This program folder contains menus used when you execute the functions of JP1/Software Distribution. The menus contained in this program folder are explained as follows.

(a) Menus used by client facilities

Of the menus contained in the Software Distribution Client or Software Distribution Manager folder, those that are used by client facilities are explained as follows.

• Setup
  This menu is used to change the client operating environment. The operating environment is normally specified by the computer center administrator. Therefore, before modifying the operating environment, you should consult with this person. For details about the setup items for various programs, see 4. Setting Up JP1/Software Distribution Manager, 5. Setting Up JP1/Software Distribution Client (relay system), or 6. Setting Up JP1/Software Distribution Client (client) in the manual Setup Guide.
  When modified, the new operating environment takes effect when the PC is restarted (or when the client is restarted in the case of the Client Manager menu).
  
• Package Setup Manager
  This icon starts Package Setup Manager that installs software distributed by the managing server based on a specification from the client side. Package Setup Manager can perform the following functions:
  
  • Execute installation processing on software that is selected by the client
  • Verify the software that is installed on the client
  For details about how to install software using Package Setup Manager, see 11.4 Using Package Setup Manager.
  
• Local System Viewer
  This icon starts Local System Viewer for viewing client information. You can use Local System Viewer to check the following types of client information:
  
  • System conditions (hard disk and memory usage status)
  • Alerts history
  • System information
  • Installed software
  For details about how to check client information with Local System Viewer, see 11.7 Using Local System Viewer.
  
• Register in ID Group
  This menu registers a client into an ID group. For details about how to register a client into an ID group, see 11.2.1 Registering into an ID group.
  
• Client Manager
  This menu is used to manually start or shut down the client. When the client should not receive job execution requests from the managing server, you can stop the client facilities. For details about how to use Client Manager, see 11.1.2 Client startup and job execution.
  
• Execute Job Backlog (JP1/Software Distribution Client (client) only)
  This menu is used to execute jobs, which were executed by the managing server, on the client at an arbitrary time. For details about how to use the Execute Job Backlog menu, see 2.13.1(2)(b) Executing a job at an arbitrary time in the manual Description and Planning Guide.
  
• Update User Information
  This icon displays a dialog box that you use to enter user inventory information in a format requested by the managing server. This icon is not started if the managing server has not issued a request for entry of user inventory information. For details about how to enter user inventory information, see 11.5 Entering user inventory information.
  
• Report to Server
  You use this menu from a client to notify the server of the removal of a client or a change in clients in the network under the following circumstances:
  
  • Removing or moving machines outside the server's network without uninstalling JP1/Software Distribution Client (client)
  • Changing a machine's IP address or host name or other key operation information due to a client being moved in the server network.
  If moving the server within the network changes the client's operation key information, you must delete the client before moving the server.
  This menu is displayed not only when you have installed JP1/Software Distribution Client (client) but also when you have installed JP1/Software Distribution Manager (relay manager) or JP1/Software Distribution Client (relay system).
  When you double-click the Report to Server menu, the following dialog box appears. Clicking Report in this dialog box reports client removal to the server.
  

  Figure 11-2 Report to Server dialog box

  

  You can execute Report to Server under non-Administrator user permissions regardless of the Automatically register this computer in the system configuration setting in the setup.
  Unlike uninstallation, removing a client from the network does not delete the client's host identifier.
  

(b) Menus used by facilities other than client facilities

Of the menus contained in the Software Distribution Client or Software Distribution Manager folder, those that are used by facilities other than client facilities are explained as follows.

• Packager
  This menu is used to start Packager, which is used in a managing server to register (package) software for remote installation. For details about the packager utility, see 2. Remote Installation of Software.
  
• Remote Control Agent
  This menu is used to start Remote Control Agent. When Remote Control Agent is started, it can be remotely controlled by the controller (the PC in which Remote Control Manager is installed). For details about Remote Control Agent, see the manual Job Management Partner 1/Remote Control Description and Operator's Guide.
  

The NETM_DM_P folder is used to delay the timing of the startup program to be started so that it is not executed at the same time as remote installation managed by JP1/Software Distribution.

Programs that are registered in the Startup group for Windows start at the same time that Windows starts. Therefore, these programs cannot be upgraded using the Install when system starts option. For this reason, any startup programs that are likely to be upgraded on a remote installation basis should be moved to the Software Distribution Client Startup program folder.

However, there are applications, such as the Microsoft Office shortcut bar, for which the uninstallation process fails if the shortcut is moved to the Software Distribution Client Startup program folder. For such applications, you have the option of not moving the shortcut to the Software Distribution Client Startup program folder.

For details about how to relocate a startup program, see 11.2.2 Preparing to install software during system startup.