Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring the Windows 2000 Plug-In

This chapter provides information about installing and configuring the Windows 2000 plug-in. The chapter contains the following information:

• Acquiring the Windows 2000 Plug-In

• Adding the Windows 2000 Plug-In to Sun N1 Service Provisioning System

• Customizing the Solution for Your Environment

• Upgrading Considerations

Acquiring the Windows 2000 Plug-In

The Windows 2000 solution is packaged as a plug-in to the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System software. Plug-ins are packaged in Java^TM Archive (JAR) files. The Windows 2000 plug-in files are available from the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System Supplement CD or from the Sun Download Center.

The Windows 2000 Plug-In is available for import from two different JAR files. Choose the correct file depending on your situation.

• If you are importing the Windows 2000 Plug-In for the first time, acquire the com.sun.windows_2.0.jar file.

• If you have already imported the previous version of the Windows 2000 Plug-In, acquire the com.sun.windows_1.1_2.0.jar file.

Adding the Windows 2000 Plug-In to Sun N1 Service Provisioning System

To make a given plug-in known to the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System product, you need to import the plug-in to the Master Server. If you have already imported a previous version of the Windows 2000 Plug-In, you need to upgrade to the new plug-in.

How to Import the Windows 2000 Plug-In Using the Browser Interface

To import or upgrade a plug-in, follow these steps as explained in detail in Chapter 5, Plug-In Administration, in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 System Administration Guide

Steps

1. In the Administrative section of the browser interface main window, click Plug-ins.

2. In the Action column of the Plug-ins page, click Import.

3. Browse to the location where you downloaded the JAR file.

   • If you are importing the Windows 2000 Plug-In for the first time, select the com.sun.windows_2.0.jar file.

   • If you have already imported a previous version of the Windows 2000 Plug-In, select the com.sun.windows_1.1_2.0.jar file.

4. Click the Continue to Import button.

   When the import completes successfully, a plug-in details page appears and shows you the objects that the plug-in provides.

How to Import the Windows 2000 Plug-In using the CLI

You can also import a plug-in by using the command line.

Step

To import a plug-in file from the CLI, type:

% cr_cli -cmd plg.p.add -path plugin-filename -u username -p password

• If you are importing the Windows 2000 Plug-In for the first time, plugin-filename is com.sun.windows_2.0.jar.

• If you have already imported the previous version of the Windows 2000 Plug-In, plugin-filename is com.sun.windows_1.1_2.0.jar.

Customizing the Solution for Your Environment

You should grant the following permissions to the specified folders from the provisioning software interface:

• /com/sun/windows folder

  • Grant allow on host set permission to all users who will perform deployments that use the Windows 2000 Plug-In components on hosts that the users are expected to deploy to. Also grant this permission to all users who are expected to prepare Windows hosts on the hosts they are expected to prepare.

  • Grant run component procedures permission only as needed. This permission is recommended only in non-production systems, or for trusted admin users. This permission allows services of the com.sun.windows#services system service to be directly executed. These services include controls to start and stop services, execute batch and cscript files, and manage MSIs.

• /com/sun/windows/jacozoom folder

  • Grant allow on host set permission to all users who will be expected to prepare windows hosts on the hosts they are expected to prepare.

Upgrading Considerations

The following information is related to viewing previous versions of components after upgrading.

How to Access Previous Versions of a Component

When you upgrade to a new version of a plug-in, the Common Tasks page for the plug-in is updated to provide links to components that are installed with the new plug-in version. This feature enables you to easily view components that contain the most current features and improvements. Components that rely on old functionality are not linked to from the Common Tasks page.

If you have trouble finding a component that you previously installed, the component was likely created from the previous version of the plug-in.

Follow these steps to view or work with a previous version of the component:

Steps

1. Click the appropriate component procedure on the Common Tasks page.

   The Component Detail page appears.

2. On the Component Details page, click Version History.

   A list of components and versions appears.

3. Click the appropriate link.

   1. To perform a task with a component, click the version number or the details link that applies to the component that you want to use.

   2. To view where a component is installed, click Where Installed.