P E A R L   E C H 0   U S E R   G U I D E  

Automated Workstation Setup  

Pearl Echo supports automating the Pearl Echo Workstation installation using 

the Windows Installer Service. When you assign an application to a computer, 

the application installation is performed when it is safe to do so. Typically this 

happens when the computer starts so that there are no competing processes 

on the computer. 

Preparation  

Remote Software Installation is performed in conjunction with your settings in 

the configuration file, servset.ini, and the Windows Installer package supplied 

with Pearl Echo.   

The first step is creating a network share, called a software distribution point, 

which contains the packages and the program and configuration files. Next 

you need to make sure that Domain Computers can read from the software 

distribution point and write to the target of the installation. Finally, you need 

to modify the configuration file, servset.ini, with settings that you entered 

during the Pearl Echo Server software installation. 

1. Create a shared directory that contains the Pearl Echo Workstation 

installation files.  Share the directory as echows 

2.  Assign the `Read' NTFS permission for `Domain Computers' on echows 

(Winlogon is the privileged agent that applies software installation policy 

when each computer starts.  Winlogon requires read permissions to the 

source files to complete the installation). 

3.  Edit the file servset.ini in the new directory and specify the server IP and 

Port that you entered during the Pearl Echo Server Software installation.  

In addition you will need to specify your configuration preference   open 

or closed.  If you have users that will roam outside of your private 

network, you can optionally enter the public address (FWIP) of your Pearl 

Echo server. 

 Software 

Installation 

Example:  

through Group 

[Echo 7.0 settings] 

Policy is available 

on Windows 2000 

IP=192.168.0.1 

and later 

FWIP=echoservername.mycompany.com 

Operating 

Port=58000 

Systems. 

Configuration=open 

Setting Group Policy 

Software Installation works in conjunction with Group Policy and Active 

Directory.  In order to ensure that the Pearl Echo Workstation software does 

not get installed on your Domain Controller(s), the Group Policy Object that is 

created should have the appropriate security filters set. 

1. 

Open Active Directory Users and Computers from Administrative Tools. 

2. 

In the console tree, right click the domain or organizational unit for 

which you want to set Group Policy. 

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