This chapter provides the following information for the SolsticeTM AutoClientTM 2.1 product.
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.
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. |
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.
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:
Solstice AdminSuite 2.3 Installation and Release Notes - Contains overview, installation procedures, troubleshooting, and known bug lists for the Solstice AdminSuite software and software usage monitoring.
Solstice AutoClient 2.1 Installation and Product Notes - Contains overview, installation procedures, troubleshooting, and known bug lists for the Solstice AutoClient software.
Solstice AdminSuite 2.3 Administration Guide - Contains product overview, task, and reference information for the Solstice AdminSuite software.
Solstice AutoClient 2.1 Administration Guide - Contains the administrative tasks required for the successful operation of the Solstice AutoClient product. It includes information on how to administer AutoClient systems with Host Manager.
Solstice AdminSuite Print Administration Guide - Contains product overview information about the SunSoft Print Client software, task and reference information for setting up and modifying print client software.
To view this documentation, use an HTML 2.0 compliant Web browser such as Netscape NavigatorTM.
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.
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 |
The PostScript files included on the CD-ROM are:
Sol_AS2.3_Install.ps
Solstice AdminSuite 2.3 Installation and Release Notes - Contains overview, installation procedures, troubleshooting, and known bug lists for the Solstice AdminSuite software and software usage monitoring.
Sol_AC2.1_Install.ps
Solstice AutoClient 2.1 Installation and Release Notes - Contains overview, installation procedures, troubleshooting, and known bug lists for the Solstice AutoClient software.
Sol_AS2.3_Admin_Guide.ps
Solstice AdminSuite 2.3 Administration Guide - Contains product overview, task, and reference information for the Solstice AdminSuite software.
Sol_AC2.1_Admin_Guide.ps
Solstice AutoClient 2.1 Administration Guide - Contains the administrative tasks required for the successful operation of the Solstice AutoClient product. It includes information on how to administer AutoClient systems with Host Manager.
Sol_ASPrint_Admin_Guide.ps
Solstice AdminSuite Print Administration Guide - Contains product overview information about the SunSoft Print Client software, task and reference information for setting up and modifying print client software.