Deployment in an Organization

Deployment in an Organization / Installing the Software—Administrators / Automated Deployment on Multiple Devices / Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) / Updating

Updating

Updating Antidote is done by reinstalling using more recent installers.

  1. Log in as an administrator.

  2. Download the complete installer (Antidote_12.y_B_n_Windows.exe) from your Organization Client Portal.

  3. Ensure that the prerequisites are met.

  4. Run the installer Antidote_12.y_B_n_Windows.exe.

  5. Select Extract to unzip a folder that contains the installation files and takes the following form: Antidote_12.y_B_n_Installation.

  6. Place all of the necessary files on the server (or an accessible drive). See the following example (bilingual installation):

    Antidote12.msi
    Antidote12-Module-francais.msi
    Antidote12-English-module.msi
    Antidote-Connectix12.msi

    In the installation sequence, it is essential that you launch the Antidote12.msi file first. The Antidote 12 application must be installed before the language modules.

  7. Switch to installation mode:

    change user /install

  8. Use the following command lines that apply to your situation:

    msiexec REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus /i "\\server_path\to\Antidote12.msi"
msiexec REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus /i "\\server_path\to\Antidote12-Module-francais.msi"
msiexec REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus /i "\\server_path\to\Antidote12-English-module.msi"
msiexec REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus /i "\\server_path\to\Antidote-Connectix12.msi"

    For silent installation (without dialogs), simply add the /qn switch to each line, as in the following example:

    msiexec /qn REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus /i "\\server_path\to\Antidote12.msi"

    See the Prerequisites for more details.

    To perform a logged installation, add the /l*v parameter followed by the path of the installation log, as in the following example:

    msiexec /qn REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus /i "\\server_path\to\Antidote12.msi" /l*v "\\server_path\to\logMajAntidote.txt"

  9. Switch to “execution” mode:

    change user /execute

  10. Launch Antidote 12 from an administrator account.

    For a complete example of an update script, see Example Script for Installing Update.

Integration with newly supported software is completed when Antidote 12 is launched for the first time (from the Start menu) or when each user logs onto the workstation.

For deployment with an MST transform file, updates are not automatically proposed to users unless specified by the Deployment Manager.