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ADOBE® CREATIVE SUITE® 4 ENTERPRISE DEPLOYMENT GUIDE Document Version 1.0 Sep 2009 - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 2
for noncommercial purposes only so long as (1) proper attribution to Adobe is given as the owner of the guide; and (2) any reuse or distribution of the guide contains a notice that use of the guide is governed by these terms. The best way to provide notice is to include the following link. To view - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 3
Product Install Folder on Server 22 Specifying Packages 24 Filling Out the Specification Worksheet 24 Choosing Shared Components 29 Choosing Supporting Components 32 2 Preparing for Deployment 36 Preparing the Product Install Folder 36 Creating Packages 37 Using the Deployment Toolkit 37 - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 4
Contents 4 5 Deploying Adobe® Packages with SMS 44 Preparation 44 Creating an SMS Package with SMS 2003 46 Create a New SMS Package 46 Select Distribution Points for the SMS Package 47 Create Programs for the SMS Package 47 Advertise the SMS Package Programs 48 Creating an SMS Package with - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 5
use ARD and SMS to deploy Adobe deployment packages. It tells you how to set configuration options after an install. Enterprise Deployment Toolkit Guide - This document tells you how to use the Adobe deployment toolkit to create deployment packages that enable you to easily do enterprise installs - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 6
Enterprise Deployment Description & Assumptions Enterprise Deployment Planning Sheets - A collection of planning worksheets you can use to plan, record, and communicate your deployment decisions. Enterprise Deployment Description & Assumptions While enterprise situations vary widely in the number - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 7
great advantages over assembling a package manually by using Setup in record will not fail because of serial number problems, and that the install program will never table in the Enterprise Deployment Toolkit Guide which lists the system requirements They do not support snapshot installations. - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 8
your admin system, you can create the Adobe deployment package or packages necessary to install that product. The Enterprise Deployment Toolkit Guide contains detailed instructions on how to create deployment packages. 4. Testing the packages - Once the packages are created, you should test them on - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 9
CS4 Deployment Packages CS4 Deployment Packages An Adobe CS4 deployment package is an encapsulation of an invocation of a CS4 product install program which could be done by hand in a laborious and error-prone process. It provides an automated way of invoking a CS4 install program to perform an - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 10
to do a good deal of thinking and planning. This section gives you all the information you need to to that planning. The Enterprise Deployment Toolkit Guide helps you through the process of creating packages with the toolkit. You then come back to this document to do the final step of deployment - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 11
Identifying User Groups & Their Needs distinguish between Mac and Windows® versions when you list the product names here. You will do that in a later step. An example planning sheet is shown below. PLANNING SHEET #1: USER GROUPS & PACKAGES FOR CS4 PRODUCTS GROUP NAME PRIMARY APPLICATIONS NEEDED - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 12
via an electronic download (product ESD). The product ESD is highly recommended for enterprise deployment. However, the Enterprise Deployment Toolkit Guide does contain instructions for those who use product media instead. There is a one-to-one correspondence between a deployment package and a CS4 - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 13
Making Your Package List Identifying the Package You Need its corresponding applications from the original row to a new one. Then erase that product name and those applications from the original row. For each new row you add, enter the same user group name and the same platform choices from the - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 14
Choosing a Deployment Configuration Identifying the Package You Need Choosing a Deployment Configuration As has already been explained, a deployment package is always associated with one product, and therefore with one product install folder. The connection between the package and the product - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 15
Choosing a Deployment Configuration Identifying the Package You Need 1. Will you distribute and place the package and the product install folder together or independently? By together, we mean that the package and product install folder are on the same disk drive or volume on a computer, or on the - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 16
Choosing a Deployment Configuration Identifying the Package You Need Table 1: Path Forms for the Package-to-Product Install Folder Link Relative Path Relative paths are used to locate the product install folder relative to the location of the package that references it, i.e. relative to the - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 17
Choosing a Deployment Configuration Configuration TT - Together on Target Configuration TT - Together on Target In this configuration, the package and the product install folder are placed together on the same drive on all targets. This configuration enables a local install and requires editing - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 18
Choosing a Deployment Configuration Configuration TM - Together on Storage Medium Configuration TM - Together on Storage Medium In this configuration, the package and the product install folder are placed together on the same movable storage medium, such as a disk, flash drive, or DVD. This - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 19
Choosing a Deployment Configuration Configuration TS - Together on Server Configuration TS - Together on Server In this configuration, the package and the product install folder are placed together on the same drive on one or more servers. This configuration enables a network install and requires - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 20
Choosing a Deployment Configuration Configuration IT - Product Install Folder on Target Configuration IT - Product Install Folder on Target In this configuration, the package and the product install folder are both on the target, but may be on different drives. This configuration enables a local - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 21
Choosing a Deployment Configuration Configuration IM - Product Install Folder on Physical Medium Configuration IM - Product Install Folder on Physical Medium In this configuration, the package can be anywhere on the target (physically on the target or mounted from a server) and the product - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 22
Choosing a Deployment Configuration Configuration IS - Product Install Folder on Server Configuration IS - Product Install Folder on Server In this configuration, the package can be anywhere on the target (physically on the target or mounted from a server) and the product install folder is on one - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 23
Choosing a Deployment Configuration Configuration IS - Product Install Folder on Server The path-related arguments to the Uber program are defined below: Argument -server=MediaLocation MediaLocation is assumed to be an explicit network path and the Uber program attempts to mount it. On Windows, - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 24
Specifying Packages Filling Out the Specification Worksheet Specifying Packages You now have everything you need to specify each package on your package list. In this section you will use the worksheet called "Enterprise Deployment Planning Sheet #2: CS4 Deployment Package Specification". Make - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 25
Specifying Packages Filling Out the Specification Worksheet do not want to install the applications in the default location, you can specify your own path. You must specify an absolute path (including drive). Alternately, you can select System Drive in the toolkit GUI and specify a path relative - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 26
, when the install program encounters processes likely to cause problems, it interactively gives the active user on the system if you select another application or component that requires it. Photoshop requires other supporting components, but since they are required, you do not need to make a - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 27
are optional for each primary application. Consult this table and decide if you want to include any of these optional choices in this package. Each supporting component is described briefly in the table on page 32 . There is no need to list components that are required for any of the applications - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 28
be installed on any 64-bit machine on which this package is deployed. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the Adobe Fonts All supporting component are declined, but since this package also contains Illustrator and InDesign, both of which require this component, the package will include the 32-bit - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 29
hard disk 1024 x 768 display (1280 x 800 rec) 16-bit video card Quicktime 7.2 Graphics support for Shader 3.0 & OpenGL 2.0 PRIMARY APPLICATIONS OPTIONAL SHARED COMPONENTS OPTIONAL SUPPORTING COMPONENTS Photoshop Illustrator Extension Manager Adobe Media Player -none- InDesign Choosing Shared - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 30
Acrobat.com Adobe® AIR™ application for accessing Creative Services information on acrobat.com. Available but optional with all applications to the desktop. Adobe AIR applications support native desktop integration, including clipboard and drag-and-drop support, local file IO, system notification, - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 31
Func. Content Pixel Bender OOOOROR R R O R O O R OO OOO O O R OO R R O O ** 64-bit version exists for 64-bit configuration, but is displayed on Supporting Components list NOTE: For the Contribute and Encore applications, Extension Manager is dependent on Bridge. That is, if you turn - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 32
services embedded in CS4 applications. Required for many CS4 applications. Adobe Default Language CS4 Used to determine the default language. Required by Adobe Bridge and Adobe Device Central. Included with any primary application that uses either of these components. Adobe Dynamic Link Support - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 33
an in-application connection to Kuler.adobe.com, a color management service. Required for many of the CS4 applications. Adobe Linguistics CS4 Spelling of the CS4 applications. Adobe PDF Library Files CS4 In-application support for the PDF format. Required for most CS4 applications. PDF Settings - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 34
searching for glyphlets. The TIN library adds glyphlets to their parent fonts. SING is required for InDesign and InCopy in all languages. Type support used to display fonts. Required for most CS4 applications. Also called AUM. Utility for discovering, downloading, and applying updates to Adobe CS4 - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 35
RRRRRRRRR RR R PDF Settings RRRR R Photoshop Camera Raw ++ RRRRRRRRR RR R Photoshop Support R Search for Help RR RRRRR R Service Manager Extension RR RRRRR R SGM RR SING RR Type Support ++ RRRRRRRRR RR R Update Manager RRRRRRRRRRRRR R XMP Panels RRRRRRRRR RRO ++ 64 - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 36
DVDs), you must construct a product install folder from the DVDs. Navigate to the path determined in step 1 and follow the instructions in the appendix of the Enterprise Deployment Toolkit Guide, in the section "Creating a Product Install Folder from DVDs". Document Version 1.0 September 2009 36 - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 37
Packages Using the Deployment Toolkit In order to create packages, you need a number of things: You need the document Enterprise Deployment Toolkit Guide which contains directions for invoking and using the toolkit. You need to know where the toolkit is installed on the admin machine. You - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 38
Creating Packages Editing Package Files Testing Packages If you are deploying with ARD, skip this section and go to Chapter 3. If you are deploying with SMS/SCCM, skip this section and go to Chapter 4. Now that you have created your packages, you will want to test them before deploying them widely - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 39
Creating Packages Editing Package Files The following table lists all the error codes that the install program (Setup) can return: Code Description Code Description 0 Application installed successfully 8 Exit and restart 1 Unable to parse command line 9 Unsupported operating system version - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 40
From Destination Folder". This ensures that the items you copy into the destination folder have the same owner as the folder, to prevent any access problems. Document Version 1.0 Sep 2009 40 - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 41
Execution Installing Adobe CS4 software with a deployment package Set the other choices as desired. Click Copy to copy the items. This may take some time, depending on the size of the .dmg file. Execution Installing Adobe CS4 software with a deployment package If you copied the Adobe package - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 42
Execution Installing Adobe CS4 software with a deployment package specify a future time at which this command is executed on the target systems, Click Schedule in the lower left corner of the Send UNIX Command window. In the Schedule Task window, enter the time and date at which you want the Uber - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 43
Execution Uninstalling Adobe CS4 software with a deployment package Uninstalling Adobe CS4 software with a deployment package You can use the same Adobe deployment package to uninstall any software you installed with that package. The steps are similar to those you followed to install the software - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 44
4 Deploying Adobe® Packages with SMS This chapter guides you through the process of creating either an SMS 2003 or an SCCM 2007 package to deploy an Adobe® CS4 deployment package. Since both Adobe - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 45
Preparation In order to do this, you must combine the Adobe package and the product install folder in such a way that they appear as a single entity to SMS, before you create the SMS package for them. The best way to do this is to put the Adobe deployment package inside the product install folder: - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 46
Preparation Create a New SMS Package Creating an SMS Package with SMS 2003 Create a New SMS Package 1. Open the Package Properties dialog. Open the SMS console. Navigate to Site Database. Right-click on Packages, choose New, and then click Package. In the Package Properties dialog, do the - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 47
have unique names. Name them so it is obvious to the users on the target systems who choose them what the commands will do. The instructions in this section help you create a single command. You will have to perform these steps for each command you need to add to the SMS - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 48
Preparation Advertise the SMS Package Programs In the Command Line field, enter the command to be executed, as described at the beginning of this section. Set any other fields on this tab as desired. Click Next. 3. Specify any program requirements. Set fields on this tab as desired and click - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 49
. Your choice will be displayed in the Collection field. If you wish to define a new collection, you can do so here, but these instructions do not help you do that. Click Next. 5. Set advertisement characteristics. Set the advertisement name: Enter a name for the advertisement in the Name - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 50
Creating an SMS Package with SCCM 2007 Create a new SMS package assigned), targets can choose to add the program on the Add New Programs tab of the Add or Remove Programs dialog box. If you want to check that your deployment was successful, you can verify it by checking the advertisement status in - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 51
have unique names. Name them so it is obvious to the users on the target systems who choose them what the commands will do. The instructions in this section help you create a single command. You will have to perform these steps for each command you need to add to the SMS - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 52
Creating an SMS Package with SCCM 2007 Select Distribution Points for the SMS Package Enter an explanatory comment that describes what the program does. In the Command Line field, enter the command to be executed, as described at the beginning of this section. Set any other fields on this - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 53
Creating an SMS Package with SCCM 2007 Advertise the SMS Package Programs In the SCCM console, navigate to Computer Management > Collections. Locate the collection you wish to use to advertise this SMS package. Right-click on the collection name and choose Distribute > Software. In the - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 54
Creating an SMS Package with SCCM 2007 Advertise the SMS Package Programs On the Assign Program tab: Choose whether or not you want this program to be mandatorily run. If you do, specify the date and time at which you wish to force its execution. Notice that the advertisement date from the - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 55
and collects data about features usage when the application is run. Adobe uses this information to improve the products. Soon after an application that supports APIP is newly installed, it displays a dialog box to the user asking if he or she wishes to participate in the APIP. Participation is - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 56
Administrative Control Options Suppressing Application Updates With a special installation configuration file - If you do not use Adobe deployment packages, but run Setup directly, you can create a special configuration file and place it so that Setup finds it when it runs. Locate the driver - Adobe 65019371 | Deployment Guide - Page 57
Administrative Control Options Suppressing Application Updates You can also disable AUM for users without administrative privileges (low-rights users) while leaving it enabled for administrative users by setting a different DWORD for the Windows group policy shown in step 3 above. If a DWORD value
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ADOBE® CREATIVE SUITE® 4
Document Version 1.0
Sep 2009
ENTERPRISE
DEPLOYMENT GUIDE