Mass deployment of CUPC 8.5

[jaime.garcia]

I am looking to deploy CUPC 8.5 to about 400 workstations.  I want to deploy the package that is bundled with the Microsoft add-ins because I am not sure what workstation have the add-ins.  This is a new install.  Machines do not have any previous version.  The bundle download from Cisco is an executable file.  I am looking for someone that possible has a script that will install the complete CUCP 8.5 in slient mode without any user interaction.  I am able to push via LANDesk but the install fails if users have Outlook open.  Is there a way around that?  Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Jaime

[Christos Georgiadis]

Hi Jaime,

I am far from expert on this one but here are the commands you can try .

For example

CiscoUnifiedPersonalCommunicatorSetupK9_803.exe /s /v" /qn"

The following are the various modes.

/q - set the UI level:

*                  n - no UI
*                  b - basic UI
*                  f - full UI

If this works from the command line then you can somehow push it via AD.

Don't know the details but hopefully this will get you started.

Regards,

Christos

[Imran Khan R]

Hi Jaime,

Hope the below information will be useful to you.

1.       When you download CUPC from Cisco.com the zip file will contain
both .exe and .msi files.

2.       Please make sure on the client PC you have software below:

The prerequisite software that you must install prior to installing the
Cisco Unified Personal Communicator MSI file is: 

* Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 

*Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86) 

*Additional software required for Click to Call functionality: 

- Microsoft Office 2003 Primary Interop Assemblies (for computers with
Office 2003) 

-Microsoft Office 2007 Primary Interop Assemblies (for computers with
Office 2007) 

-Microsoft Visual 2005 Tools for Office Second Edition Runtime (x86) 

The prerequisite software is available from the Microsoft website. 

3.      Before you install Cisco Unified Personal Communicator, you can
set the default address of the Cisco Unified Presence server on the
computers of your users. You can use the CUPServer registry value name
to set this address. The data type is string or REG_SZ. This address is
displayed in the Change server field on the window where you sign in to
Cisco Unified Personal Communicator. 

To deploy this change to the computers in your Cisco Unified
Communications system, you can use a software management system, for
example, Active Directory Group Policy, Altiris, Microsoft System
Management Server (SMS), and so on. 

Location of Registry Key 

You specify the CUPServer registry value name in the following registry
key: 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cisco Systems, Inc.\Client Services
Framework\AdminData 

If you use Active Directory Group Policy to configure Cisco Unified
Personal Communicator, then the CUPServer information is specified in
the following registry key: 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Cisco Systems, Inc.\Client Services
Framework\AdminData 

Note * If CUPServer information is present in both of these registry
keys, the policies configuration data takes precedence. 

*Cisco Unified Personal Communicator reads only HKEY_CURRENT_USER keys.
Cisco Unified Personal Communicator does not read HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
keys. 

4.       Automated Mass Deployment 

The mass deployment options for installing Cisco Unified Personal
Communicator are as follows: 

*Use Active Directory Group Policy. You can use group policy to deploy
administrator configuration settings. 

*Use a software management system, for example, Altiris Deployment
Solution, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), and so
on. 

*Use a self-extracting executable with a batch script. You can use the
batch script to deploy administrator configuration settings. 

5.       Please check on corresponding vendor's website if you need more
information on Automated Mass Deployment.

Cheers