Site Creation Wizard: Offline Area and Client Kit
An offline area is a shared directory used to transfer data from Clients to the Console, and to transfer instructions and installation information from the Console to the Clients. Use the Offline Path, Share and Client Kit dialog to specify the name, location and access details of the offline area you want to use with this Site.
To specify the Offline Area settings for a Production Site:
1 To create an offline area locally, select Create local share for Offline Area. Alternatively, to create an offline area on a remote share, or to populate a Site with Clients from an existing offline area, select Use existing share for Offline Area.
2 Enter the Location and Share Name for the offline area.
3 Select Create Client Kit to add a pre-configured Client Kit to the offline area. The Client Kit is customized with the details of this offline area and copied to a subdirectory.
4 Vector AM can collect inventory data from PCs without permanently installing the Client. If you want to use this function, select Create One-shot Kit to add a One-shot Kit to the offline area.
5 By default, Vector AM Clients use the offline area account to access the offline area. If you want Clients to use this account, make sure Use the Offline Area account is selected.
If you want Clients to use another account to access the offline area, select Use the following account and enter the account details in the Username, Password, and Verify password fields. The account must have User-level privileges, ideally with Interactive Logon disabled, and must be valid for all Clients using this offline area. If the user account belongs to a domain, you must also enter the Domain name.
6 Click Next to continue. The User Prompting dialog is displayed.
Notes
You
can change the Offline Path settings of an existing Site database using the Offline
Path, Share and Client Kit dialog.
If
you want to use the offline area for Macintosh Clients, it must be located on a Windows 2000 Server or
Windows 2003 Server with Apple Sharing enabled. For more information, refer to the Vector Asset Management
User manual.