Install iSeries Access for Windows on Windows PCs using iSeries NetServer

You can use iSeries NetServer™ to easily install iSeries Access for Windows on your Windows client. Remember, administering iSeries NetServer from a PC client requires the use of iSeries Navigator, which is a subcomponent of iSeries Access for Windows. To install iSeries Access for Windows on your Windows client, follow these steps:

For Windows 2000:

  1. Open the Windows Start menu.
  2. Select Search.
  3. Select For files or Folders...
  4. Click the Computers link.
  5. In the Computer Name field, specify the server name of iSeries NetServer.
  6. Click Search Now.
  7. Double-click the computer that was found in step 6.
  8. Open the QIBM folder.
  9. Open the ProdData folder.
  10. Open the Access folder.
  11. Open the Windows folder.
  12. Open the Install folder.
  13. Open the Image folder.
  14. Double-click Setup.exe. The iSeries Access for Windows Install Wizard takes you through the process of installing iSeries Access for Windows on your PC.
    Note:
    Ensure that you select to have the Network option of iSeries Navigator installed.

For Windows XP:

  1. Open the Windows Start menu.
  2. Select Search.
  3. Click Computers or People.
  4. Click A Computer in the Network.
  5. Specify the server name for iSeries NetServer in the appropriate field.
  6. Click Search.
  7. Double-click the computer that was found in step 6.
  8. Open the QIBM folder.
  9. Open the ProdData folder.
  10. Open the Access folder.
  11. Open the Windows folder.
  12. Open the Install folder.
  13. Open the Image folder.
  14. Double-click Setup.exe. The iSeries Access for Windows Install Wizard takes you through the process of installing iSeries Access for Windows on your PC.
    Note:
    Ensure that you select to have the Network option of iSeries Navigator installed.

For Windows Server 2003:

  1. Open the Windows Start menu.
  2. Select Search.
  3. Click Other search options.
  4. Click Printer, computers, or people.
  5. Click A computer in the network.
  6. Specify the server name for iSeries NetServer in the appropriate field.
  7. Click Search.
  8. Double-click the computer that was found in step 7.
  9. Open the QIBM folder.
  10. Open the ProdData folder.
  11. Open the Access folder.
  12. Open the Windows folder.
  13. Open the Install folder.
  14. Open the Image folder.
  15. Double-click Setup.exe. The iSeries Access for Windows Install Wizard takes you through the process of installing iSeries Access for Windows on your PC.
    Note:
    Ensure that you select to have the Network option of iSeries Navigator installed.

iSeries NetServer shares the QIBM directory with clients in order to allow i5/OS users who already have user profiles to install iSeries Access for Windows on their PC clients. However, iSeries NetServer does not automatically configure guest support, and users without iSeries user profiles are not able to access integrated file system directories and output queues using iSeries NetServer. Only the network administrator can remove the file share for the QIBM directory.

To allow guests to have access to shared resources, you must configure the iSeries NetServer Advanced - Next start properties with a user profile for guest or anonymous users.