Deploying Client Software Through Microsoft SMS
It is possible to install Windows
NT and Windows 95/98 OfficeScan Corporate Edition clients through
Microsoft's System Management Server on a Windows NT 4.0
platform.
You must install the Microsoft
BackOffice System Management Server (SMS) software to your
Windows NT Server in order to deploy client software in this
manner.
To install OfficeScan
Client software through Microsoft SMS:
- Open the Windows NT 4.0 SMS
Administrator utility
- Click File > New > Package from the SMS Administrator's main menu. The
Microsoft
SMS Package Properties window will open.
- Click the Import
button. Browse to the OfficeScan server on your network.
The package description file (PDF) for installing the
OfficeScan client is called setup.pdf. The PDF file for
the Windows NT client software is located at \PCCNT\disk1
and the PDF file for installing the Windows 95/98 clients
is located at \PCC95\disk1. Select the PDF for the
version of the client that you want to install and click
the OK button.
- The description of the PDF
file will be displayed as either "OfficeScan NT
3.5" or "OfficeScan 95 3.5" in the SMS
Administrator Package Properties configuration
window.You must now enter the source for the installation
files into the SMS Administrator. Click on the Workstations
button in the SMS Administrator Package Properties
window and browse for the network location of the
installation source files.
- The SMS package has now been
created and will appear in the SMS Administrator
Packages window. All that remains to be done is to choose the workstations
where you want to install the client
software.
- There is a browsing window
within the SMS Administrator that displays
workstations on the network. Drag the SMS package that
you have just created and drop it on the target
workstation. The Job Details configuration
window will open.
- Configure the job details to
customize your client software installation. The settings
in the Run Phase window allow you to schedule
the installation of your software.
- After successfully
configuring the job, the installation will be pending and will
appear in the SMS Administrator's Jobs window.