Distributing Oracle Software with Microsoft's Systems Management Server (SMS)

Oracle8 Enterprise Edition 8.0.4.0.0 can be distributed as a software package within the environment of Microsoft's Systems Management Server (SMS). Both server and client software can be distributed this way, for any of the 32-bit Windows operating systems. SMS integration for Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups operating systems is not currently supported. Server and client software packages designed for SMS contain precisely the same components as the corresponding packages in a traditional installation. If you are an SMS administrator and would like to distribute Oracle software with SMS, follow the steps provided. It is important to reboot all server and client machines after installing Oracle software with SMS.

1. From the SMS Administrator's console, open the 'Packages' window.

2. Select 'New' from the File menu.

3. In the dialog box that appears, select the 'Import' button in order to specify the package definition file (with file extension .pdf) which describes the Oracle software package to SMS.

4. Navigate to the 'SMS' directory at the root of the Oracle CD and select the appropriate .pdf file as follows:

- To install and deinstall Oracle8 Server software, select the file 'ServerNT.pdf'.

- To install and deinstall Oracle8 Client software for Windows NT or Windows 95, select 'Client32.pdf'.

- To deinstall any Oracle8 software package, select 'Deinstal.pdf'. You might use this option if you have the software installed but have not already created an install/deinstall package, or if you have deleted the install/deinstall package. Job sending time will be greatly reduced in this case.

5. Now select the 'Workstations' button to see more properties of the package.

6. For an install/deinstall package, set the source directory for the package to the root directory of the Oracle CD. For the deinstall-only package, set the source directory to the 'SMS' directory which is located at the root of the CD. This is important, as installation command lines which are specified in the .pdf file are interpreted relative to the source directory.

7. You should see one or more command line options listed for the package. They are defined in the .pdf file and should be left as they are.

8. Select the 'Close' button to exit the window. Select the 'OK' button to exit the 'Package Properties' window. SMS will create the package for you at this time.

9. To distribute Oracle software, you must create a 'Run Command on Workstation' job to distribute the new package. You will be able to choose the appropriate command line option for the package during job creation (for example, Oracle8 Client/DBA for Win95 or Oracle8 Client/AppUser for Win95). Please consult your SMS documentation for more information about creating jobs.

Note: When you schedule an SMS job to distribute software, the source directory that was specified during package creation must be accessible to SMS. If you specified the Oracle CD as the source, be sure the CD is loaded into your CD drive during job creation.

Documentation Note: Oracle documentation as distributed in an SMS package refers to

the initial installation location in order to save client disk space. This location is the

"SMS_PKGD" directory of the SMS distribution server. As a result, the client machine

requires a drive mapping to the initial installation location for access to documentation

files. On Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0, this drive mapping occurs automatically when

the documentation icon is selected. On Windows NT 3.51, this mapping must be

performed manually.

Deinstallation Note: Before executing an Oracle deinstallation job on an SMS client machine, be sure that all Oracle applications and services are stopped. Deinstallation will fail if services are running.ation in order to save client disk space.