Re: Massive Client Access Install

[Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Carole Miner gave a session on this very thing a few years ago at 
COMMON.  I tried to find my handout or locate a manual but, alas, have 
so far been unsuccessful. 

The main thing that I remember about Carole's session was that it 
"silently" updated the PC whenever a new service pack was installed, or 
PTF's for CA were installed in the QIBM whatever folder in the IFS.  
Slacker that I am, I never got around to implementing that process. 

	* Jerry C. Adams
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Paul Nelson wrote:
> 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
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>
>
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 4:38 PM
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> 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.
>
>