Preparing Packages for Distribution

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The final step in creating a customization involves two parts. First, you should postvalidate your transform and base Windows Installer package. This ensures that you have not introduced any errors into the installation, and may help you verify that you have corrected errors that existed in the base package. Secondly, you need to actually package the transform and base package for distribution. These tasks are accomplished using the Postvalidation view and Package view, respectively.

Topics in this section include the following:

Copying the Installation to a Network Location
Copying the Installation to an FTP Server
Creating a Package Definition File (PDF)
Creating an SMS File
Instructing SMS to Create a Management Information Format File at Deployment Time
Deploying Windows Installer Setup Packages with Systems Management Server 2.0
Creating a Setup.exe File for the Package and Transform
Additional Setup.ini Parameters