclosed items is to be selected. For example: {A|B|C} means only one of A, or B, or C.
[ ]	In syntax explanations, square brackets indicate that the enclosed item or items are optional. For example: [A] means that you can specify A or nothing. [B|C] means that you can specify B, or C, or nothing.
...	In coding, an ellipsis (...) indicates that one or more lines of coding are not shown for purposes of brevity. In syntax explanations, an ellipsis indicates that the immediately preceding item can be repeated as many times as necessary. For example: A, B, B, ... means that, after you specify A, B, you can specify B as many times as necessary.

This manual uses the following conventions:

• 1 KB (kilobyte) is 1,024 bytes.
• 1 MB (megabyte) is 1,024² bytes.
• 1 GB (gigabyte) is 1,024³ bytes.
• 1 TB (terabyte) is 1,024⁴ bytes.

The version numbers of Hitachi program products are usually written as two sets of two digits each, separated by a hyphen. For example:

• Version 1.00 (or version 1.0) is written as 01-00
• Version 2.05 is written as 02-05
• Version 2.50 (or version 2.5) is written as 02-50
• Version 12.25 is written as 12-25

The version number might be shown on the spine of a manual as Ver. 2.00, but the same version number would be written in the program as 02-00.