1.6.1 Creating an installation set
To manage computers in your organization by installing agents on the computers, you need to create an installation set. You can upload the created installation set to a Web portal so that users can download it to their computers. You can also record the installation set on CDs or DVDs and distribute them to users. In this way, the users can install agents on their computers by simply running the installation set on their computers.
Create an installation set as described below.
To create an installation set:
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In the top of the view, select the Go menu, and then Getting Started Wizard.
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In the displayed dialog box, click the Next button.
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Select Create Agent Installer, and then click the Next button.
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Select an agent configuration you want to apply to each computer, and then click the Create button.
A dialog box for downloading an installation set appears. The default file name displayed in the dialog box is ITDMAgt.exe.
An agent configuration defines the actions of each agent. You can add a new agent configuration in the Agent Configurations view. To display the Agent Configurations view, in the Settings module, select Agent and then Agent Configurations.
To change the installation folder or to specify an account with Administrator privileges to allow general users to install agents on their computers, select the following check boxes and enter necessary information:
- Change Installation Folder
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Allows you to change the folder to which to install an agent.
To change the installation folder, select this check box, and then enter the new installation destination for an agent under Installation Folder.
- Set the account to install Agent.
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Allows you to select whether to specify an account with Administrator privileges to allow users to install agents on their computers. This setting is enabled only for the task of installing agents on the computers running the following OSs: Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003.
The users need to have Administrator privileges on their computers in order to install agents on the computers.
If you select this check box, users who do not have Administrator privileges can install agents by using the specified account. The use of the Administrator privileges is restricted to the task of installing an agent. This setting is therefore useful when you want to allow users with restricted privileges to install agents on their computers.
Downloading of the installation set begins.
- Tip
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You can also create an installation set in the Agent Configurations view. To display the Agent Configurations view, in the Settings module, select Agent and then Agent Configurations. Click the Create Agent Installer button for the agent configuration you want to apply to computers. In the displayed dialog box, enter the necessary information, and then click the OK button. Downloading of the installation set begins.
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