Preparing the Meridian server computer

To prepare the Meridian Enterprise application server computer to deploy upgrades automatically to client computers:

1. Copy the Meridian setup files to the BC-Meridian Extensions folder (or a subfolder to separate the hotfix files from the other contents of the folder) on the Meridian application server. The folder is shared as AMM3EXT$ in Meridian Enterprise installations.
2. Create a new text file named AMUpdate.ini in the BC-Meridian Extensions folder itself, not in the subfolder where you copied the files.
3. Add the following lines to the file with any text editor:

[AutoManager Meridian]
<UpgradeName>=<UpgradeExecutable>
        

The text for UpgradeName can be anything you want. We recommend that you use a name that describes the upgrade this is being installed, such as BCMeridian2010. The text for UpgradeExecutable is the name of the upgrade executable to Start.

If you copied the upgrade files to a subfolder of the BC-Meridian Extensions folder, include its name in a relative path to the setup executable. For example, if the upgrade files are located in the folder C:\BC-Meridian Extensions\2010 Setup, using the example upgrade name above would result in the line BCMeridian2010 =2010  Setup\setup.exe.

Tip    This procedure will run the Meridian setup program in interactive mode, during which the program will detect the existing version of the Meridian software and prompt the user to confirm that they want to install the upgrade. Additional prompts may also appear, such as a prompt for the user to reboot the computer if a reboot is necessary after installation. The upgrade may also be run in silent mode by combining the technique described in Upgrading Meridian client computers automatically with this procedure. That is, by adding the -s switch to the end of the executable command line as in the following example:

BCMeridian2010=setup.exe –s