Summary
This article provides a summary of different methods to perform fresh installation of an OfficeScan/Apex One agent.
All installation methods require local administrator rights on the target computers.
Details
Refer to this deployment consideration guide:
| Installation Method/ OS Support | Deployment Considerations | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAN Deployment | Centrally Managed | Requires User Intervention | Requires IT Resource | Mass deployment | Supports All OS | Unsupported OS | Bandwidth Consumed | |
| Remote Installation | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
• Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium | High |
| Initiate Browser-based Installation | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | - | High, if installations start at the same time |
| UNC-based Installation | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | - | High, if installations start at the same time |
| Web Install page | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | - |
• Windows Server Core 2008 | High |
| Login Script Setup | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | - | High, if installations start at the same time |
| Client Packager | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | - | Low, if scheduled |
| Client Packager (MSI package deployed through Microsoft SMS) | ✔ | ✔ | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | - | Low, if scheduled |
| Client Packager (MSI package deployed through Active Directory) | ✘ | ✔ | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | - | High, if installations start at the same time |
| Client disk image | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | - | Low |
| Trend Micro Vulnerability Scanner (TMVS) | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ | - |
• Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium | High |
| Security Compliance Installations | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ | - |
• Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium | High |
