The key to developing a straight-forward deployment system is to map out the following.
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Identify the Deployment Server and Selected Viewers. |
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Identify what files require synchronization on selected viewers. |
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Identify what Viewers should have the configuration file automatically synchronized. |
Identify the deployment server and selected viewer names.
Make a note of the names of the viewers that will be singled out for configuration and the deployment server name.
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Each viewer that will be singled out in the deployment must be identified with the exact name identified on the Computer Name tab in the Windows System properties dialog box. |
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The deployment server name must be the exact name identified on the Computer Name tab in the Windows System properties dialog box. |
Identify files and folders that will be synchronized.
Identify the following.
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Exactly what files and/or file types on the viewer will require synchronization. |
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The target folder path on the viewer that holds the identified files. There can be more than one local path on a viewer. Note: The temporary folder on the viewer is automatically created. |
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Each shared folder on the deployment server that holds the source files that will be deployed to the viewer.
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Identify what Viewers should have the configuration file automatically synchronized.
Identify the following for each viewer.
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The UNC path on the deployment server for viewers that should have the configuration file, gefdepl.dplcfg, automatically updated. Notes
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Viewers can have a configuration file that can only be updated manually because it will not be synchronized with the server. |
Note: Make sure the Viewers have enough hard drive space to support deployment.
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Step 1. Plan deployment configuration. |
There can be more than one folder
on the server.