Remote Install Utility provides a GUI for modifying the Installation Control File (ICF) and deploying the CA TM Agent to Windows or Netware computers. If you plan to use another method to deploy the agent, such as SMS or SDO, you may still want to use the Remote Install Utility's GUI to modify the ICF file. The Remote Install Utility is not supported on Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.
Note: The ICF is also used in Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X deployments, but without using the Remote Install Utility. You can use any text editor to modify the file on these operating systems.
The Remote Install Utility supports the following operating systems:
Note: The Remote Install Utility is dependent on both the Computer Browser Service and NetBIOS, and can only see machines that appear in the Windows Network Neighborhood. Sites that no longer use NetBIOS need to use another method to deploy the software.
To successfully install on client machines using the Remote Install Utility, you need 230 MB available on the target machine.
If the machine running the Remote Install utility uses Windows NT 4, Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP, the NetBIOS has a limit of 10 concurrent sessions. Do not schedule more than 10 concurrent installations or increase the default MaxConcurrentInstalls setting (5).
The Remote Install utility opens a port on the target machine for remote procedure calls (RPCs) during an installation. The default port number is 42611. The same port number is used for all target machines in the Remote Install utility. If you need to use a different port for a specific machine, change the port in the Remote Install utility first, then install the software on that machine separately.
In domain environments, both the source and target machines must resolve the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the Domain Controller.
In workgroup environments, we recommend placing both machines in the same workgroup if possible.
In a hub and spoke network, the source machine should be located in a major hub rather than at the far end of a spoke.
You must disable simple file sharing when running the Remote Install utility on Microsoft Windows XP. For more information, see your Microsoft documentation.
The Server service must be active on the local machine because the Remote Install utility uses shared directories as network resources to install the software on the target machines.