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Introduction

This document is the central document in a set that provides you with the information you need to deploy 
Adobe® Creative Suite® products in an enterprise environment. The following figure shows the entire 
document set and how the documents are related.

Deployment and Provisioning Concepts 

— This document defines Adobe product and enterprise 

deployment process terms used throughout the document set. 

NOTE

: You should read the Concepts document first, before attempting to use the other documents in 

the set. 

Enterprise Deployment Guide

 — This is the document you are reading. It identifies the main 

characteristics of and assumptions about enterprise deployment and gives you the information you 
need to deploy Adobe Creative Suite products using Adobe deployment packages. It explains how 
you can use ARD and SMS to deploy Adobe deployment packages. It tells you how to set configuration 
options after an install.

Enterprise Deployment Toolkit Guide

 — This document tells you how to use the Adobe deployment 

toolkit to create deployment packages that enable you to easily do enterprise installs of Creative 
Suite®4 products. 

Enterprise Deployment Reference

 — This document contains detailed information about the 

components that make up a Creative Suite product. Future versions may add information about the 
structure and operation of Adobe packages, details of how the Adobe install program, Setup, works, 
and guidance on how to do an enterprise install without an Adobe package. 

Deployment and

Provisioning

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Enterprise

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FAQ

Introduction/Process/Concepts

Tuning

Deployment

Preparation

Deployment

Guide

Concepts

Enterprise

Deployment

Guide

Reference

Enterprise
Deployment

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Страница 1: ...ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE 4 Document Version 1 0 Sep 2009 ENTERPRISE DEPLOYMENT GUIDE...

Страница 2: ...rg licenses by nc sa 3 0 Adobe the Adobe logo Adobe Connect Adobe OnLocation Adobe Premiere Acrobat After Effects Contribute Creative Suite Dreamweaver Encore Fireworks Flash Illustrator InCopy InDesi...

Страница 3: ...e Medium 18 Configuration TS Together on Server 19 Configuration IT Product Install Folder on Target 20 Configuration IM Product Install Folder on Physical Medium 21 Configuration IS Product Install F...

Страница 4: ...ge Programs 48 Creating an SMS Package with SCCM 2007 50 Create a new SMS package 50 Create Programs for the SMS Package 51 Select Distribution Points for the SMS Package 52 Advertise the SMS Package...

Страница 5: ...ng Adobe deployment packages It explains how you can use ARD and SMS to deploy Adobe deployment packages It tells you how to set configuration options after an install Enterprise Deployment Toolkit Gu...

Страница 6: ...oftware 4 System Administrator Responsibilities An administrator s job is to take the install media for software purchased by the company and put the correct set of applications on each user s machine...

Страница 7: ...e install that takes place when this package is executed will not fail because of serial number problems and that the install program will never prompt the end user on a target system to supply a seri...

Страница 8: ...ment Toolkit Guide contains detailed instructions on how to create deployment packages 4 Testing the packages Once the packages are created you should test them on a test system to make sure everythin...

Страница 9: ...package what you have is a folder containing four things Two executable programs AdobeUberInstaller and AdobeUberUninstaller Two configuration files AdobeUberInstaller xml and AdobeUberUninstaller xm...

Страница 10: ...tep is to identify each user group that needs a particular application or set of applications to do their job If you or someone else at your company has already purchased the Creative Suite 4 products...

Страница 11: ...the extended version of Photoshop exists in all versions of Creative Suite except for Design Standard CS4 PLANNING SHEET 1 USER GROUPS PACKAGES FOR CS4 PRODUCTS GROUP NAME PRIMARY APPLICATIONS NEEDED...

Страница 12: ...ucts but you cannot create one deployment package to install both of them you must create one package to install Photoshop and a different package to install Illustrator If you purchase InCopy CS4 you...

Страница 13: ...you to easily identify that package with its intended user group and usage NOTE Since this package name is used to name the folder on your system that will contain the package files the same operating...

Страница 14: ...ovide a different path either by editing the path in the package files before deployment or by providing a path as a command line argument to the Uber program when you invoke it In order to determine...

Страница 15: ...deployment configurations are shown below In this picture the term package is abbreviated to Pkg and the term product install folder is abbreviated to PIF As already explained the path from a newly cr...

Страница 16: ...s near the end of the alphabet An absolute path on Windows begins with a drive letter and colon followed by a slash or backslash or For example H CS4_Apps PIFs WebPremium An absolute path on the Mac b...

Страница 17: ...for any reason the product install folder is not removed even if this option is set to true PATH FORM Use a relative path from package to product install folder The package and product install folder...

Страница 18: ...torage medium on the target and invoke the Uber program with no input or configuration necessary NEEDS Both the package and the entire product install folder must fit on a single medium For some point...

Страница 19: ...e to host your product install folders NEEDS Both the package and the entire product install folder must fit on a single drive on the server For some point products the product install folder may be r...

Страница 20: ...ving to edit this absolute path after package creation if you can place the product install folder on the same drive path both when creating the package on an admin machine and deploying it on the tar...

Страница 21: ...where on the target locally or mounted and accesses the product install folder on the product media inserted into a DVD drive on the target NEEDS The product media must consist of only one DVD as the...

Страница 22: ...ou are using an explicit network path you must have a standard network configuration and all users deploying the package must have access to the server specified in that path WARNING The Delete Instal...

Страница 23: ...ay have to wait to specify some of the paths until that is done However by the time you are ready to create the packages all of this information should be filled out for the chosen configuration Argum...

Страница 24: ...ived when you purchased your product The toolkit only accepts volume serial numbers USER GROUP S Record the names of the user group or groups that will be served by this package This is a bookkeeping...

Страница 25: ...end users when it purchases the product and the end users have no need to see it If you wish to suppress the EULA screen in the applications you can choose the Suppress EULA option in the toolkit GUI...

Страница 26: ...option on Some of the deployment configurations recommend or require this option be turned off Consult your configuration choice for this package so you choose the correct setting You can choose the...

Страница 27: ...supporting components you want to include in this package if any in this field of the worksheet This list will be short as most of the supporting components are either required or not available for a...

Страница 28: ...l number is fake for obvious reasons Also the actual planning sheet contains more lines at the bottom they were removed here to save space in the document The MEDIA FILES LOCATION path will be the loc...

Страница 29: ...table gives a brief description of each shared component PLANNING SHEET 2 CS4 DEPLOYMENT PACKAGE SPECIFICATION PACKAGE NAME BBBBBBBBLAYOUT CS4 PRODUCT PLATFORM PURCHASED Design Premium for Windows PAC...

Страница 30: ...adata editor for organizing browsing locating and viewing media rich creative assets Provides centralized access to project files and global settings as well as to XMP metadata tagging and searching c...

Страница 31: ...choice for the application on the top A designates an optional component that is not selected when the toolkit displays the list but can be selected The only component for which this is true is Acrob...

Страница 32: ...other regions NA Required for Flash Illustrator InDesign and Photoshop Adobe Color Photoshop Specific CS4 Specific color profiles required for Photoshop Adobe Color Recommended Settings CS4 Recommend...

Страница 33: ...hotoshop Adobe MotionPicture Color Files CS4 Color settings required by After Effects Adobe Output Module Export format utility required by most of the CS4 applications Adobe PDF Library Files CS4 In...

Страница 34: ...re it is not necessary for you to record the names of required component on the package specification worksheet A gray shaded cell means that the component on the left is not available as an optional...

Страница 35: ...R Default Language R R R R R R R R R R R Dynamiclink Support R R R R R ExtendScript Toolkit O O O O O R R R R O O Flash Player 10 Active X R Flash Player 10 Plugin R Fonts All R R R R R R O R InDesig...

Страница 36: ...sible for use by the toolkit choose a convenient location for the toolkit to access the product install folder For configuration IM the best choice is to insert the disk into a DVD drive on the admin...

Страница 37: ...s TT TM and TS always require package editing as they use a relative path between the package and the product install folder Replace the value of the InstallerLocation element in the package files wit...

Страница 38: ...her navigate into the package folder or provide a complete path to the folder to invoke the Uber programs Test your package on a system that meets the performance requirements for the applications you...

Страница 39: ...the uninstall is finished check the install location to see that the applications were removed Code Description Code Description 0 Application installed successfully 8 Exit and restart 1 Unable to pa...

Страница 40: ...your admin machine 4 You have already defined an ARD group that includes all the target systems to which you want to deploy the Adobe package If using configuration TS you have also defined a group f...

Страница 41: ...the Run Command As area you can choose Current Console User on Target System you do not need to be root to expand the dmg file Then click Send The product ESD will be expanded into a product install f...

Страница 42: ...Click Send If you have scheduled the task for a later time click Send Before the time at which the task is scheduled to begin make sure that all target machines listed in the Name area of the Send UN...

Страница 43: ...using a deployment package 2 Execute the Uber program on the target systems In the main ARD window click the UNIX icon and enter the following command PathToAdobeStuff PkgName AdobeUberUninstaller whe...

Страница 44: ...obe package and its product install folder is TS where the Adobe package and its product install folder are placed together on the same distribution server s Before Adobe deployment packages existed w...

Страница 45: ...Adobe packages with the same product install folder For example you may have multiple packages for the same product if you are installing different subsets of applications from a single suite product...

Страница 46: ...Browse for Folder dialog and browse for the desired path This is the SMS package s link to the Adobe product install folder containing the Adobe deployment package s Then click OK to select the highl...

Страница 47: ...ion point s you just selected Create Programs for the SMS Package If the SMS package you just created contains a single Adobe deployment package you need to create two programs for the SMS package one...

Страница 48: ...rom this screen click Next The Wizard Completed screen will appear Click Close to terminate program creation Advertise the SMS Package Programs You need to follow the directions in this section once f...

Страница 49: ...ubcollections in the advertisement If you choose to include subcollections all subcollections of the chosen collection are displayed in the bottom field of the current dialog Click Next Specify the ad...

Страница 50: ...the New Package wizard Open the SCCM console Navigate to Computer Management Software Distribution Packages Right click on Packages choose New and then click Package In the New Package Wizard do the...

Страница 51: ...f the SMS package you just created contains a single Adobe deployment package you need to create two programs for the SMS package one to install and one to uninstall If the SMS package contains multip...

Страница 52: ...eed to change anything go back and do it now Then from this screen click Next The Wizard Completed screen will appear Click Close to terminate program creation Select Distribution Points for the SMS P...

Страница 53: ...se to distribute this SMS package Then click Next 4 Select the SMS package program to advertise On the Select Program tab The SMS package name and its programs are displayed In the Programs area selec...

Страница 54: ...other options as desired Click Next 6 View the summary screen for the advertisement Review the information on the summary screen If you need to change anything go back and do it now Then from this scr...

Страница 55: ...CS4 applications you have installed On Windows set a registry entry as follows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Policies Adobe APIP enabled dword 00000000 On the Mac set a plist value from a shell script I...

Страница 56: ...ration Save the file naming it application xml override Suppressing Updates with System Files This method suppresses the Adobe Updater for all CS4 applications on a system On Windows You can disable A...

Страница 57: ...a DWORD value named DisableLUAPatching exists with the Installer key set its value to 1 if not create one and set its value LUA stands for Low rights User Account On the Mac You can suppress applicati...

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