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How to Create a Deployment Database
Using the Hewlett-Packard ConfigTailor deployment process to
remotely install software onto multiple PC workstations is a multi-step
process:
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First, install HP ConfigTailor onto the PC you choose to be the
deployment database server (see “Installing HP ConfigTailor” on
page 8). A deployment database of drivers, utilities and software
applications will be set up automatically.
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Define software lists (HP ConfigTailor 1.1 only). A software list is
specific to a single HP Kayak PC Workstation platform and a single
version of Windows NT 4.0 (one language and one service pack). The
list contains an array of those drivers and software applications that
you would like to be installed onto a particular model of client PC
workstation. This feature allows MIS managers to easily install only
the HP drivers and utilities relevant to a particular platform, in an
easy and reproducible manner. For example, you could define a
software list for the Kayak XA 0503, containing only drivers specific
to this platform and a single operating system. This process is
detailed in “Setting up Software Lists (HP ConfigTailor 1.1 Only)” on
page 15.
3
Define the configuration profile(s) applicable to client PC
Workstations using the Configuration Wizard. Configuration profiles
define common operating environment characteristics of a group of
client PC workstations. More detailed information is given in
“Creating and Modifying Configuration Profiles using the
Configuration Wizard Utility” on page 20.
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Lastly, once the configuration profiles have been defined, you can
begin installing the software onto individual client PC workstations.
This process is described in the chapter entitled “Client Tasks” on
page 43.
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