[ABCINC] Customer Support -- Tech Note #1
Network install of CISWIN:
Requirements and tips.
Applies to: CISWIN Release 1.x and above
Last updated: Tuesday February 20, 2007.
SUMMARY
The CISWIN program may be installed in a network environment and ran as a stand alone program. The following conditions must be present in the network.
1. Workstation is MS windows 95B, 98 or NT4.0 SP3 or above.
2. SERVER.
A. Ensure the server is stable.
B. Install SP4 for NT 4.0 or the current Netware patches for Netware 3.12 and above.
3 The following network setup should be present in the windows workstations.
PROCEDURE
A. Server:
A.1 Ensure the servers date and time & all workstations (which will have the software
installed) date and time are current. They don't need to be synchronized but
should be within a few minutes of each other. This is keep the data integrity
and the reports correct.
A.2 Install the "Program" on all workstations on drive C. The Data folder goes on the server.
Then change the dplus.ini on each workstation to: Datafiles=F:\data (or whatever
your network drive is)
A.3 Continue with B below for the work stations.
B. Workstation: Map a drive to the root of the shared partition on the server (NTFS on
NT or SYS volume on Netware. Typically, this has already been done and the drive
letter is F:. Use NetWare mapping or on windows peer to peer or client to NT server use the "NET USE" command as a login script. The syntax should be:
net use f: \\server_ network_name\f /yes
This will map a local drive F: from the server name drive f. In this case the server name is server_ network_name and the drive where cisdata folder will be is shared as f.
You should put this a a batch file and then put a shortcut in the startup folder or put in the registry in the run once key.
B.1 The shared partition on the server must be available to all users of the program.
B.2 Contact your network administrator to accomplish this task.
B.3 The current version is not fully shareable. An message will occur if more than one
computer tries to access the data at a time. This message will let the new user know
that the program is already running on another computer or their own computer.
B.4 The CISWIN program install at this time allows one user to access the data at a
time.
B.5 However , many computers in one center may have the program installed at one
time.
B.6 Install the software on all computers in the center on the same day. Call at one
time to get a key for each workstation.