Chapter4.DeployingAccessConnections
Aftercreatingthelocationprofilesrequiredforclientusers,youcanalsomanageanddeploynew,updated,
orrevisedlocationprofilestoclientcomputers.Thefollowingexamplesdescribedeploymentscenarios
usedindeployingAccessConnections:
•DeployAccessConnectionsandLocationProfilesonnewclientcomputers.
•DeployLocationProfilesandClientPolicyonexistingclientcomputersrunningAccessConnections.
•UpgradeexistingAccessConnectionsandmigrateLocationProfilesonexistingclientcomputers.
Deployonnewcomputers
TodeployAccessConnectionslocationprofilesonnewcomputersthatdonothaveAccessConnections
installed,completethefollowingsteps:
1.CreateanAccessConnectionsdistributionpackage(*.loaand*.sig)withtheLocationProfilesthat
containthedesireduseraccesspolicyandclientconfigurationpolicyasdescribedinChapter3,
“WorkingwiththeAdministratorFeature,”onpage7.Forunattendedimport,enablethesettingAllow
silentimportofthispackageevenafterinstallationofclientwhilecreatingthe.loafile.
2.CreateanintegratedpackagewithAccessConnections,WirelessLANdriver/application,HotkeyFn+F5
utility,andPowerManagementdriver.
3.Includethedistributionpackage.loaand.sigfilesintheAccessConnectionsfolderoftheintegrated
package.Youcanchoosenottoincludethedistributionpackageintheintegratedpackageandinstead
aftertheinstallationoftheintegratedpackageorAccessConnections,copythemintotheAccess
Connectionsinstalleddirectory.
4.Afterrestartingthesystem,AccessConnectionwillrunautomatically,detectandimportthedistribution
packagesilently.Ifthesilentimportoptionwasnotselected,ausercanselectimportfromthemanage
profileswindowandmanuallyimportthepackagebyprovidingthesamepassphraseatthepromptthat
wasusedtocreatethepackagebyadministrator.
Deployonexistingclientcomputers
TodeployAccessConnectionslocationprofilesonexistingcomputersthathaveAccessConnections
alreadyinstalledandrunning,completethefollowingsteps:
1.CreateanAccessConnectionsdistributionpackage(*.loaand*.sig)withthelocationprofilesthat
containthedesireduseraccesspolicyandclientconfigurationpolicyasdescribedinChapter3,
“WorkingwiththeAdministratorFeature,”onpage7earlier.Ifonlytheclientconfigurationpolicyneeds
tobemodified,youcancreateadistributionpackagewithoutexportinganyprofilesbutonlyincludethe
modifiedclientconfigurationpolicy.Forunattendedimport,enablethesettingAllowsilentimportof
thispackageevenafterinstallationofclientwhilecreatingthe.loafile.
2.Copythedistributionpackage(*.loaand*.sig)intotheAccessConnectionsinstalleddirectoryofthe
existingclientcomputer.
3.Afterrestartingthesystem,AccessConnectionrunsautomaticallyanddetectsthedistributionpackage
andimportthepackage.Theimportcanbeforcedbyusingthefollowingcommands:
<path>\qctray.exe/importsilently
<path>\qctray.exe/killac
<path>\qctray.exe/startac
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