Installing with the Distribution Server

This topic describes how to use the Distribution Server to perform a remote installation of the KM from a central location.

The PATROL for Windows Servers can be installed locally to a single computer or remotely to multiple computers using the Distribution Server. You use the Distribution Server to perform remote installations or uninstallations of BMC Software distributed systems products across multiple systems from a central location.

With the Distribution Server you can perform the following actions:

• Install, uninstall, upgrade, and reinstall products on remote systems from one central location.
• Create collections of products and system groups to distribute multiple products to multiple systems in one distribution.
• Schedule a distribution for a specific date and time.
• Maintain multiple product versions to be distributed.
• View reports to check distribution status, gather distribution data, and diagnosis issues.

Before you begin

Create an installation package.

Importing a CD or customized installation package into Distribution Server.

To set up products

1. Import components into the Distribution Server repository on the Components tab of the Distribution Manager.
2. Arrange components in collections on the Collections tab of the Distribution Manager.
3. Configure the collections on the Configurations tab of the Distribution Manager.

To set up systems

1. Create accounts in the operating system of the computers to which you want to distribute PATROL for Windows Servers.
2. Add accounts and create profiles for the systems on the Systems tab of the Distribution Manager.
3. Add the systems and install the Distribution Client on the Systems tab of the Distribution Manager.
4. Arrange systems in system groups on the Systems tab of the Distribution Manager.

To distribute products

1. Distribute configurations of collections to system groups on the Distributions tab of the Distribution Manager.
2. Run reports to review distributions on the Reports tab of the Distribution Manager.
   For detailed instructions about how to perform remote installations with the Distribution Server, see the Distribution Server Getting Started Guide.

Related topics

Performing the installation

Preparing for installation