KBI 310909 New Feature: Argent AT Remote Installation Package
Version
Added to Argent Advanced Technology 3.1A-1401-T5 and later
Date
Wednesday, 9 Apr 2014
Summary
Argent AT 3.1A-1401-T5 and later allow customer to create a Remote Installation Package for Trusted Agent or Daughter Engine of selected products
Compared to the original Argent AT setup package, Remote Installation Package is significantly smaller, and installs selected products from command line without much of customer’s intervention
It is especially ideal for mass installation of remote Trusted Agents connected through slow link
As a typical example, the full Argent AT setup package is about 118 MB, while a Remote Installation Package of Argent Guardian Ultra Trusted Agent is about 14 MB
Technical Background
In order to create a Remote Installation Package, customer must have the unpacked Argent AT Setup package accessible
In following screenshots, the setup package is under C:\_ARGENT_AT_INSTALL
Customer first starts up any Argent AT main GUI, and select the option ‘Create Remote Installation Package‘ from menu
Customer next has to specify the unpacked path of Argent AT setup package
Argent AT GUI will check to make sure that the selected setup package is the same version as installed Argent AT, and there is no file corruption in the selected package
Customer then sees the dialog box of package generator
The screen is self-explanatory
After specifying all the required options, customer clicks on button ‘Generate Package‘ to create the Remote Install Package as a ZIP file in the specified path
To install the products on the remote server, customer has to copy the ZIP file and unzip it on the machine first
Assume it is unpacked under C:\TEMP\_ARGENT_AT_INSTALL
All customer has to do is to open a DOS prompt, and run SETUP.EXE
No further user intervention is needed
Note: By default, the Trusted Agent or Daughter Engine is installed on C:\ARGENT
In case that custom installation path is required, customer can run ‘SETUP custom_path‘
For example, if customer runs ‘SETUP E:\ARGENT‘, the products will be installed on drive E instead of C
Resolution
Upgrade to Argent Advanced Technology 3.1A-1401-T5 or later