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Table Of Contents
- Symantec pcAnywhere™ Administrator's Guide
- Technical Support
- Contents
- 1. Planning a migration and upgrade strategy
- 2. Creating custom installation packages
- 3. Deploying Symantec pcAnywhere custom installations
- 4. Performing centralized management
- About centralized management
- Managing pcAnywhere hosts remotely
- Installing the pcAnywhere Host Administrator tool
- Adding the Host Administrator snap-in to MMC
- Creating a configuration group
- Adding computers to a configuration group
- Configuring administrator host and remote connection items
- Configuring a host item in pcAnywhere Host Administrator
- Distributing pcAnywhere configuration files
- Managing hosts in a configuration group
- Integrating with Microsoft Systems Management Server
- About the Microsoft Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM)
- About centralized logging
- 5. Integrating pcAnywhere with directory services
- 6. Managing security in Symantec pcAnywhere
- Index
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If prompted, type a file name, and then click Save.
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Do one of the following:
■ Build the product.
Building a product configuration file creates an .msi file that contains the
single product.
■ Create a package that includes the product, and then build the package.
Building a package creates a self-extracting .exe file.
See “Building product installations and packages” on page 38.
Serializing a pcAnywhere installation
Symantec pcAnywhere lets you create a custom installation that contains an
embedded security code, or serial ID. This serial ID number must be present on
both the host and remote computers to make a connection.
Serialization involves the following process:
■ In pcAnywhere, generate a serial ID file (.SID).
■ In Symantec Packager, in the Product Configuration Editor, select the feature
components that you want to include, and then add the serial ID configuration
file.
■ Build the package.
■ Deploy and install the package.
Generating a serial ID file
Symantec pcAnywhere lets you generate a security code, or serial ID, which can
be embedded into a custom installation. Serial IDs must be a numeric value between
0 and 4,294,967,296.
To let a remote user connect to one or more host computers that use different
serial IDs, you must include the serial ID for each host computer in the serial ID
file.
To generate a serial ID file
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In the pcAnywhere Manager window, on the left navigation bar, click Serial
ID Sets.
2
On the File menu, click New Item > Advanced.
3
In the Serial ID Set Properties dialog box, under Limit host connections by
using the following serial IDs, type the serial ID number that you want to use.
Serial IDs must be a numeric value between 0 and 4,294,967,296.
25Creating custom installation packages
Customizing product settings