Re: Massive Client Access Install

[Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, but yours is work related; mine from being a stupid kid.

Anyway, got one of the installation images set up with the latest 
service pack.  Since this is really an update, even though it's new 
hardware, I think I should be able to copy the \private folder from the 
existing (soon to be defunct) PC to our network server and, after CA is 
installed, replace the PC's \private folder with the saved version.  
Going to run a test today or tomorrow just to be sure that boat floats.

	* Jerry C. Adams
*IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
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Paul Nelson wrote:
> Ditto. We're both digitally challenged.  :-))
>
> Paul Nelson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry Adams
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:59 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Massive Client Access Install
>
> Paul,
>
> Thanks.  After reading your message this morning, I did additional 
> searches on my handout images (no luck) and the Redbooks.  I found the 
> one you bookmarked below, and am in the process of reading Chapter 2 now.
>
> Must have fat fingered the search earlier.  I can spel ;-) , just can't 
> type.
>
> 	* Jerry C. Adams
> *IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
> B&W Wholesale Distributors, Inc.* *
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> 	615.995.7024
> fax
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>
> Paul Nelson wrote:
>   
> > http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246939.pdf
> >
> > Chapter 2
> >
> > 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: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 7:22 AM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: Re: Massive Client Access Install
> >
> > 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
> > *IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
> > B&W Wholesale Distributors, Inc.* *
> > voice
> > 	615.995.7024
> > fax
> > 	615.995.1201
> > email
> > 	jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> > > 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.
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