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Standalone installation confusion in EC4

RyanG

Hi,

We already have a standalone installation program, that was created with EC3, but it is require a bit to update after installation, so would like to do one for EC4.  I've been following the updated KB article (http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/67372.html), but I'm lost on step #2!

"In Sophos Update Manager, create a new Software Distribution to create an additional share ..."

I can't find anywhere that mentions creating a "Software Distribution" in the Update Manager.  Am I missing something??  I can create a subscription, but that doesn't appear to be what I'm after..

Can anyone shed some light on the issue?

Thanks in advance,

Ryan G

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    Ryan,

    The following may be of benefit.  I am not currently a currently a customer but had the same difficulties creating a standalone installation package following the online documentation during the evaluation phase.  The following was provided via professional services for my benefit and may be of use..

    How to create a standalone installer package, or offsite installer, that will install Sophos Anti-Virus and other needed components, without needing an active connection to the updating server or Sophos.

    NOTE: This solution only applies if you installed to the standard/default locations. If you didn’’’’t the correct locations/folders/paths etc may well be different from those defined in this article. If you have customized your installation in this way, you will need to determine the correct locations for your system.

    Sophos product and version

    Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+
    Enterprise Console version 4.0

    Operating system

    Windows 2000 SP1+
    Windows XP SP1+
    Windows 2003 SP1+
    Windows Vista
    Windows 7
    Windows 2008


    What to do

    1. Prepare the installer

    1. Create a folder on the desktop called savinst
    2. Copy the CID for the 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 package from \\server\SophosUpdate\CIDs\S000\SAVSCFXP to "%userprofile%\Desktop\savinst\SAVSCFXP"
    3. Copy the CID (again) from \\server\SophosUpdate\CIDs\S000\SAVSCFXP to "%userprofile%\Desktop\savinst\SAVSCFXP.XML"
    4. Export from Enterprise Console the policies you wish to apply to the endpoint (replace with your policy name as it appears in Enterprise Console):"%programfiles%\Sophos\Enterprise Console\exportconfig.exe" -type AU -policy policyName -output "%userprofile%\Desktop\savinst\SAVSCFXP.XML\sau\sauconf.xml"
      (optional) "%programfiles%\Sophos\Enterprise Console\exportconfig.exe" -type SAV -policy policyName -output "%userprofile%\Desktop\savinst\SAVSCFXP.XML\savxp\savconf.xml"
    5. Integrate the XML files into the package:
    • "%programfiles%\Sophos\Enterprise Console\SUM\configcid.exe" "%userprofile%\Desktop\savinst\SAVSCFXP.XML"
    1. To save space, you can now delete the following files and folders if they exist:
    • Under "%userprofile%\Desktop\savinst\SAVSCFXP”: nac rms savxp scf (where nac, rms etc are subfolders)
    • Under "%userprofile%\Desktop\savinst\SAVSCFXP.XML”: crt instmsiw.exe setup*.*
    1. You can also delete any component that will not be installed (e.g. nac, scf) from SAVSCFXP.XML

    2. Create a self-extracting archive that executes setup.exe with the appropriate parameters
    see: Sophos Endpoint Security and Control: command line parameters used by setup.exe.

    For the purpose of this article WinRAR will be used, but any other tool that accomplishes the same job is acceptable.

    1. Inside the savinst folder, select both SAVSCFXP and SAVSCFXP.XML, then right-click and choose “Add to archive…”
    2. Under Archiving options, select “Create SFX archive” and select “Create solid archive”
    3. In the Advanced tab, click the “SFX options…” button
    4. Specify in the “Path to extract” text field:%SystemRoot%\Temp\savinst
    5. Specify in the “Run after extraction” text field:SAVSCFXP\setup.exe -mng yes -ni -s -crt R -updp %SystemRoot%\Temp\savinst\SAVSCFXP.XML\
    6. In the Modes tab, select “Hide all”
    7. In the Update tab select “Overwrite all files”
    8. Click OK to accept the options
    9. Click OK to generate the self-extracting installer

    Run the self-extracting installer on all machines where SESC is to be deployed.

    :1771
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    Ryan,

    The following may be of benefit.  I am not currently a currently a customer but had the same difficulties creating a standalone installation package following the online documentation during the evaluation phase.  The following was provided via professional services for my benefit and may be of use..

    How to create a standalone installer package, or offsite installer, that will install Sophos Anti-Virus and other needed components, without needing an active connection to the updating server or Sophos.

    NOTE: This solution only applies if you installed to the standard/default locations. If you didn’’’’t the correct locations/folders/paths etc may well be different from those defined in this article. If you have customized your installation in this way, you will need to determine the correct locations for your system.

    Sophos product and version

    Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+
    Enterprise Console version 4.0

    Operating system

    Windows 2000 SP1+
    Windows XP SP1+
    Windows 2003 SP1+
    Windows Vista
    Windows 7
    Windows 2008


    What to do

    1. Prepare the installer

    1. Create a folder on the desktop called savinst
    2. Copy the CID for the 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 package from \\server\SophosUpdate\CIDs\S000\SAVSCFXP to "%userprofile%\Desktop\savinst\SAVSCFXP"
    3. Copy the CID (again) from \\server\SophosUpdate\CIDs\S000\SAVSCFXP to "%userprofile%\Desktop\savinst\SAVSCFXP.XML"
    4. Export from Enterprise Console the policies you wish to apply to the endpoint (replace with your policy name as it appears in Enterprise Console):"%programfiles%\Sophos\Enterprise Console\exportconfig.exe" -type AU -policy policyName -output "%userprofile%\Desktop\savinst\SAVSCFXP.XML\sau\sauconf.xml"
      (optional) "%programfiles%\Sophos\Enterprise Console\exportconfig.exe" -type SAV -policy policyName -output "%userprofile%\Desktop\savinst\SAVSCFXP.XML\savxp\savconf.xml"
    5. Integrate the XML files into the package:
    • "%programfiles%\Sophos\Enterprise Console\SUM\configcid.exe" "%userprofile%\Desktop\savinst\SAVSCFXP.XML"
    1. To save space, you can now delete the following files and folders if they exist:
    • Under "%userprofile%\Desktop\savinst\SAVSCFXP”: nac rms savxp scf (where nac, rms etc are subfolders)
    • Under "%userprofile%\Desktop\savinst\SAVSCFXP.XML”: crt instmsiw.exe setup*.*
    1. You can also delete any component that will not be installed (e.g. nac, scf) from SAVSCFXP.XML

    2. Create a self-extracting archive that executes setup.exe with the appropriate parameters
    see: Sophos Endpoint Security and Control: command line parameters used by setup.exe.

    For the purpose of this article WinRAR will be used, but any other tool that accomplishes the same job is acceptable.

    1. Inside the savinst folder, select both SAVSCFXP and SAVSCFXP.XML, then right-click and choose “Add to archive…”
    2. Under Archiving options, select “Create SFX archive” and select “Create solid archive”
    3. In the Advanced tab, click the “SFX options…” button
    4. Specify in the “Path to extract” text field:%SystemRoot%\Temp\savinst
    5. Specify in the “Run after extraction” text field:SAVSCFXP\setup.exe -mng yes -ni -s -crt R -updp %SystemRoot%\Temp\savinst\SAVSCFXP.XML\
    6. In the Modes tab, select “Hide all”
    7. In the Update tab select “Overwrite all files”
    8. Click OK to accept the options
    9. Click OK to generate the self-extracting installer

    Run the self-extracting installer on all machines where SESC is to be deployed.

    :1771
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