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 an agent configuration you want to apply to each computer, and then click the Next button.
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 Configuration and Installation Set Creation.
Enter information for the following items according to the instructions of the wizard, and then click the Next button:
- Installation folder settings
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Allows you to change the folder to which to install an agent.
To change the installation folder, enter the new installation folder for an agent in Installation Folder.
- Account settings
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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 when you install agents on computers running 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 specify an account that has Administrator privileges, users who do not have Administrator privileges can use the specified account to install agents. 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.
- Settings for the components to be installed
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Specify the type of components to be installed (select whether to install them as agents or relay systems), and whether to install remote control agents, which are subcomponents.
- Settings for the registration-destination ID
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Specify the ID (ID group used for receiving jobs from the managing server) to which the agent is to be registered.
- Settings for the file to be deployed
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Specify the file that is deployed when the agent is installed and the folder in which the file is to be deployed.
- Settings for the file to be automatically executed
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Specify the files that are automatically executed after the agent is installed, and the files and arguments necessary for the automatic execution.
- Settings for an overwrite installation
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Specify whether to perform an overwrite installation if the agent has already been installed.
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Check the settings, and then click the Create button.
A dialog box for downloading the installation set appears.
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In this dialog box, click the Save button.
The default file name is ITDM2Agt.exe.
The installation set is created, and then downloading of the installation set begins.
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You can also create an installation set in the Agent Configuration and Installation Set Creation view. To display this view, in the Settings module, select Agent and then Agent Configuration and Installation Set Creation. 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. The installation set is created, and then downloading of the installation set begins.
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You can create the information file for higher connection destinations (dmhost.txt) and store it in the JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager data folder. Then this file is imported into the installation set when the installation set is created. For details about the information file for higher connection destinations, see the description of automatic change of connection destinations for agents in the Job Management Partner 1 Version 10 Job Management Partner 1/IT Desktop Management 2 Distribution Function Administration Guide.
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