Installing the product on the local desktop computers

You have two options for installing the full product locally on an end user's computer. You can manually install on each computer, or you can use an application like Systems Management Server (SMS) to push the installation to the computers running Windows.

To manually install on a local desktop

  1. Make the installation media available. Download the eImage for the product and extract the files to a shared network drive.
  2. Copy the installation instructions and prepare licensing information. Make as many copies of the product installation instructions as you need. The installation instructions are available from the download site. Look for the instructions that correspond to your license type. After installation, the end user must enter the authorization code for your site . Fill out this information in the space provided at the beginning of the instructions before copying them.

    Note: If a proxy server is preventing authorization, consider using licenseactivator. This allows you to enter the proxy ID and password. See the topic Using licenseactivator for more information.

  3. Distribute the installation materials to end users. Distribute the downloaded file (or network location), the installation instructions, and the licensing information to end users who can manually install on each computer as needed.

To push to the local desktops running Windows

Because IBM® SPSS® Modeler installations are compatible with Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI), you can push an installation to the end-user desktop computers.