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Solstice AutoClient 2.1 Installation and Release Notes

Chapter 1 Solstice AutoClient 2.1 Release Notes

This chapter provides the following information for the SolsticeTM AutoClientTM 2.1 product.

Solstice AutoClient 2.1 Overview

The Solstice AutoClient product allows you to set up AutoClient systems and provide centralized administration for these systems. The AutoClient technology improves ease of administration, enabling system administrators to maintain many AutoClient systems from a server.

The Solstice AutoClient software provides Host Manager, a Motif® graphical user interface tool that can be used on a host running an X Window SystemTM, such as the OpenWindowsTM environment. Using Host Manager, you can configure system information and add server support for AutoClient systems.

What's New in the Solstice AutoClient 2.1 Product

The Solstice AutoClient 2.1 product provides new features described in Table 1-1.

Table 1-1 New Solstice AutoClient 2.1 Features

Feature 

Description 

Improved installation script 

A new installation script makes it easier to users to install Solstice AdminSuite and AutoClient software. The new script enables you to set up systems to run AdminSuite remotely and also to set up systems to be administered by AdminSuite. The installation script can now also be run as root. 

Improved password functionality 

You can now set diskless client's and AutoClient's root password using Host Manager. 

JavaStationTMTM support

Using Host Manager, you can now add JavaStations to your network. 

OS services removal support 

HostManager now allows you to remove OS services from an OS server. 

Script enabler feature 

Host Manager now has the capability to run scripts that you have created to customize your operations. 

AutoClient disk profile documentation 

Information about how to setup your AutoClient disk provile has now been included in the Solstice AutoClient 2.1 Administration Guide.

Solstice AutoClient 2.1 Documentation

For your convenience, the documentation for the AutoClient software has been provided in two formats: HTML and PostScriptTM. The following sections describe what documents have been provided and where you can find them on the CD-ROM.

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) 2.0 Format

Documentation for the Solstice AutoClient 2.1 product is available in HTML format in the /cdrom/solstice_sysmgt_2_3/Manuals/html directory. The following documents are available in HTML format:

To view this documentation, use an HTML 2.0 compliant Web browser such as Netscape NavigatorTM.

Note -

A Web browser is not provided with the Solstice AutoClient 2.1 product.

Choose Open File from the File menu in your Web browser and type in the following path.


/cdrom/solstice_sysmgt_2_3/Manuals/html/index.html

The HTML index page is displayed. Click on the desired product name to view the documentation for that product.

For faster access to the Solstice AutoClient 2.1 documentation in HTML format, copy the directory where the HTML files are stored to a directory in the local file system, as shown in the example. 


# cp -r /cdrom/solstice_sysmgt_2_3/Manuals/html /local-path

Subsequently, access the HTML index page using the local file system path with your Web browser instead of using the path to the files stored on the CD - -ROM.

PostScript Format

For users who do not have access to browsers, the documentation has been provided in PostScript format. The following files are provided in the


/cdrom/solstice_sysmt_2_3/Manuals/postscript
directory.

The PostScript files included on the CD-ROM are: