Innoplus allows you to use centralised updates, where only a single PC has to download an update. You can do this by setting up one PC as the master updater and then one or more PCs as client updaters, which will allow you to install updates to all your PCs using centralised updates.
| Note! Administrator rights are required to activate centralised updates. |
How to set up a master updater
- Using the Windows taskbar Search function, locate the Innoplus Configuration manager and Run as Administrator.
- In the Innoplus configuration manager (Administrator) window, select the Centralized update tab.
- Select the Activate central folder for updates box, and then select the This computer downloads updates from the internet box
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Click the More options (...) icon to select the desired folder where the downloaded updates will be stored.
- Click Check to ensure that the file path is correct, and then click Save.
Your PC is now the master updater. It will download updates and stores them in the specified folder where client updaters can access them.
| Note! Only one PC can be defined as master updater. |
Setting up a client updater
- Using the Windows taskbar Search function, locate the Innoplus Configuration manager and Run as Administrator.
- In the Innoplus configuration manager (Administrator) window, select the Centralized update tab.
- Select the Activate central folder for updates box.
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Click the More options (...) icon to select the desired folder where the downloaded updates from the master updater are stored.
- Click Check to ensure that the file path is correct, and then click Save.
Your PC is now a client updater, receiving its updates from the specified folder after they are downloaded by the master updater.
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Note! On the client updater computer catalogues cannot be selected or deleted. The clients always have the same catalogues as the master computer. Note! The use of mapped drives is not recommended. |
Installing updates using central updates
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On the master updater PC use the Manage updates icon in the Help tab to check for available updates.
- On client updaters only the Check for updates icon is shown in the Help tab, instead of Manage updates. Click this icon to check for new catalogues in the central folder and install them.
After each successful check for updates, the master updater places a time stamp in the central folder. This is checked by the client updaters when they access the central folder. If the time stamp is older than 14 days, the clients show a notification. This makes sure that a master update computer exists in the network and the clients are supplied with updates.
| Note! Both the master updater and client updaters check the availability and access to the central folder on every program start. It will show an error message if something is wrong. |
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