Installing the GroupWise Client by Running SETUP.EXE from a Network Drive | Novell GroupWise 7 Administrator Solutions Guide

Installing the GroupWise Client by Running `SETUP.EXE` from a Network Drive

Your users can run the SETUP.EXE file from a GroupWise 7 SDD, but when they do so, by default they will be confronted with a lot of questions that they might not know how to answer, as shown in Figures 12.2, 12.3, and 12.4. It is best to design your GroupWise client installation in such a manner that users do not need to answer any questions regarding what to install and where to install it.

The following section discusses a scenario relating to the installation requirements, and then shows you how to configure the SETUP.CFG and SETUP.INI files based on those goals.

Network Installation Requirements Scenario

Following are the requirements of this GroupWise client installation scenario:

The default IP address and port for a POA in your GroupWise system will be indicated.
Users should not be prompted to answer any installation questions.
Notify will be placed in the Windows startup group.
Document Integration will be disabled.
Users will not be prompted for the language to install; this installation will include two languages, US English and another local language (in this example, Dutch).
All other factory defaults are accepted.

Following are the steps to configuring the GroupWise client installation according to the sample scenario:

Go to the SDD\CLIENT folder. Locate the SETUP.CFG file and copy it to the SDD\CLIENT\WIN32 folder.
Locate the SETUP.CFG file that you copied to the SDD\CLIENT\WIN32 folder. Edit the properties of the file in Windows Explorer, and remove the read-only attribute, if necessary.

You are now ready to make changes to the use an editor such as Windows Notepad to edit the SETUP.CFG file; you should configure the SETUP.CFG and the SETUP.INI files, as explained in the next section.

Network Installation SETUP.CFG and SETUP.INI Changes

In the SETUP.CFG and SETUP.INI files, make the following changes according to the scenario outlined earlier:

To specify the default IP address and port, remove the semicolon from the following arguments in the SETUP.CFG file: DefaultIPAddress=x.x.x.x and DefaultIPPort=xxxx. Configure them with the IP address and port of a GroupWise POA in the GroupWise System. For example:
```
DefaultIPAddress=155.123.178.16 DefaultIPPort=1677
```
Tip

It might be desirable to define a DNS name for the DefaultIPAddress that is publicly resolvable and accessible. By doing this, you will be assured that no matter where the GroupWise client is installed from, the client can find a POA in your organization and log in. You must also configure the public IP address to point to a POA. You can easily do this using network address translation (NAT) from the public address to an internal private address. This concept ties back to the proxy server option discussed in Chapter 8.
To ensure that users will not be prompted with installation questions, change the line that reads ShowDialogs=Yes to ShowDialogs=No.
To make sure that Notify is not placed in the Windows startup group, find the line that reads Notify= and change it to Notify=No.
To turn off Document Integration, find the section that reads [IntegrationApps]. After the name of each application containing a =Yes, change it to =No. For example:
```
Microsoft Word=No Microsoft Excel=No Corel WordPerfect=No
```
To install a multilingual version, find the section that reads [Languages]. After the name of each language you want to be installed, change =No to =Yes. For example:
```
English=Yes Arabic =No Dutch=Yes
```
Also be sure to set the default language to your desired language, like so:
```
Default=English
```
By default, the GroupWise Client CD has GroupWise configured to ask in which language the installation routine should run, in English or in another language. Even if we disable all dialogs in step 2, users are still prompted about this. To remove this prompt, follow these steps:
1. Locate the SETUP.INI file, found in the SDD\CLIENT\WIN32 folder.
2. Edit the properties of the file in Windows Explorer. Remove the read-only attribute, if necessary.
3. Edit the SETUP.INI file. Find the line that reads EnableLangDlg=Y and change it to EnableLangDlg=N.

Note

The SETUP.CFG and especially the SETUP.INI files have changed quite a lot when compared with the previous GroupWise versions. If you have used earlier versions of these files before, take a look at these differences. For example, the keyword HideAllDialogs=Yes as used in previous versions has been changed to the more intuitive ShowDialogs=No. Be sure not to use a SETUP.CFG file from an older version when installing GroupWise 7.

Now SETUP.CFG and SETUP.INI have the changes made that will ensure that users do not have to make installation choices.

Testing and Finalizing the Network Installation

Take the following steps to finalize this scenario:

1.	Test this installation by running the `SETUP.EXE` file in the `SDD\CLIENT\WIN32` folder. If the installation behaves in the manner you expect, proceed to the next step. If it does not behave in the manner you expect it to, tweak the `SETUP.CFG` file as needed.
2.	Allow your users network rights to the `SDD\CLIENT` folder and subdirectories. Do not allow your users to have rights to the `SDD` folder or any of its directories other than the `\CLIENT` folder and its subdirectories.

You now have in place a solution that will allow your users run the SETUP.EXE file from the SDD\CLIENT\WIN32 folder. You can also execute the SETUP.EXE file from a Novell Client login script.