[duxuser] Re: Dux 10.5 Organizational/Institutional Users...
- From: "Senge, Jeff" <jsenge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:22:01 -0700
Hi George,
Yes, you are right, our university has a server and not just one. we
probably have hundreds of servers on our campus network. In addition to
the centralized IT servers, each college and department have several
servers. Everything from college classrooms to individual school labs
have servers. Our network has somewhere around 6,000 computers on it at
present and growing everyday. It is a very complex network with
multiple domains and organizational units run by a small army of IT
administrators in a multi level structure. Since I'm the one in charge
of Information and Computer Access for students and staff with
disabilities, this falls into my domain and putting it on another server
isn't appropriate in my network environment.
I hope this helps explain my particular situation...
Jeff
Jeffrey C. Senge
Information & Computer Access Program Coordinator
California State University, Fullerton
(714) 278-7253
jsenge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of George Bell
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 3:28 PM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Dux 10.5 Organizational/Institutional Users...
Hi Jeff,
I'm confused when you say, "I didn't anticipate having to purchase a
server"
Surely you must have at least one Server already. Otherwise how can the
University have a network?
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 20 September 2004 20:15
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Dux 10.5 Organizational/Institutional Users...
Hi George,
Well, when I advocated to my University for purchasing the
Dux organizational license, this new system wasn't part of
the plan. This looks to me like its going to be a bit more expensive to
implement and maintain than we originally estimated. For example, I
didn't anticipate having to purchase a server to accomplish putting the
DBT software where I want it throughout our campus. Time to rethink
this deal and come up with a new plan. One with more time and money
attached to it.
Thanks for your help with this matter.
All for now...
Jeff
Jeffrey C. Senge
Information & Computer Access Program Coordinator California State
University, Fullerton
(714) 278-7253
jsenge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of George Bell
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 2:12 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Dux 10.5 Organizational/Institutional Users...
Hi Jeff,
Welcome to the list, and let's hope we'll be able to help
one way and the other, and of course try to allay your
worries.
I guess you are among the first to be supplied with a
network type license, and unfortunately it seems, minus the full
installation booklet. My apologies for this on behalf of Duxbury.
Production of both print and braille versions just didn't quite keep
pace with the release.
However, the Installation booklet will in fact be a hard
copy of what is explained in DBT's Help, in the Installation Section
near the top.
I have the network installation installed here on a Windows 2003
Enterprise Server with a mixture of workstations from XP Professional to
Windows 98, so allow me to explain the process as best I can albeit
without knowing your system structure.
The network version you have purchased will in allow you to
run up 5 concurrent sessions at any one time, and from ANY workstation
on your network.
First, you need to install DBT on the Server. This is performed in
exactly the same way as a single-user copy. Your Server administrator
will need to determine which drive to install it on, but that drive must
be accessible from all workstations which need to run DBT.
There is however one exception during a networked activation
- The User Count.
If you wish to have all five licenses available on the
system, you may enter a User Count (in your case) of up to five. On the
other hand, you may divide the count up between Server and stand-alone
installations. For example, you might wish to have DBT installed
separately on the laptops of two members of staff who are not networked,
with two licenses on the Server, and perhaps one kept as a spare for
later.
Now, on each workstation where you wish to run DBT, you need
to run a NETINST.EXE program as follows.
Log on to the workstation with an account such as, "administrator" which
has permissions to install software.
Locate the NETINST.EXE program which is located in the
\\[servername]\duxbury\NetTools folder, and run it. This will proceed
in much the same way as installing from the CD.
Repeat this process for all workstations where you wish to
have access to DBT.
All being well, when you now run DBT, the initial splash
screen will give a user count of say "1 of 2 users", "2 of 2 users", or
if you exceed the installed count, something along the lines of, "User
count Exceeded, try later".
Let's suppose you decide that you want to use the spare
license and have up to three users run DBT from
workstations. Simply go through the activation process
again from the "Help: About DBT" dialog, but enter a User
Count of 3. DBT's Activation Server should recognise your installation
and amend the count accordingly for 2 to 3.
As regards any standalone systems, simply use the DBT CD to install, and
when activating, enter a user Count of 1.
Speaking from personal experience, and as the UK main
Duxbury dealer, this method offers a great deal of
flexibility, especially where individual users may require access from a
number of different systems around the campus. And yet it also allows
for off campus use by staff who perhaps travel with lap-tops and such
like.
I'm sure the above will prompt more questions, but do please feel free
to ask.
Kindest regards.
George Bell.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Senge,
Jeff
> Sent: 20 September 2004 00:55
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxuser] Dux 10.5 Organizational/Institutional
Users...
>
> Hello Dux List,
>
> I would like to briefly introduce myself as a new Duxbury
> organizational/institutional user. My name is Jeff Senge
and
> I work as the Information & Computer Access Program
Coordinator at
> California State University, Fullerton. We
> have just switched from Mega Dots (which I personally like
a
> lot), to DBT 10.5, campus-wide with the purchase of an
> organizational/institutional license. I would be
interested
> in hearing from others who administer DBT across
organizations and
> institutions.
>
> So far I have been kind of shocked to learn, if I have
this
> right, I can only install the organizational/institutional
> license on five computers on our campus. This was a shock
to
> me because I bought the organizational/institutional
license
> so I could install it on say up to about 25 machines
across
> our campus. Realistically, I doubt more than two people
would ever be
> using it at the same time but to distribute
the
> installations to best serve the students and staff, more
than
> five installations will be needed. I'm waiting to hear
back
> from the Duxbury folks on this but according to the
information I get
> back when I activate the product, it
sure
> looks like five activations is my limit.
>
> Perhaps I'm misunderstanding something here and I would
appreciate it
> of anyone on this list could give me more accurate
information about
> the
organizational/institutional
> license activation count. I'm not trying to throw fuel on
> the activation limit fire, just trying to learn exactly
how
> this activation thing works with regard to
> organizational/institutional licenses.
>
> All for now...
>
> Jeff
>
> Jeffrey C. Senge
> Information & Computer Access Program Coordinator
California
> State University, Fullerton
> (714) 278-7253
> jsenge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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