RE: Massive Client Access Install

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I forget where it is now, but in a Redbook regarding CA, there is a section
about creating a silent install/custom install image. What you essentially
do is tell the program to record your answers about the installation, and
then save those in something akin to a script. I did this a few years ago
and saved it onto a CD that got mastered onto 30 other CD's along with a
little .bat file.

All the user had to do was to insert the CD into his PC, start a dos prompt,
and issue the command to run the batch file. The script rebooted the PC at
the end of the install routine. It took about 5 minutes per PC from start to
finish.

We updated/installed 300 PC's in 20 locations in one day. The manager at
each location was responsible for performing the installs.

Paul Nelson
Office 512-392-2577
Cell 708-670-6978
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry Adams
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 4:38 PM
To: Midrange-L
Subject: Massive Client Access Install

By massive I mean that there are going to be about 30-40 PC's purchased 
and installed from ground zero.  The questions du jour relate to Client 
Access.

I think we can save the \Program Files\ibm\client 
access\emulator\private folder to a network drive (defining each user 
uniquely, of course) and just copy that back onto the PC once C/A is 
installed.  That should keep all of the user's session Ids, printer 
emulations, keyboard mappings and colors, etc.  If that is erroneous, I 
would certainly like to know.

The bigger question right now, though, is: Is there an easy way to see 
what each user currently has selected for other stuff, such as ODBC.  I 
know I can go into "Selective Setup" off of the iSeries Access for 
Windows option in the PC's Start menu, but I have been looking for 
either a report (don't I wish!) or an .ini or such file.  I've found a 
few files of that nature but none that appears to contain that stuff.

It would seem apparent that I will have to do a full blown re-install 
rather than just copy some folders because of the entries in the Windows 
Registry, including re-defining the connection to the production 
machine.  But any simple and easy to understand short cuts would be 
appreciated because I think their going to farm this PC set-up out to a 
couple of PC geeks who look cross-eyed at me when I say AS/400, iSeries, 
System i, or anything that doesn't sound like "PC".

Thanks.