Installing_with_Client_Packager

Installing with Client Packager

Client Packager can compress Setup and update files into a self-extracting file, which you can then send to users using conventional media such as CD-ROM. When users receive the package, all they have to do is run the Setup program on the client computer.

Client Packager is especially useful when deploying the client program or components to clients in low-bandwidth remote offices. OfficeScan clients you install using Client Packager report to the server where the Setup package was created.

Client Packager requires the following:

• 350MB free disk space

• Windows Installer 2.0 (to run an MSI package)

To create a package using Client Packager:

1. On the OfficeScan server computer, browse to <Server installation folder>\PCCSRV\Admin\Utility\ClientPackager.

2. Double-click ClnPack.exe to run the tool. The Client Packager console opens.

3. Select the type of package you want to create.

   Client package types

   Package Type	Description
   Setup	Select Setup to create the package as an execut­able file. The package installs the OfficeScan cli­ent program with the components currently available on the server. If the target computer has an earlier OfficeScan client version installed, run­ning the executable file upgrades the client.
   Update	Select Update to create a package that contains the components currently available on the server. The package will be created as an executable file. Use this package if there are issues updating com­ponents on a client computer.
   MSI	Select MSI to create a package that conforms to the Microsoft Installer Package format. The pack­age also installs the OfficeScan client program with the components currently available on the server. If the target computer has an earlier Offic­eScan client version installed, running the MSI file upgrades the client.

4. Configure the following settings (some settings are only available if you select a particular package type):

• Windows Operating System Type

• Scan Method

• Silent Mode

• Update Agent

• Force Overwrite with Latest Version

• Disable Prescan (Only for Fresh Installation)

• Outlook Mail Scan

• Check Point SecureClient Support

• Components

5. Next to Source file, ensure that the location of the ofcscan.ini file is correct. To modify the path, click to browse for the ofcscan.ini file. By default, this file is in the <Server installation folder>\PCCSRV folder of the OfficeScan server.

6. In Output file, click to specify the location where you want to create the client package and the file name (for example, ClientSetup.exe).

7. Click Create. When Client Packager finishes creating the package, the message "Package created successfully" appears. To verify successful package creation, check the output directory you specified.

8. Deploy the package.

Package deployment guidelines:

1. Send the package to users and ask them to run the client package on their computers by double-clicking the .exe or .msi file.

• Send the package only to users whose OfficeScan client will report to the server where the package was created.

2. If you have users who will install the .exe package on computers running Windows Vista and 2008, instruct them to right-click the .exe file and select Run as administrator.

3. If you created an .msi file, deploy the package by performing the following tasks:

• Use Active Directory or Microsoft SMS. See Deploying an MSI Package Using Active Directory or Deploying an MSI Package Using Microsoft SMS.

4. Launch the MSI package (on the command prompt) and silently install the OfficeScan client to a remote computer running Windows XP, Vista, and 2008.

See also:

• Installation Requirements

• Installation Methods