Preparing For Client Software Installation From A Mapped Drive; Preparing For Client Software Installation From A Web Server - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

If you have not yet copied the Windows client software to the software distribution directory, you
must do so before you can use AutoUpdate.
1 Start the
2 Click Install GroupWise System, click Yes to accept the License Agreement, then click Next to
accept a standard installation.
3 Select Install Individual Components and deselect GroupWise Agents, so that only GroupWise
Administration is selected, then click Next.
4 Deselect Install Administration Files, so that only Copy Files to a Software Distribution
Directory is selected, then click Next.
5 Specify or browse to and select your software distribution directory, then click Next.
6 Select GroupWise Client for Windows, then click Next.
7 Review your selections, then click Install.
8 When the client software files have been copied to the software distribution directory, click
Finish.
For an explanation of the contents of the
Directory" in
9 If you want to distribute the client software from a mapped network drive, continue with
Preparing for Client Software Installation from a Mapped
or
If you want to distribute the client software from a Web server, so that the client users do not
need access rights to the software distribution directory, skip to
Client Software Installation from a Web Server," on page
70.1.4 Preparing for Client Software Installation from a Mapped
Drive
1 Make sure that client users have a drive mapped to the software distribution directory.
2 Make sure that users have Read and Scan rights to the following locations in the software
distribution directory:
software_distribution_directory\client
software_distribution_directory\client\win32
3 Skip to
70.1.5 Preparing for Client Software Installation from a Web
Server
When you copied the Windows client software to the software distribution directory, the files
required for installing the client from a Web server were copied to:
software_distribution_directory\admin\utility\setupip
SetupIP can be configured to install the Windows client software from Apache on NetWare and
Linux, and from Internet Information Service (IIS) on Windows.
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Section 70.1.6, "Customizing the Setup Configuration File," on page
program.
subdirectory, see
client
"Software Distribution
Structure.
Drive.
Section 70.1.5, "Preparing for
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