Re: Q: How to do a network based install of the Oracle Client software to lots of PCs

Assuming you want to run all 16 bit code only you should check out Oracle Configuration Software Manager (OCSM). This will let you do a network install and enable clients to either run off the shared install or
install locally using a shared agent (you can also configure it to add/delete software at
client boot time). Another option for pure 16bit is just do a network install and
change all clients win.ini to ora_config to point to the oracle.ini on the network. If you want
32 bit, you could do a network install from a workstation, export the oracle key from the registry, map the win95 clients to point to the oracle drive, and on each client import the oracle registry key. OCSM is probably the easiet route at this point.

Don wrote:

> Is there a clean, simple way of doing a network based installation of
> the PC Client software? This will be for WIN3x and WIN95 clients.
>
> They only need the required software to use SQL*NET and TCP/IP to make
>
> connections to a SUN Oracle server.
>
> Why the network install? 'cuz the support folks do not want to walk
> around to each PC with a little portable CD player trying to install
> the Oracle software.
>
> Why not use a networked CD-ROM drive? 'cuz somebody named Mr.
> Big_and_Important has decided that we will not give the users access
> to network CD-rom drives!
>
> So, we are looking at copying the installer CD and it's 320M of data
> onto a network drive - UNLESS, somebody knows exactly what files /
> directories we would need to copy off the CD to do the install.
>
> If I understand Oracle, they don't offer a solution to my needs.
> Well, somebody out there must have done this.
>
> Thx!!
>
> Don Dealy, II
> Legacy Health System
> Portland OR USA
>
> email by removing strange things:
> dondealy { at } teleport { dot } com
Received on Wed Oct 08 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT