Installing the Web Start client from a LAN or DVD

In order to reduce network traffic and minimize download times, some companies wish for users to install the Web Start client from a LAN or DVD. Since the Web Start client and the cached client share the same cached archives, users can install the majority of the Web Start client using the same installation procedure as the cached client. However, the Web Start client requires an additional component that must be installed directly from the Host On-Demand server over a network.

Installing the Web Start client involves two steps for the administrator followed by two steps for the end user.

First, the administrator should perform the following two steps:
  1. Referring to Steps for the administrator to create the DVD or LAN image, use the Deployment Wizard to generate a Cached Client HTML file.
  2. Use the Deployment Wizard a second time to edit the HTML file that you created in the previous step, changing the client type from Cached Client to Web Start client. (Be sure not to make any other changes so that the defined sessions and the preload component list stay the same.) This second HTML page is the one that you should publish for users to access.
Second, once you have published your HTML file, users should perform the following two steps:
  1. Referring to Steps for the user, install the cached client that the administrator set up on the LAN or DVD.
  2. Install the additional component for the Web Start client by following the steps for Installing the Web Start client from the Host On-Demand Server: Using a Web browser. The Web Start client code will determine that the Host On-Demand archive files have already been downloaded and will not download them again. The remaining component should download quickly, and the Host On-Demand Web Start client will start.