Installing the Sales Center client using Tivoli Configuration Manager
You can use the Tivoli Configuration Manager client to push the Sales Center installation package from removable media or a local disk out to your Sales Center client machines. You need to give Tivoli instructions to push the installation package, and then run a silent install on the client machines.
Before you begin
- Tivoli Management Framework and Configuration Manager are installed. Refer to your Tivoli documentation for details.
- A Tivoli Endpoint agent is running on the client machines and is successfully connecting with the Tivoli Configuration Manager.
- The Sales Center client installation package is available locally, either on removable media (such as a DVD) or on a local disk.
Procedure
- Open Tivoli Desktop and log in.
- Open the appropriate Tivoli region.
- Click . Give the Profile Manager a meaningful name, such as SalesCenterInstall.
- Click . Give the profile a meaningful name.
- Set the subscriptions for the profile. Refer to your Tivoli documentation for more details on subscriptions.
- Click Launch Software Package Editor.
- In the Software Package Editor Selector panel, select Generic Software Package.
- Click Advanced.
- On the Add System Objects Properties panel, select Create directories, Remove empty directories, and Descend directories. Click OK.
- Provide location and name for the Source (the location of the Sales Center client install package) and Destination (a directory of your choice on the client machine). Click OK.
- Right-click the package icon and select .
- On the Execute Program Properties dialog, on the Install tab, provide the path to silentsetup.exe on the client machine.
- Click Advanced. In the Arguments field, enter -silent -options responsefile_full_path, where responsefile_full_path is the full path to responsefile.txt on the client machine. Click OK.
- Click OK again on the Execute Program Properties panel.
- Click to save the software package edition.
- Click .
- In the Profile Manager, right-click your profile and select Convert.
- On the Convert Software Package panel, confirm the name of the software package and click Convert and Close.
- In the Profile Manager, right-click your profile and select Install.