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JP1 Version 12 JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 Administration Guide


6.2 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:

  1. In the top of the view, select the Go menu, and then Getting Started Wizard.

  2. In the displayed wizard, click the Next button.

  3. Create the installation set you want to apply to each computer by following the instructions in the wizard.

    Configure the following items. Click the Next button when you set the item:

    Selecting agent settings

    From Agent Configuration Name, select the agent configuration you want to apply to the computer.

    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 Windows Agent Configurations and Create Agent Installers.

    When you select an agent configuration, you can change the folder in which the agent is installed.

    To change the installation folder, enter the new installation folder for an agent in Installation Folder.

    In addition, when you install agents on shared VDI-based virtual computers, you have to specify Settings when generating the host ID.

    Account settings

    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

    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

    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

    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

    Specify the files that are automatically executed after the agent is installed, and the files and arguments necessary for the automatic execution.

    Tip

    To automatically install Hibun (Hibun DC or Hibun DE) or some other related product on an agent, first prepare (create) installation media containing the related product in a folder in C:\DATA on the administrator's computer. Compress the entire folder or all of the files in the folder to a ZIP file. Then, to automatically install the related product on an agent, specify this ZIP file as a file to be automatically executed after agent installation. For details about how to create installation media for Hibun, see the JP1/HIBUN Installation and Setup (for Administrators).

    Settings for an overwrite installation

    Specify whether to perform an overwrite installation if the agent has already been installed.

  4. Check the settings, and then click the Create button.

    The Create Agent Installer dialog box appears.

  5. In the Create Agent Installer dialog box, click the Save button.

    The default file name of the saved installation set is ITDM2Agt.exe.

  6. The Completed screen is displayed, click the Close button and exit the wizard.

The installation set is created, and then downloading of the installation set begins.

Tip

You can also create an installation set in the Windows Agent Configurations and Create Agent Installers view. To display this view, in the Settings module, select Agent and then Windows Agent Configurations and Create Agent Installers. 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 Create button. The installation set is created, and then downloading of the installation set begins.

Tip

You can create the file for connection destinations (itdmhost.conf) or the information file for higher connection destinations (dmhost.txt) and store it in the JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager data folder. When you create the installation data set, the file you created is incorporated into the installation data set. For details about the file for connection destinations (itdmhost.conf), see the description about automatically setting the connection destinations of agents in the JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 Configuration Guide. For details about the information file for higher connection destinations, see the description of automatic change of connection destinations for agents in the JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 Distribution Function Administration Guide.

Important

You cannot use an installation set to install an agent on UNIX computers or Mac OS computers.

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