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INSTALLING AMI PRO FOR OS/2 ON A NETWORK Server This file provides information for system administrators installing Ami Pro for OS/2 on a network. It contains the following sections: UNDERSTANDING UNIVERSAL NAMING CONVENTION (UNC) INSTALL OVERVIEW INSTALLING AMI PRO ON A NETWORK SERVER ADMINISTRATOR'S NODE INSTALL USER'S NODE INSTALL INSTALLING AMI PRO ON SPECIFIC NETWORKS HINTS & TIPS LICENSER ERROR MESSAGES UNDERSTANDING UNIVERSAL NAMING CONVENTION (UNC) The Universal Naming Convention (UNC) is a method of accessing network resources. UNC names are used primarily in MS Lan Manager-based networks. The UNC path consists of a server name, a volume name, and a path, \\servername\volume\path\path1\path2. For example, on a Novell 3.11 network, you have a Server named APPSERVER. On APPSERVER, you place all of your applications on volume APPVOL. You can map each user's workstation to a drive letter and APPSERVER\APPVOL:LOTUS\AMIPRO. With a UNC path, any user can attach to APPSERVER using any drive letter and access Ami Pro in \\appserver\appvol\lotus\amipro. Node Install benefits the most from UNC path names because you only need to specify the UNC path once, and all users have access to Ami Pro. If you do not use UNC path names, you must specify absolute path names and drive letters that exactly match each user's map settings. For more information about using UNC, refer to your network documentation. INSTALL OVERVIEW OS/2 2.1 is highly reccommended for networked applications. You can install Ami Pro for OS/2 on any Local Area Network (LAN) compatible with OS/2 version 2.1. UNC path names are supported for node path names. Anywhere you can specify a node path name, you can specify a UNC path name. In addition, Install supports the OS/2 High Performance File System (HPFS). You can access online Help by pressing F1 or choosing Help. Ami Pro offers a flexible network installation. During installation on the network server, you can specify default paths for each user's macros, documents, style sheets, SmartIcons, or clip art. You can specify paths on the network or on the user's local workstation. If you specify paths on the network, you can decide if each user accesses common network directories or their individual user directories. You can decide whether the user can edit the paths. You can configure each user differently. For example, you can configure all users in the Sales Department to share common directories on the network. You can configure all users in the Marketing Department to share common style sheets and macros directories on the network, but store other files locally. During Install, you can specify the number of licenses you have purchased for Ami Pro. Licenser determines how many concurrent users can run Ami Pro from their workstations. After installing Ami Pro on the network file server, there are several methods of setting up each individual user's workstation to run Ami Pro. You can use the Administrator's Node Install to automate copying macros, documents, style sheets, SmartIcons, or clip art to each user's node directory on the file server. You can also instruct each user to run Node Install from their local workstation and copy macros, documents, style sheets,SmartIcons, or clip art from the network server. INSTALLING AMI PRO ON A NETWORK SERVER QUICK START 1. Start Install. 2. Choose Install on Server. 3. Choose the Installation Type. 4. Specify the number of licenses. 5. Specify the default paths for the user Node Install. (Optional) 6. Set up each individual user's workstation to run Ami Pro. If you want to install nodes for each user on the network, see the ADMINISTRATOR'S NODE INSTALL section. If you want to install nodes for each user on their local machines, see the USER'S NODE INSTALL section. Make sure you have Administrator (read-write-delete-access control) access to the network drive and directory where you want to install Ami Pro. 1. Start OS/2. 2. Open an OS/2 Command Prompt Window. 3. Insert Install Disk 1 in the desired drive. 4. Type A:INSTALL and press ENTER. If you want to install from another drive, substitute the letter of that drive. The Welcome to Install dialog box displays. 5. Choose Continue. 6. Specify your company name and your name and initials if prompted. You must specify at least one character in each box. 7. Choose Install Ami Pro on server. 8. Choose the type of installation you want to perform--Complete Ami Pro Install or Custom Ami Pro Install. Lotus recommends choosing Complete Ami Pro Install unless your server is short on disk space. 9. Specify the path to the network file server where you want to install Ami Pro and choose OK. Install creates the directories \macros, \docs, \styles, \icons, \drawsym, and \install below the path you specify. A message displays. Choose Continue. 10. Install searches for a LOTSHARE license directory. If Install finds a LOTSHARE directory with active OS/2 licenses, a message displays. Choose OK. If Install finds a LOTSHARE directory without active OS/2 licenses, specify the number of licenses you purchased and choose OK. If Install does not find a LOTSHARE directory, specify a network drive letter and the number of licenses you purchased. Choose OK. NOTE: LOTSHARE must appear as a root directory to all users. You can manage the licenses using the Windows-based Licenser utility located in \AMIPRO\INSTALL (or the path you specified in Step 9). For additional information on Licenser, start Licenser and choose Help. A message displays. 11. Choose Install to copy the Ami Pro program files to the network file server. Skip to Step 15. Choose Customize Node to specify default paths for the user Node Install. 12. Specify the default Ami Pro path for the user Node Install. The user must have Read-Write-Create-Delete-Attribute rights to the directory you specify. If you want Node Install to determine the default path, leave the path blank. If you do not want Node Install to determine the default path, specify either a local directory on the user's workstation or the user's node directory on the network server. Select User editable if you want Node Install to allow the user to overwrite the default path. NOTE: This path is not used by the Administrator's Node Install. 13. Choose Additional User Paths to specify default paths for macros, documents, style sheets, SmartIcons, or clip art. The user must have Read-Write-Create-Delete-Attribute rights to the directories you specify. If you want Node Install to determine a default path, leave the path blank. If you do not want Node Install to determine a default path, specify either a local directory on the user's workstation, the user's node directory on the network server, or a shared public directory on the network server. Select User editable if you want Node Install to allow the user to overwrite a default path. Select Use server path if you want Node Install to provide the user access to a common network directory. NOTE: These paths are not used by the Administrator's Node Install. Choose OK to return to the Customize Node Install Paths dialog box. 14. Choose Install. Install copies the Ami Pro program files to the network file server and displays a message. 15. Choose OK. 16. Set up each individual user's workstation to run Ami Pro using the Administrator's Node Install, or instruct users to run Node Install from their local workstations. ADMINISTRATOR'S NODE INSTALL After you install Ami Pro on the network file server, you can use the Administrator's Node Install to automate copying macros, documents, style sheets, SmartIcons, or clip art to each user's node directory. If you want to install each user's node on a local workstation, run Node Install instead of Administrator's Node Install. See the USER'S NODE INSTALL section. NOTE: If you run Administrator's Node Install, do not run Node Install for the same user. You can run Administrator's Node Install for some users, and Node Install for other users. QUICK START: 1. Run Server Install. See the INSTALLING AMI PRO ON A NETWORK SERVER section. 2. Start Administrator's Node Install. 3. Create a default path name template. 4. Add user names to the Install List. 5. Install node copies of Ami Pro for all users in the Install List. 6. Instruct each user to install the Ami Pro icon on their desktop. Make sure users have Read-Write-Create-Delete-Attribute permissions to any directories where shared documents are stored. 1. Start OS/2. 2. Open an OS/2 Command Prompt Window. 3. Type cd\amipro\install and press ENTER. If you specified another path during Install, substitute the name of that path. 4. Type NETINST and press ENTER. Welcome to the Administrator's Node Install dialog box displays. 5. Choose Continue. 6. Create a default path name template to use when adding user names to the Install List. You can modify the template when you create the Install List in order to create groups of user nodes with different paths. You can choose Reset to restore the default settings. Specify System Administrator Paths as they appear to the system administrator. If you specify UNC path names, you do not have to specify User Mapped Paths. You can use the ? character to specify a wildcard for a portion of the path name. When you create the Install List, you can specify the subdirectory to use in place of the wildcard. For example, you can specify a path of f:\user\?\amipro. When you add George Bailey to the Install List, you can specify gbailey as the replacement for ?. When you add Amanda Wingfield to the Install List, you can specify awingfield as the replacement for ?. Specify Users Mapped Paths as they appear on the user's workstation. If you specify UNC path names for System Administrator Paths, you can delete the path names from the template. You can use the ? character to specify a wildcard for a portion of the path name. 7. Choose OK. 8. Choose Add Users to Install List. The System Administrator Paths and Users Mapped Paths you specified for Create Template display. Specify the User's Name. For example, George Bailey. Specify the replacement for the ? wildcard character. For example, gbailey. You must specify at least one character in the ? text box before you can edit the Install Template. Choose Clear if you want to restore the default settings to the Install Template. Choose Add to add the user's name and path information to the Install List. Choose Edit Template if you want to modify the template for the next group of user names. 9. Choose Main Menu when you finish adding user names. 10. Choose Install User Nodes. The user Install List cannot be modified from Administrator's Node Install. See Hints & Tips for information on modifying the Install List. 11. Choose Start Install. Administrator's Node Install creates node copies of Ami Pro for all users in the Install List. NOTE: Administrator's Node Install does not stop or display any error information. You should view the ERRORLOG.TXT file in the INSTALL directory to determine if Administrator's Node Install successfully created nodes for all users. A message displays when Install is complete. 12. Choose OK. 13. Choose Save and Exit from the Main Menu. 14. You can instruct each user to run Icon Install to create the Ami Pro icon on their desktop, or you can include Icon Install in a login script. Icon Install checks for an existing Ami Pro icon. If an icon is found, Icon Install exits immediately and does not create another icon. You can run Icon Install with a "-n" option if you do not want to check for an existing icon. You can run Icon Install with a "-x" option if you do not want to add an icon, but you want Icon Install to create template files and update system settings. You can give users the following instructions: 1. Start OS/2. 2. Open an OS/2 Command Prompt Window. 3. Type cd\amipro\install and press ENTER. (If you specified another path during Install, substitute the name of that path.) 4. Type ICONINST and press ENTER. 5. Select your name from the list. 6. Choose OK. A message displays. 7. Choose OK. You can now follow the instructions in the User's Guide for starting Ami Pro. On MS Lan Manager-based networks, you can also include the Install Icon program in a logon script. On a Lan Server, you can include Node Install in a Public OS/2 Applications Panel. USER'S NODE INSTALL After you install Ami Pro on the server, each user can run Node Install from their local workstation and copy macros, documents, style sheets, SmartIcons, or clip art from the network server. If you want to install each user's node on the network, run Administrator's Node Install instead of User's Node Install. See the ADMINISTRATOR'S NODE INSTALL section. NOTE: If you want a user to run Node Install, do not run Administrator's Node Install for the same user. You can run Administrator's Node Install for some users, and Node Install for other users. QUICK START: 1. Run Server Install. See the INSTALLING AMI PRO ON A NETWORK SERVER section. 2. Start Node Install. 3. Specify your name. 4. Specify paths if required. The following instructions are written for the user running Node Install from a local workstation. You can modify the instructions to make them specific to your site if necessary. 1. Start OS/2. 2. Open an OS/2 Command Prompt Window. 3. Type cd\amipro\install and press ENTER. (If you specified another path during Install, substitute the name of that path.) 4. Type INSTALL and press ENTER. The Welcome to Install dialog box displays. 5. Choose Continue. 6. Specify your name and choose OK. 7. Specify the path where you want the Ami Pro program files stored and choose OK. You can specify any directory that you have full access to, either on the network or on your local workstation. 8. Specify paths for macros, documents, style sheets, SmartIcons, and clip art and choose OK. You can specify any directory that you have full access to, either on the network or on your local workstation. A message displays. 9. Choose OK. You can now follow the instructions in the User's Guide for starting Ami Pro. INSTALLING AMI PRO ON SPECIFIC NETWORKS Contact Banyan Vines for an update to the OS/2 redirector before installing to the Server. Banyon Vines does not support UNC. IBM LAN Server 3.0 requires ServicePak - IP07001 be installed on workstations prior to running Ami Pro for OS/2. Novell supports HPFS file names only if you are running the OS/2 Name Service. HINTS & TIPS Install copies READNET.TXT to the \amipro\install directory so you can use it without accessing the original program disks. The Administrator's Node Install creates a file called USERLIST.TXT. You can use any text editor to modify the USERLIST.TXT file. You can modify existing users, add new users, or delete users. NOTE: Administrator's Node Install always installs to all users in USERLIST.TXT. If you wish to install in groups and maintain the groups for future upgrades, you can move or rename this file. If users cannot access shared documents on the network, make sure they have Read-Write-Create-Delete-Attribute permissions to the directory. If users receive errors that Ami Pro cannot find style sheets and no path names display in the User Setup Paths dialog box, make sure their Ami Pro icon Settings are correct. Verify that the Path and file name setting is the path to the AMIPRO.EXE file on the network. The Parameters setting should have i equal the path name to the user's INI files. For example, -i="f:\user\gbailey". To create a distribution server on the network, copy all files from the Ami Pro Install diskettes to one directory on the network file server. If you create separate directories for each disk, Install prompts you to change disks. Install creates hidden files to prevent users from overwriting files during Node Install. If you create other directories for users to share, and do not want these directories updated during Node Install, copy the appropriate files. For example, for a document directory, copy or create the file "DOCS.DIR," for macros "MACROS.DIR," for styles "STYLES.DIR," etc. If you need to update Ami Pro for OS/2, install the update on the server, then instruct users to run INSTALL.EXE from the \amipro\install directory. Whenever you specify a user directory for documents and macros, you can specify multiple path names. Only the first path in the list displays in the list boxes, but Ami Pro searches all paths listed for a specified file. For example, c:\amipro.os2\docs;\\bigserver\sys\lotus\company.doc;g:\thay\toddsdocs. LICENSER ERROR MESSAGES Following are licenser error messages users may encounter and information on how to correct the problem. No additional licenses are available. Contact your network administrator. The maximum license count has been reached. You may wish to purchase additional Ami Pro licenses and adjust Set Count accordingly. Cannot find license files in LOTSHARE directory. Contact your network administrator. No licenses have been set for Ami Pro. Run Licenser and set the license count to the number of Ami Pro licenses you purchased. Cannot find LOTSHARE license directory. Contact your network administrator. The licence directory \LOTSHARE\AMIOS2.V30 does not exist or is inaccessible to the user. Verify you have installed Licenser in the \LOTSHARE\AMIOS2.V30 directory and the user has write access to this directory. Insufficient rights to write to licenser log file. Contact your network administrator. Ami Pro attempts to write a log file entry in the \LOTSHARE\AMIOS2.V30 directory. Verify the user has full write access to the LOTSHARE directory. Insufficient rights to lock a license. Contact your network administrator. The user does not have write access to the LOTSHARE directory. The user must have rights to create, edit, erase, and modify file attributes. Please refer to your network documentation for information on assigning user rights. Cannot access LOTSHARE license directory. Contact your network administrator. The user may not have adequate access to the LOTSHARE\AMIOS2.V30 directory. The user must have rights to create, edit, erase, and modify file attributes. Please refer to your network documentation for information on assigning user rights. License storage area too small. Contact your network administrator. The network drive may be full. Check available disk space in the LOTSHARE\AMIOS2.V30 directory. %s not found. Contact your network administrator. Ami Pro cannot load the DLL. Verify that either the DLL is located in the amipro directory or that a full path is used to reference it.