The Automatic Client Registration feature allows you to simplify the
installation of many client computers when having more than one CommServe
running in your environment. Using this feature, you can deploy the same
installation package to all computers and each can be made to automatically
register with the appropriate CommServe of your choice. The list of clients to
be installed can be administered from a central web interface.
The following section describes the steps involved in installing the required
components and creating a custom package that can be used to automatically
register a client computer to any CommServe.
The Master CommServe will serve as a central location maintaining all
information about the available Target CommServes as well as the potential
client computers to be installed. Administrators can add client computers using
a web interface assigning them a Target CommServe, client group, and policies.
When a client is finished installing using the single customized package, it
will be able to retrieve its own saved configuration from the Master CommServe
and use this information to register itself with the designated Target CommServe
automatically.
In order to prepare for this feature, you must designate one of the
CommServes to be the master. Once you’ve decided, perform the following steps to
set up the Master and Target CommServes:
Log on to each Target CommServers.
Navigate to the following registry key location and make a note of the
value of the registry key pACCESS:
Create a custom installation package which can later be used to
easily deploy the software with a single-click and automatically register the
client to any CommServe.
Use the following procedure to create the installation package:
1.
Log on a computer as an Administrator or as a
member of the Administrator group on that computer.
You can use any
computer to create the custom installation package.
2.
Run Setup.exe from the Software Installation
Package.
3.
Select the required language.
Click Next.
4.
Click Advanced options.
5.
Click Create a custom install package.
6.
Select the CPU type corresponding to the
binaries that you want to use for the custom package.
Click Next.
Select Win32 for a 32-bit package and WinX64
for a 64 bit package.
If this computer and the CommServe is separated by a firewall, select
the Configure firewall services option and then click Next to
continue.
For firewall options and
configuration instructions, see
Firewall Configuration
and continue with the installation.
If firewall configuration is not required, click Next to continue.
12.
Enter the fully qualified domain name of the Master CommServe in the
CommServe Host Name field. This should be
TCP/IP network name. e.g., computer.company.com.
NOTES
The CommServe client name is the name of the computer. This field
is automatically populated.
Select the necessary Global Filter option for the default subclient and Click
Next to continue.
NOTES
Select Use Cell level Policy to inherit the global filter policy
configuration set for the CommCell, i.e., if the Use Global Filters on
AllSubclients option is selected in the Global Filters
dialog box (from the CommCell Console’s Control Panel), then this policy
will be applied to the default subclient as well. If is not selected, then
the global filters will not be applied to the default subclient.
Select Always use Global filters to apply the global
filters policy to the default subclient regardless of the policy set for the
CommCell.
Select Do not use Global filters to disregard applying the global
filters to the default subclient regardless of the policy set for the
CommCell.
The Summary on your screen should
reflect the components you selected for install, and may look different from
the example shown.
Click Next to continue or
Back to change any of the options.
The install program now starts copying the software to the computer.
This step may take several minutes to complete.
20.
Specify the name and location of the self-extracting
executable file.
Select the option Cleanup custom package folders
and only retain the self-extracting exe to clean up the installation
files and folders in the custom package destination folder.
Click Next to proceed.
21.
The self-extracting executable file is created
in the specified location. Click OK to exit.
The generated self-executable file can be used to install the Custom installation
package that you have created above.
Before installing the
custom package on any computer, register the client name for the
computer and assign a Target CommServe for the client. You can use web interface to
perform this task.
Follow the steps given below to access the web interface and register the
clients:
Open a web browser, type the following URL and press Enter:
http://<client hostname>:82/customreports
Click the Register tab
In the Client Name box, type the client name for the
computer where you want to install the custom package.
In the Target CommServer drop-down box, select a CommServe.
The File System Agent on the client will use the assigned CommServe
for all backup and restore operations.
Select a
Subclient Policy or a Storage Policy.
The File System Agent on the client will use the
assigned subclient policy or storage policy
for all backup and restore operations.
In the Client Group box, select a Client Group.
All the settings of the assigned client group will be applied to the
client. For example, Firewall configuration or data encryption settings
etc.
Click Save.
Registering multiple clients
Depending on your needs, you can register multiple client computers at
once. Use the following steps to do so:
Create an Excel sheet with the required fields as following:
Specify the client computer name in the first field.
Specify the Target CS id (CommCell id) in the second field.
CS ids can be viewed by executing the following query from SQL
Server Management Studio on the
Master CommServe.
select * from APP_CommCellInfo
Third and fourth fields must be left blank. Do not specify
anything in these fields.
Specify the required client group in the fifth field.
Specify the Sub Client Policy in the sixth field.
Specify the desired Storage policy in the seventh field.
Eighth field must be left blank.
Specify the Unix time stamp in the ninth field. Specify the
Unix time stamp only if you want to know the time at which this
entry is created. If you do not want to specify the Unix time
stamp, this field can be left blank.
Tenth field must exist, and must be left blank (empty space
is mandatory).
Repeat the above steps to add multiple client computers to the
excel sheet.
Save this excel file as as a .csv
file.
If you have added details of a single client computer, then
the contents of the csv file would
appear as shown in the example.
Log on to the Master CommServe, and run the following query in SQL studio:
use CommServ
bulk
insert APP_RegisterClient
from 'C:\Clients.csv'
with
(
FIELDTERMINATOR = ',',
ROWTERMINATOR = '\n',
KEEPNULLS
)
GO
under Actions column to edit the client details. 
under
Actions column to delete the client details.