Distributing The Groupwise Client - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - CLIENT Manual

Distributing the GroupWise Client

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You can distribute the GroupWise
Section 70.1, "Using GroupWise AutoUpdate and SetupIP to Distribute the GroupWise
Windows Client," on page 1127
Section 70.2, "Using ZENworks Desktop Management to Distribute the GroupWise Windows
Client," on page 1139
Section 70.3, "Using ZENworks Linux Management to Distribute the GroupWise Linux
Client," on page 1139
For information about client licensing requirements, see
Usage in the Post Office," on page
70.1 Using GroupWise AutoUpdate and SetupIP
to Distribute the GroupWise Windows Client
The GroupWise Windows client Setup program includes an AutoUpdate feature that helps you keep
users' client software up to date. Each time the GroupWise Windows client starts, it checks with the
POA for the user's post office to find out if new client software is available in the post office's
software distribution directory. When new client software is available and AutoUpdate is enabled,
the client Setup program can prompt the user to update or install the updated software automatically,
thus forcing the user to update.
The AutoUpdate process is controlled by the setup configuration file (
configuration file is provided in the following directory:
software_distribution_directory\client
To control how the client Setup program functions when updated software is detected, you create a
customized version of the
Setup program (
setup.exe
Section 70.1.1, "Understanding the Setup Configuration File," on page 1128
Section 70.1.2, "Adding LDAP Directory Service Accounts to the Setup Configuration File,"
on page 1132
Section 70.1.3, "Preparing Your Software Distribution Directory to Support AutoUpdate," on
page 1133
Section 70.1.4, "Preparing for Client Software Installation from a Mapped Drive," on
page 1134
Section 70.1.5, "Preparing for Client Software Installation from a Web Server," on page 1134
Section 70.1.6, "Customizing the Setup Configuration File," on page 1137
Section 70.1.7, "Enabling AutoUpdate in ConsoleOne," on page 1138
Section 70.1.8, "Error Log File," on page 1139
Section 70.1.9, "Disabling Your AutoUpdate Customizations," on page 1139
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client software in various ways:
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file and copy it to the
setup.cfg
) is located.
Section 12.4, "Auditing Mailbox License
). A default setup
setup.cfg
subdirectory where the client
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