Limitations; Performing An Attended Installation; Permanently Installing The Client Agent - Lenovo ThinkPad G40 Administrator's Manual

v Temporarily running the client agent: Temporarily running the client agent is
v Unattended installation: You can customize the System Information Center

Limitations

The client agent uses a specific scheduler provided by IBM. The client agent and
another separate product by IBM called the IBM Rescue and Recovery
share the same scheduler. If the IBM Rescue and Recovery program is already
installed on a client computer and the client agent is installed afterwards, then
both will share the same scheduler. If the IBM Rescue and Recovery program is
uninstalled from the client computer, then the client agent will need to be
uninstalled and reinstalled on the client computer to replace the scheduler.

Performing an attended installation

The client agent can be permanently installed or can be temporarily run from the
Web application server. For information to help you decide which method is best
for you, see "Considerations for installing the client agent" on page 16.

Permanently installing the client agent

The client agent can be installed from the IBM System Information Center CD,
installed from the IBM System Information Gatherer CD, downloaded through the
System Information Center GUI after a user logs into System Information Center,
or downloaded from the Web.
Installing the client agent from CD
To install the client agent, complete the following procedure:
1. Insert the IBM System Information Center CD or the IBM System Information
installing the client agent from CD, the Web, or the System Information Center
GUI, see "Permanently installing the client agent."
similar to an attended installation except whenever a user registers an asset or
whenever a user uploads an asset scan from an asset, and the client agent is not
permanently installed on the client computer, then the client agent is temporarily
used on the client computer as it is run directly from the Web application server
or from the command prompt. After the asset is registered, or after the scan of
an existing asset is complete and the information is uploaded to the database,
the client agent stops scanning and does not reside on the client computer.
Client computers that temporarily run the client agent cannot be prompted by
the Web application server to perform scheduled scans and tasks. For details
about temporarily running the client agent to register a new asset or to upload
new information regarding an existing asset, see "Temporarily using the client
agent" on page 18.
program to perform an unattended installation on a client computer, meaning
little to no direct user intervention is required. For details about configuring the
client agent to perform an unattended (or silent) install, see "Performing an
unattended installation" on page 18.
Gatherer CD into the CD drive of the client computer; then perform the
following procedure:
a. From the Windows desktop, click Start.
b. Click Run.
c. Type the name of the executable based on the following alternatives:
v If you are using the System Information Center CD, type
D:\CLIENT\ISIG_OEM.EXE (where D is the letter of your CD drive).
Chapter 3. Installing the System Information Gatherer program
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