There are two options for installing RM/COBOL in a networked environment:
1. Perform a "Standard" or "Custom" installation of RM/COBOL on all of the PCs that will execute the COBOL application.
2. Perform an "Administrative" installation on a network share, then, perform a "Network" install on all of the desktop PCs.
Below is an excerpt from page 57 of the RM/COBOL User's Guide in regards to the "Network" installation of RM/COBOL on client machines. This excerpt contains a short summary of the network installation process:
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The RM/COBOL installation process for CodeWatch, Runtime, Recover1, and Compiler supports users who wish to install RM/COBOL on a network server machine and then install RM/COBOL on multiple client machines using the RM/COBOL installation on the server.
First, install all of the RM/COBOL components that you need onto the server machine using the “Administrative Installation” method. This may be performed either directly on the server or from a client machine via a mapped network drive. The administrative installation will prompt for a Network Folder. This must be the shared folder that the client machines will access for the installation.
Note Using the “Administrative Installation” will not result in a working installation on the network server or the client machine on which it was run. An administrative installation is merely a preparation for installing on client machines. You must perform a standard, custom, or network installation to have a complete installation on the server machine. This is a change in behavior from previous versions of RM/COBOL.
Then, on each remaining client machine, invoke the LiantInstall program in the network shared directory that was specified as the Network Folder during the administrative installation, and then specify a network installation on the Installation Type page. This causes the installation process to install the RM/COBOL program folder and icons for those components that already exist in the original server installation. Shared system DLLs (such as CTL3D32.DLL and MSVCRT.DLL) also will be installed on the client machine (if a later version does not already exist there) and appropriate Windows registry entries will be created.
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For more information, please see the Chapter 3 in the RM/COBOL User's Guide available on our website at: http://supportline.microfocus.com/productdoc.aspx
