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    Using Distribution for OLE configuration of targets

    
    

    USING DISTRIBUTION FOR OLE CONFIGURATION OF TARGETS

    
       Elements of LANDesk(R) Management Suite v2.01x  Distribute's target
    
       pieces require certain OLE files.  These files cannot be copied
    
       indiscriminately to workstation local drives because of compatibility
    
       problems.  Neither can they be used from a server by targets that have
    
       other versions of OLE that are  local, without certain risks of failure.
    
    
    
        If there are workstations on your network that do not already have OLE
    
       installed, you will need to determine which workstations these are and
    
       install certain OLE files to them before they can be recipients of
    
       Distribution packages.  Intel recommends the following procedure.
    
    
    
         1. Use Distribute to build a file collection package that contains the
    
            following files.
    
    
    
            COMPOBJ.DLL
    
            OLE2.DLL
    
            OLE2DISP.DLL
    
            OLE2NLS.DLL
    
            STORAGE.DLL
    
            TYPELIB.DLL
    
    
    
            These files are typically found in the administrator console's
    
            C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.  The destination of these files will
    
            also be C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.  If either your administrator's console
    
            or any targets workstations are not configured this way, refer to
    
            Distribute documentation on creating Path Macros.
    
    
    
         2. Use Desktop Manager to add OLE2 files to the list of software
    
            scanned by inventory:
    
    
    
           a.  Choose Options | Software List to bring up the Software List
    
              editor, then choose New to enter a new item.
    
    
    
           b.   Choose the browse button to select the file
    
              C:\WINDOWS\OLE2DISP.DLL.
    
    
    
           c.  Choose OLE as the product name, and set the Scan Method to
    
              Product Name.
    
    
    
           d.  Choose a version number such as 2.0 (this need not be accurate).
    
    
    
           e.  Choose Accept to add the new item to the list of software being
    
              scanned.
    
    
    
         3. Proceed with the next steps after you are confident that the
    
            workstations in question have been scanned (LDISCAN.EXE is executed
    
            as part of the login script for members of the LANDESK_GROUP).
    
    
    
         4. Copy the files listed in Step 1. to the \LOGIN\LANDESK directory of
    
            the Management Server. This is a temporary condition that will
    
            enable the targets to participate in a distribution.
    
    
    
         5. From the Distribute console,
    
    
    
           a.  Choose Package | Requirements.
    
    
    
           b.  From the Components section, select the item OLE Automation
    
              Library (the item you entered in Step 2).
    
    
    
           c.  Select the Relational Operator "Does Not Exist" to form the
    
              expression  (OLE Automation Library DOES NOT EXIST). 
    
    
    
           d.  Choose OK to perform Query.
    
    
    
           e.  Choose Yes to save the package requirements.
    
    
    
         6. From the Distribute console,  in the Network View, expand the query
    
            you created in step 5 to reveal the workstations without the
    
            necessary OLE files.  Edit the list if needed (File Servers, for
    
            example, should be removed from the list).
    
    
    
         7. Distribute the package created in Step 1 to the edited query group
    
            to enable them for future distributions.
    
    
    
         8. Delete the files copied to the \LOGIN\LANDESK directory in Step 4.
    
    

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