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Before Installing with SMS

Before using SMS to deploy CA DataMinder, there are some preliminary steps you must follow.

Discover the SMS Clients

Before installing with SMS, you must already have discovered the client machines and confirmed that the SMS client software has been installed on these machines.

Create an Administrative Installation Source Image: Client.msi

We recommend that you create an administrative installation source image (Client.msi) for your SMS clients to use. This enables client machines to install CA DataMinder directly from the network without generating excessive network traffic or requiring excessive free disk space on the client.

Create a Transform: SMSQuietUninstall.mst

Transform files let you apply customized configuration changes to a Windows Installer package. Here you can use a transform, SMSQuietUninstall.mst, to allow silent uninstallations. That is, the transform removes the need for user cooperation when uninstalling. If you require silent uninstallations, copy this transform into the same folder as Client.msi, your administrative installation source image (see above).

Note: To create this transform, you run a provided script.