Setting Up SystemLink Client Systems at Scale (Automated Method)

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This document is part of the SystemLink Portal.

Setting Up SystemLink Client Systems at Scale (Automated Method)

Use the following instructions to automate setting up SystemLink Client systems at scale.  This can help you to scale the provisioning of a large amount of client systems if you have Remote PowerShell enabled on your remote systems. For more information see: How to configure your computer for remoting.

1. Download the SystemLink Client offline installer (.iso file)
2. Place the installer on a network folder (or other location) accessible by the Client systems.
3. Open PowerShell as an administrator using an account that has administrator permission for all of your remote systems.
   1. For more information see: Windows Remote PowerShell
4. Download the install-systemlink-client.ps1 script from https://github.com/joshuaprewitt/systemlink-install-client
5. Modify the script to point to the location of the offline SystemLink Client ISO on your network share.
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Optional Tasks

• If you want to the SystemLink Server to automatically approve any SystemLink Client that tries to connect to it, follow the instructions in this document:
  Configure SystemLink Server to Auto-Approve Clients