hp toptools for desktops agent, managing your toptools system software database
2
b From Microsoft’s web site (currently
http://www.microsoft.com/
windows/downloads/default.asp)
where you need to select
NT Workstation or
Server
, and then NT 4.0 Option Pack).
2 Select
Add/Remove, then in the list of components
select
Personal Web Server (on NT Workstation) or
Internet Information Server (on NT Server) and click
on
show subcomponents. In the list of subcomponents,
select the
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server. Complete
the installation by clicking on the
OK and Next
buttons.
3 Create the following directories on your FTP server
(Toptools management server):
a Create a directory, for example:
..\inetpub\ftproot\hppackages
Placing this directory in the path
..\inetpub\ftproot\ will make it
available from FTP with no further action
required.
bUnder ..\hppackages, create a
subdirectory named ToptoolsRMDB.
4 Copy files from the HP FTP server to your server:
a Your hppackages directory is:
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/ccd/[filename]
Copy the following two files to the directory:
ToptoolsRMDB.txt
TOPTOOLSRMDB.EXE
b Copy the contents of the directory
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/ccd
/ToptoolsRMDB/
to your subdirectory ToptoolsRMDB.
5 Change the Registry to make the Toptools Device
Manager point to your server:
On your Toptools Device Manager server use either
REGEDIT.EXE or REGEDT32.EXE to edit the
following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
\Hewlett-Packard\Toptools
\CoreComponent\RmDb\DesktopPCs
Change the string value of the field URL in this key
so that it points to the file ToptoolsRMDB.txt
on your own server. Change the string value of the
field DBaseURLBase so that it points to the
directory hppackages/ToptoolsRMDB/
where you copied all the driver packages.
When done, the contents of the key DesktopPCs
should look as shown above.
6 Edit the file ToptoolsRMDB.txt so that the
URL it contains points to the file
ToptoolsRMDB.exe on your server.
The file should contain one line as follows:
<Version Number> full ftp:
//<MyServer>/hppackages/TOPTOOLSRMDB.E
XE
(in the above one-line address there are no spaces in
the term
.. ftp:// ..
)
7 Install the packages on your management server:
Using the Toptools Device Manager, click on the
button
Settings and select Drivers/FirmWare from the
menu. In the main browser frame, click on the button
Update Now. This will install the downloaded database
for use with Toptools. Then you can install each
software package referenced in the database by
clicking on the
Download Package… button.
Use a registry editor to alter the values in “DBaseURLBase” and in “URL” as shown here,
so that they point to “ToptoolsRMDB” and “Toptools RMDB.txt” on your server (see Step
5 below).
An example of values in the
Windows NT Registry Key
“DesktopPCs”