Minimal Clients: Using the Pervasive.SQL Server for Requester Operations

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Note
Clients on a Linux server must be set up one at a time. For instructions on installing requesters on a client connected to a Linux server, see Installing the Pervasive.SQL Client Components .

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If you have a setup with many clients it may be easier to manage client installation from a central source, depending on your configuration. Pervasive.SQL V8 can use networked client support to manage your clients.

If you have a Windows 2000 or NT server, you can also use a Systems Management Server to help redistribute and manage your clients.

Installing Clients Using Networked Client Support

Note: networked clients are not supported in V8.5

The network client allows for some disk space savings. This is achieved by a client-server setup where a large number of clients share a common location for requester files. This also allows for a system administrator to upgrade every client on a network by merely installing a single product update on the server.

The Pervasive.SQL V8 install handles the configuration of the network client for you automatically. However, you should only use this option is disk space savings is critical to your organization. Otherwise, follow the steps outlined in Installing Pervasive.SQL Windows Requesters .

   To set up a client machine to use requesters installed on the server:

1. Map a drive letter to the remote server.

   Double-click My Computer. Click the Map Network Drive icon (if it is displayed) or click Tools4Map Network Drive.

   • If the remote server is a Windows NT or 2000 server, map a drive letter to its root directory.
   • If the remote server is a NetWare server, map a drive letter to the SYS: volume on the remote server as shown in the following diagram:

      
     Figure 17-1    Mapping a Drive

2. Run the installation program from the server.

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Note
Do not run the installation program from Network Neighborhood or Windows Explorer.

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Using the mapped drive letter from the previous step, change to the proper client installation program directory on the server and start the client install. From a DOS command prompt these commands would be:

x: 
cd \pvsw\clients\win32 
setup 

   The installation Welcome screen appears. Click Next to proceed with the installation.

3. Choose network client install option.

   If you do not see the Network client option, the Pervasive.SQL server was not installed with "Client Support" enabled and you will not be able to use the Network install feature.

    
   Figure 17-2    Setup Type Dialog Box - Network Installation

Select the network install option and click Next to continue.

4. Continue with install.

   At this point the network install option proceeds like a Complete client install as described in Installing the Pervasive.SQL Client Components .