Enforced Client Product Guide

Installing Enforced Client

 

Installing Enforced Client

To perform a push installation:

1Download the Push Install utility from the SecurityCenter.

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Initiate a push to one or more client computers.

3Optional. Initiate a push to one or more relay servers.

„Requirements

„Installation

Online help for the Push Install utility is available by clicking the help link in any dialog box during installation.

Requirements

To use the push installation method:

„The administrative computer must be running the Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, or Windows Vista operating system.

Push installation is not supported on Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition because Windows XP Home Edition cannot log on to an Active Directory domain.

„The administrative computer must be running Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 or later, with ActiveX enabled.

„At the administrative computer, you must be logged on with domain administrator privileges for the domain being installed.

„Administrative computers running the Windows firewall and Windows XP Professional or Windows Vista must add File and Print Sharing to the firewall’s Exceptions list. For instructions, see the Push Install Help, available by clicking the help link in any dialog box when you run the Push Install utility.

„All target computers must be logged on to the same Windows domain as the administrator.

Considerations for scheduling push installations

When scheduling push installations:

„Consider other network tasks. Pushing to a large number of computers simultaneously can produce a high volume of network traffic, so schedule push installations for times when they will not affect other network tasks.

„Make sure the target computers are turned on. The Push Install utility installs client software on target computers that are online when the push takes place.

„Make sure users are not using the target computers. Restarting a client computer while a push installation is in progress can cause the computer to become unstable, so schedule push installations for times when users will not be turning off or restarting their computers.

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SonicWALL 4.5 manual Considerations for scheduling push installations

4.5 specifications

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