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Using Tivoli Software Installation Service for Mass Installation

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Using Tivoli Software Installation Service for Mass Installation

This redbook will help you to understand how to install Tivoli. products and patches to a large number of nodes, gateways and endpoints using Tivoli Software Installation Service, Version 3.6. Many aspects of Tivoli Software Installation Service, including
installation, planning, command line interface, graphical user interface, and response files, are covered.

Guidance, step-by-step directions, plus hints and tips are provided to explain how you can utilize Tivoli Software Installation Services in your Tivoli Managed Environment. Actual examples are used throughout to illustrate how you interface to Tivoli Software Installation Service and utilize the features that it provides. These examples range from installing on a new, pristine machine, as well as
installing or pushing many Tivoli products and patches to many nodes, gateways and endpoints simultaneously.

Topics covered include populating the Tivoli Installation Software Installation Service Install Repository with Tivoli products and patches, using both the Tivoli Software Installation Service graphical user interface and command line interface, building response files, working with log files, and pushing Tivoli products and patches.

The Tivoli Software Installation Service graphical user interface is used for many of the install scenarios presented in this redbook. In addition the use of response files is explored showing how their use may be quicker, easier and faster to use when you are installing large numbers of machines or products. An example shows you how to use the Tivoli Software Installation Service graphical user interface to build a response file structure that you can then use with your favorite text editor to expand into a response file that covers the complete install activity you are planning.

Tivoli Software Installation Service utilizes several log files to document progress of its install activity. These logs are looked at and explained so that, if needed, you will be able to find information about both successful, as well as failed, installations.

A working knowledge of the Tivoli Management Framework and the Tivoli Managed Environment is assumed.
Price: $44.00 $35.00
Pages: 264
Date Published: August 13, 1998
ISBN: 0738400378
Author: IBM Redbooks
Product Number: SG24-5109-00
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