Setting up software-distribution preferences

This topic describes how to configure software-distribution preferences.

Complete the following steps to configure software-distribution preferences:

  1. If necessary, start IBM Director Console.
  2. Click Options > Server Preferences.
  3. In the Server Preferences window, click the Software Distribution tab.
  4. On the Software Distribution page, locate the Maximum Managed Systems field and type the maximum number of managed systems to which IBM Director Server can concurrently stream software packages. The default value is three.
  5. To limit the bandwidth used to stream packages, select the Enter streaming bandwidth (kbps) for managed systems check box. In the entry field, type the bandwidth, in kilobytes per second (KBps), that you want to use to stream packages from either IBM Director Server or a file-distribution server to the managed system.
    Note: To specify values less than 1 KBps, type a decimal. The minimum acceptable value is 0.25 (256 bytes per second).
  6. To avoid streaming a package in the event that a redirected distribution fails, select the Do not stream distribution if redirected distribution fails check box.
  7. To prevent IBM Director Server from performing an access check of all of the file-distribution shares, select the Restrict server access check check box.

    This selection restricts the access check to only the file-distribution shares you configure for a specific managed system or group.

  8. Click OK.

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