N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 User's Guide for the Windows 2000 Plug-In

Chapter 1 Overview of Windows 2000 Plug-In

This chapter explains general information about using N1 Grid Service Provisioning System to provision Windows 2000 applications. The chapter contains the following information:

Purpose of the Windows 2000 Plug-In

The N1 Grid Service Provisioning System software provides enhanced capabilities in out-of-the-box support for Windows Internet Information Services (IIS), COM, and COM+ applications. You can capture an application from a Windows 2000 system, select precisely how this application should be configured, and deploy the application to stand-alone, managed, or clustered Windows 2000 environments.

For more information about Microsoft Windows IIS, see http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/iis/6/all/proddocs/en-us/iiswelcome.mspx.

What the Windows 2000 Plug-In Includes

The Windows 2000 Plug-In includes several Windows-specific component types, along with predefined components and resource files that enable you to easily capture, configure, and deploy Windows IIS, COM, and COM+ applications. The Windows 2000 Plug-In includes the following specific items:

3_0_1/resources/com/sun/windows/cmdInDir.bat
3_0_1/resources/com/sun/windows/cscriptInDir.bat
3_1_1/resources/com/sun/windows/IMSABOWrapper.dll
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/compTypes/Batch File CT.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/compTypes/COM Component CT.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/compTypes/COMPlus CT.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/compTypes/DSN CT.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/compTypes/Global ISAPI Filter CT.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/compTypes/IIS Application CT.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/compTypes/IIS Global Settings CT.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/compTypes/IIS Site CT.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/compTypes/MSI CT.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/compTypes/Metabase Base CT.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/compTypes/Registry File CT.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/compTypes/Registry Key CT.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/compTypes/Website ISAPI Filter CT.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/compTypes/Windows Scripting Host CT.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/simpleComps/jacozoom/21100220.LIC.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/simpleComps/jacozoom/JacozoomContainer.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/simpleComps/jacozoom/izmcomjni.jar.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/simpleComps/jacozoom/izmjnicom.dll.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/simpleComps/jacozoom/winutils.jar.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/simpleComps/IMSABOWrapper.dll.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/simpleComps/cmdInDir.bat.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/simpleComps/cscriptInDir.bat.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/simpleComps/plugin-win32.jar.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/simpleComps/tmp_cmdInDir.bat.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/simpleComps/tmp_cscriptInDir.bat.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/sysServices/COMPlus SS.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/sysServices/DSN SS.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/sysServices/Metabase SS.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/sysServices/Registry Key SS.xml
fiji/components/com/sun/windows/sysServices/Windows Services SS.xml
fiji/resources/com/sun/windows/plugin-win32.jar
fiji/resources/com/sun/windows/jacozoom/izmcomjni.jar
fiji/resources/com/sun/windows/jacozoom/winutils.jar
fiji/resources/com/sun/windows/jacozoom/21100220.LIC
fiji/resources/com/sun/windows/jacozoom/izmjnicom.dll
redmond/components/com/sun/windows/simpleComps/tmp_cmdInDir.bat.xml
redmond/components/com/sun/windows/simpleComps/tmp_cscriptInDir.bat.xml
redmond/resources/com/sun/windows/cmdInDir.bat
redmond/resources/com/sun/windows/cscriptInDir.bat

Requirements for Using the Windows 2000 Plug-In

Requirements for Deployment Server

Any host on which you intend to deploy the Windows 2000 Plug-In must meet the following requirements:

Operating system: Appropriate version of the operating system
Disk space: Approximately 236 Mbytes of free storage space for the installed product and 170 Mbytes of temporary storage space required by the installer
RAM: 256 Mbytes (minimum); 512 Mbytes (recommended)

Requirements for Target Hosts

Any host on which you intend to deploy Windows 2000 files and applications must be running an appropriate version of the Windows 2000 operating system.