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Chapter 3 Deploying Symantec pcAnywhere custom installations
About deployment ........................................................................ 41
About package installation file locations ........................................... 42
Deploying installation packages using Web-based deployment .............. 43
About Web-based deployment requirements ................................ 43
Setting up the installation Web server ........................................ 44
Customizing the deployment files ............................................. 47
Testing the installation on the Web server .................................. 51
Notifying users of the download location .................................... 51
Deploying pcAnywhere using SMS 2.0 .............................................. 52
Minimum requirements for SMS deployment .............................. 53
Deploying with SMS ............................................................... 53
Using Windows 2000/2003 Server/XP/Vista logon scripts .................... 56
Setting up the Windows server .................................................. 56
Writing the Windows logon script ............................................. 56
Testing the Windows logon script .............................................. 58
Using NetWare logon scripts .......................................................... 58
Setting up the Novell NetWare server ......................................... 58
Writing the NetWare logon script .............................................. 59
Testing the NetWare logon script ............................................... 60
Chapter 4 Performing centralized management
About centralized management ...................................................... 61
Managing pcAnywhere hosts remotely ............................................. 61
Installing the pcAnywhere Host Administrator tool ...................... 62
Adding the Host Administrator snap-in to MMC ........................... 63
Creating a configuration group ................................................. 63
Adding computers to a configuration group ................................. 64
Configuring administrator host and remote connection
items ............................................................................. 64
Configuring a host item in pcAnywhere Host Administrator ........... 67
Distributing pcAnywhere configuration files ............................... 67
Managing hosts in a configuration group .................................... 68
Integrating with Microsoft Systems Management Server ..................... 69
Importing the package definition file into SMS ............................ 69
About the Microsoft Distributed Component Object Model
(DCOM) ................................................................................ 69
Implementing DCOM in Windows 2000/2003
Server/XP/Vista ............................................................... 70
Modifying DCOM settings ........................................................ 70
About AwShim ....................................................................... 71
About centralized logging .............................................................. 72
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