User manual SYMANTEC SOFTWARE MANAGER 7.0 SP2 REFERENCE FOR WISE INSTALLATION STUDIO V1.0

[. . . ] Software Manager Reference Software Manager The software described in this book is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of the agreement. Documentation version 7. 0 SP2 Legal Notice Copyright © 2010 Symantec Corporation. Symantec, the Symantec Logo, and Altiris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U. S. The product described in this document is distributed under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation/reverse engineering. [. . . ] Be sure to select the appropriate file type from the Files of type drop-down list on the Open dialog box. The following items become enabled: Distribute source files to the share point directory Mark this to copy all source files to a single, centralized location. Clear this check box to import the package description into the Software Manager database without copying its source files to the share point directory. If you mark this check box, the source files are available so you can add a merge module from the Software Manager database to an installation. Overwrite existing application and package Mark this to overwrite any package that is already in the database with the same application and package names. If you clear this check box and the application and package names are already in the database: If the existing package has resources, the new package is not imported. If the existing package does not have resources, the new package's resources are added to the existing package. The Package Details dialog box appears. 8. Complete the dialog box: . MSM/. WSM File The file you specified is displayed. For information on application and package names, see About Applications and Packages on page 17. To replace an existing package, select a package from the drop-down list. Software Manager Reference 32 Importing Packages Use Transactions for Import Mark this check box to import installation resources as database transactions instead of importing them individually. This speeds the import, but can lock Software Manager database records temporarily during the update. If multiple people are importing packages at one time, do not mark this check box. The Wise Task Manager dialog box appears and remains open until the operation is completed. However, you can close or minimize the dialog box and continue your work in Wise Package Studio. The package you selected is imported to the active Software Manager database. During the import process, errors are displayed as they are encountered. See also: Wise Task Manager in the Windows Installer Editor Help Importing a Transform File You can import a Windows Installer transform (. MST) into the Software Manager database from a network or local drive. This creates a separate package for the transform and keeps the transform's resources separate from the resources in the base package. To add the transform's resources to the base package instead, apply the transform when you import the base installation. When you do this, you cannot distribute the transform as a separate entity. You can distribute the transform as part of a group for easy deployment by a distribution system. Note If you have Symantec Management Platform 7. 0 SP2 or later, you can use Wise Connector to import the transform from the Software Manager database into Software Management Framework. [. . . ] Only change the share point value in the Wise Repository Manager. To delete a server path 1. If the server path you want to delete is currently active, set a different path to be the active one: a. In the Storage Paths list, select the server path to make active and click Details. On the Server Path Settings dialog box, mark Active Path and click OK to return to the Network Index Properties dialog box. In the Storage Paths list, select the server path to delete and click Delete. [. . . ]