Deploying a PSP using Windows PSP deployment scenario 1

To deploy a PSP stored in a centralized, network-based software repository using the graphical RDU:

1. Be sure that all minimum requirements are fulfilled as listed in "Minimum requirements for Microsoft Windows version 7.80 or earlier."
2. Be sure that the centralized, network-based software repository can be accessed by the administrative system.
3. Launch the RDU on the administrative system. It does not matter where the utility resides on the host system. However, HP recommends placing the utility in its own subdirectory.

   If no PSPs or components are in the same directory as the RDU or if no applicable Support Packs are found, a blank screen similar to the following appears when the utility opens.

   

4. Click Browse on the Repository toolbar to navigate to the location of the centralized, network-based software repository.
5. Configure components by right-clicking a component in the repository view tree and selecting Configure. Icons next to each component indicate whether the icon must be configured. Refer to "Repository view tree" for descriptions of the icons.
6. Select components to be installed:
   • To install all components in the applicable Support Pack, select a Support Pack from the Support Pack Selected for Installation toolbar. All the components in the Support Pack appear in the target computer list, as shown in the following figure.

     IMPORTANT: All components that make up a PSP must be present in the same directory as the Support Pack File.

   • To select individual components or categories, drag selected files or folders from the repository view tree and drop them in the target computer list. You can also select a file or folder in the repository view tree, and then press the Insert key to move the file or folder to the target computer list.
   • To remove any components that you do not want to install, select them in the target computer list and press the Delete key, or click the Remove selected items chosen for installation button () on the Target Machine toolbar.

     

     If error text appears under a Support Pack in the repository view tree, as in the following figure, a component referenced in the Support Pack is not available in the software repository.

     To correct the situation, obtain the missing component from the HP website, SmartStart CD, or Software Maintenance CD and copy it to the software repository.

     

7. Select the target machine. By default, the RDU selects the system that launches the utility as the target system.

   If the target system is the local administrative system, there is no need to modify the Target Machine field. However, if the target system is a remote system accessible over the network, enter or browse to the name of the network target system in the Target Machine field and press the Enter key to connect to the target. You can also click Target, and use the Browse for Computer window to navigate to the system accessible over the network connection. Click OK to select the target and return to the RDU main window.

   NOTE: To assist with entry of the target system name, the RDU maintains a history of servers on which software has been developed. Access this history from the Target Machine list.

   If the user name and password for the target machine do not match those for the machine running the RDU, you are prompted to enter the user name and password for the target machine.

8. Deploy all components displayed in the target computer list by clicking Install after the RDU identifies the target system. A progress window tracks the progress of the deployment.
9. Click Cancel at any time to stop deployment. There might be a slight delay before the installation is canceled while the RDU finishes the last initiated task.

   IMPORTANT: Clicking Cancel stops the installation of the PSP at the point when Cancel is clicked, so the target server might end up with a partially installed PSP.

10. View the installation results. When the deployment process is complete, after deploying the PSP on the target server, the RDU displays an installation confirmation screen.

    If one or more components are not installed successfully, a screen similar to the following appears.

    

    Each component writes installation activity (including errors) to a common installation log file called CPQSETUP.LOG on every target server. To view the installation log file, select Target from the menu bar and select View Installation Log, or click View target installation log on the Target toolbar.

11. If necessary, reboot the target server to complete the installation by clicking Reboot and confirming when prompted by the system. The deployment is complete.

    NOTE: If the target system is the local administrative system, clicking Reboot causes the system to reboot, and the RDU must be restarted to deploy components or PSPs on another target system.

12. Close the Installation Results window to deploy components or PSPs on another target server.