Re: Client Access Installation

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thought I'd seen some specific stuff on the CA web page about doing this,
including folding service packs into a silent install. CA home page is
<http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/access/>, a specific article
is at
<http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/access/qnasilentinstall.htm>

At 08:29 AM 6/25/02 -0500, you wrote:
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>I am looking for some guidance as to how to create a CA installation CD.
>The install program needs to be able to do the following:
>   1.. Upon insertion into the PC, launch itself.
>   2.. Detect if CA was previously installed.
>   3.. If CA V3R2 or earlier is detected, uninstall, reboot, and begin
> installing the new code.
>   4.. If CA V4 is detected, the migration should be run.
>   5.. If there are custom settings (keyboard, toolbar, device names,
> printer sessions), they must be reinstated.
>If anybody is doing this kind of CA administration now, I'd like to talk
>with you. I normally only deal with a handful of CA installs at any one
>time, but I just got asked to take care of a mixed bag of 300 plus PC's
>scattered around the country.
>
>Thanks,
>Paul Nelson