System for multiple-client software installation and upgrade

Details System for multiple-client software installation and upgrade System for multiple-client software installation and upgrade

1996-04-19

1999-08-03

Rinehart, Mark H.

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Network computer configuring

Reconfiguring

395712, 395653, G06F 1338, G06F 1517

Patent

active

059319097

ABSTRACT:
A software package is installed to multiple target systems in a client/server distributed processing system. The software package is installed on program files of the server. A target list of clients served by the server is established, and the software package is installed on program files of each client in the target list. In one embodiment, the software package contains installation options for each client in the target list, and the target list establishing operation analyzes each client to determine what, if any, installation options are to be installed on the client and constructs a target list of clients and installation options for each client as determined by the analysis. In another embodiment, the software package contains additional software packages for each client on the target list and the target list establishing operation analyzes each client to determine if one or more client-specific packages are to be installed on the client and what are the to-be-installed, client-specific packages. The installing operation in this embodiment reads from the target list a client entry, identifying a client and client-specific packages for the client, and installs onto the file system of the client the client-specific packages identified in the client entry.

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