在大型網(wǎng)絡(luò)中,管理員需要花費(fèi)大量的時(shí)間和資源來管理軟件分發(fā)和更新。向所有系統(tǒng)逐一安裝軟件,極大地影響了工作效率,亟需遠(yuǎn)程自動(dòng)安裝軟件的工具。
利用Desktop Central桌面管理工具,可幫助系統(tǒng)管理員自動(dòng)分發(fā)、安裝、更新或卸載軟件應(yīng)用程序。
Desktop Central's Windows Installer feature improves the administrator's productivity by supporting remote MSI & EXE software/application deployment. Desktop Central can automatically install MSI & EXE software to users or computers at a scheduled time. Desktop Central supports software installation to users and computers or mass installation to OUs, Domains and Sites.
Software repositories are used to store software packages. These packages can either be for MSI-based software applications or EXE-based software applications. A software package added in Desktop Central will have the location of the installation files along with the installation and uninstallation commands. A package once added can be used to deploy the software any number of times by just defining a configuration.
For ensuring a smooth and successful software deployment, Desktop Central provides the option to validate a set of conditions before a software installation/ uninstallation. The pre-deployment activities include checking for previous software versions, running processes of dependant executables, free disk space etc. Upon validation of each of these conditions, you can decide on proceeding with or skipping the installation/ uninstallation.
Desktop Central allows administrators to schedule a software deployment to users and computers after a specified time. This is very useful in deploying the software after business hours to ensure users/computers are not affected due to this deployment. The network traffic will also be minimum at off hours.
Desktop Central does not stop with just installing MSI/EXE software in the user machines; it also provides the status of the installation for the administrator to check whether the installation was successful in all the configured systems. The software installation status is made available in the Desktop Central client, which can be accessed from anywhere in the network through a web browser.
In addition to installation of Windows software, Desktop Central also provides an ability to uninstall the MSI software applications that have been installed using Desktop Central. The details of the installed software are maintained under the configurations. The administrator can just open the configuration, edit it and choose to remove the software that was previously installed.
For more details, refer to the Windows Installer topic in the online help.
The Templates tab in the Software Deployment section comprises of predefined applications that you can use to create packages automatically. This functionality downloads binaries from the respective vendors' websites to create packages automatically. You can create a single package or multiple packages from the Templates tab and deploy them to target computers.