2 How to Create a Deployment Database
Creating and Modifying Configuration Profiles using the Configuration Wizard Utility
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The Software List Manager will display the software list.
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In the “Software list” menu, select “Delete” or click on the “Delete”
icon in the menu bar. You will be prompted to confirm you decision
to delete the software list.
Creating and Modifying Configuration Profiles using
the Configuration Wizard Utility
The Configuration Wizard allows you to create and manage
configuration profiles. A configuration profile consists principally of:
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Information that is specified by the system administrator about
the client PC workstation’s operating environment (such as
network configuration information, hard drive partitioning, etc.),
and that will subsequently be required by the Windows NT Setup
program. Some details (such as the user name or computer
name) can be left generic or blank in the profile and customized
by the user during installation of the profile onto the client PC
workstation.
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The operating system version to be used by your client group.
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For HP ConfigTailor 1.1 only, one or more software lists
applicable to your client group. You can therefore include
software lists for several platforms in a single configuration
profile.
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Instructions on how the deployment process onto client PC
workstations will be carried out.
It is recommended that you create separate software lists
corresponding to specific platforms, and separate configuration
profiles for different user environments. For example, you could group
all of the HP Kayak PC workstation clients that belong to the same
workgroup and use the same version of operating system under the
same configuration profile, even if several different client PC
