If you use application management software, such as Novell ZENworks, to deploy Vibe Desktop to user workstations, you can also prepopulate Vibe Desktop with your organization’s Vibe server URL. This saves users from specifying the Vibe server URL when they are configuring Vibe Desktop on their individual workstations.
To configure Vibe Desktop in this way, you must accomplish the tasks in either of the following sections as part of the deployment process of Vibe Desktop to user workstations with your application management software:
You can prepopulate Vibe Desktop with the URL of your organization’s Vibe server by specifying the VIBEURL Windows Installer property when Vibe Desktop is installed.
The exact steps for specifying the Windows Installer property differ depending on the application management software you are using to deploy Vibe Desktop to user workstations; however, the following command illustrates how to perform a silent installation of Vibe Desktop and prepopulate Vibe Desktop with the URL of your organization’s Vibe server:
msiexec /i NovellVibeDesktop.msi /quiet VIBEURL=https://vibe.mycompany.com
You can prepopulate Vibe Desktop with the URL of your organization’s Vibe server by writing the Vibe server URL directly to the registry after Vibe Desktop is installed.
The exact steps for writing the Vibe server URL to the registry differ depending on the application management software you are using to deploy Vibe Desktop to user workstations; however, in \\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Novell\Vibe Desktop you must set the Default Server URL string value to your organization’s Vibe server URL.