FYI Hi, Federick Pineda wrote: > basically what i wanted to do is push the update from general server to > branch server then the branch server updates the workstations... can it > be done? is it possible without customizing the script packages? Yes. I am doing exactly the same using rsync. Let me explain it a bit more... Master-Server layout (shared as \\master-server\share): /data/share/wpkg/ /data/share/wpkg/wpkg.js /data/share/wpkg/packages.xml /data/share/wpkg/profiles.xml ... /data/share/software/Microsoft Office 2007 /data/share/software/Pidgin v.2.5.5 ... So on the master server you have a full WPKG installation. Within a branch office you could have the same layout: Branch-Office Server layout (shared as \\branch-server\share): /data/share/wpkg/ /data/share/wpkg/wpkg.js /data/share/wpkg/packages.xml /data/share/wpkg/profiles.xml ... /data/share/software/Microsoft Office 2007 /data/share/software/Pidgin v.2.5.5 ... The clients on the branch office just use \\branch-server\share\wpkg\wpkg.js for the path to WPKG and clients on the main location use \\master-server\share\wpkg\wpkg.js So each location uses their own (somehow independent) installation. To do updates just update your master location and then push all information to the branch office(s). As I said rsync is a nice tool to do this job. The same way you could also operate your own staging system with a complete independent installation. The deployment process is then done by a simple synchronization of the files. Staging System -> Master Server -> Branch offices br, Rainer |