Custom Install Manager version 1.5 Release of February 1997 NOTICE The information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by FTP Software, Inc. While every effort has been made to assure the accuracy of the information contained herein, FTP Software, Inc. assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions. No liability is assumed for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the use of the information contained in this document. The software described in this document is furnished under a license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license. (c) Copyright FTP Software, Inc. 1986 - 1997. All rights reserved. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Custom Install Manager lets you prepare customized installation scripts for FTP Software products for specific departments, groups, and individuals in your network. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table of Contents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Before installing Custom Install Manager 2. Installing Custom Install Manager 3. Starting to use Custom Install Manager 4. Known Limitations 4.1 The Setup Command 4.2 Specifying the Destination Directory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Before installing Custom Install Manager: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Before you install Custom Install Manager, you should perform the following steps: 1 Map the organization of your network in terms of how you plan to distribute the FTP Software, Inc. products. 2 Run the Setup program for each product from a client PC and, when prompted to choose a type of installation, click Administrator. Complete the installation, which creates a distribution on a server (from which clients can install the product). -or- For 16-bit products, set up a network installation as described in the documentation. 3 Install Custom Install Manager on a PC that is using the Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 operating system and that has network connectivity. 4. Read the "To install Custom Install Manager" and "To start using Custom Install Manager" instructions that follow this list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 Installing Custom Install Manager ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To install Custom Install Manager, you should perform the following steps: 1. Run the Setup program on a PC that is using the Windows 95 or Windows NT operating system and that has network connectivity, from the Cim folder of the CD-ROM or from disks that you order separately. 2. In the Choose Folder for Data Files dialog box, choose a folder in which Setup will install the database file and a setup_k.reg file that is used to install the FTP Software, Inc. TCP/IP protocol stack on Windows 95 systems. If you are only customizing OnNet16 installations, choose the folder where you have the OnNet16 distribution. 3. When prompted, let the Setup program restart your system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Starting to use Custom Install Manager ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ When you start up Custom Install Manager for the first time, you need to configure some information. To ensure proper configuration, you should perform the following steps: 1. From the Start menu, click Programs, point to FTP Custom Install Manager, and, on the submenu, click FTP Custom Install Manager. 2. In the Select Customization Set File for OnNet32 Install dialog box, choose the Setup information file (Setup.inf) in the 32-bit distribution you created during the Adminstrator installation of a 32-bit product. (If you do not have a 32-bit product, you can use the Setup information file for a 16-bit product as a placeholder.) 3. In the Select Customization Set File for OnNet16 Install dialog box, choose the Setup information file (Setup.inf) in the a 16-bit product distribution you created when you set up a network distribution of a 16-bit product. (If you do not have a 16-bit product, you can use the Setup information file for a 32-bit product as a placeholder.) 4. Read the online Help for information on how to get started with and use Custom Install Manager. 5. Ensure that the Customization Sets Folders in the Options properties are set to the folders that contain the FTP Software product distributions. You can store the customization sets in any folder, but when you (or your users) run the product Setup program, you must ensure that the customization sets are in the same folder as the product distribution. If you do not keep your customization sets in the same folder as the product distribution, you should copy the Netcard.inf and Timezone.ini files from the product distribution to the customization sets folder for any 16-bit product. Both the 16-bit Setup program and Custom Install Manager need the Netcard.inf file to configure the TCP/IP stack and the Timezone.ini file to set a default time zone for the Network Time program. 6 In the organization pane, create groups and clients, based on the organization map you have already planned. Note: If you plan to create a customization set for a Windows 3.1 group or client, limit the name of the group or client to 8 letters. Custom Install Manager creates files based on the name and the 16-bit Setup program does not work with Setup information files that exceed the DOS 8.3 naming conventions. 7 Create true default customization sets for each product and specify the resulting Setup information and, if applicable, TCP/IP stack Registry files in each tab of the Options dialog box. 8 Create customization sets for your groups and clients. 9 On the client computer, map the network server to a drive letter and run the Setup program for the FTP Software, Inc. program. Ensure that the Setup information (*.inf) file for the client is in the same folder as the Setup program. Read the online Help to learn the Setup command line options for the product you are installing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4. Known Limitations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4.1 The Setup Command ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ When you use the setup /h filename form of the setup command, you must specify the full pathname of the .inf file, even when it is in the current directory. 4.2 Specifying the Destination Directory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you create a customized installation to upgrade a 16-bit product, you cannot use Custom Install Manager to specify a destination directory different from the directory that contains the earlier version of the 16-bit product. To install the product to a different directory, the user must choose a New Installation Type and respond to the dialog boxes in the Setup program. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------