Distributing a New Package

AdminStudio Enterprise Server 11.0 | Configuration Manager Web Console

You can use Configuration Manager Web Console to create packages, configure package distribution options, and distribute setup packages without going to Configuration Manager Server. These package configuration settings are saved with the application in the Application Catalog, enabling you to easily redistribute the package using the same settings.

Distributing a package using Configuration Manager Web Console consists of the following tasks:

Configuration Manager Web Console Package Distribution Steps

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Step

Description

1

Selecting a Package for Distribution 

Select the package in your Application Catalog that you want to distribute, and choose whether you want to attach a Package Definition File (.pdf). When you use a Package Definition File, appropriate fields on the Configuration Manager Package Configuration Page are populated with the information in the package definition file you selected.

2

Setting Package Configuration Options 

In the Package Configuration area of Configuration Manager Web Console, you specify the following distribution configuration fields that the Configuration Manager Server utilizes in the distribution of the package.

• Setting Package Settings Options—General information about the package, along with data source, data access, distribution settings, and reporting information.
• Setting Access Accounts Options—Specify which administrators are allowed to distribute this particular package.
• Setting Distribution Points Options—Specify which servers may act as distribution points for this particular package. A Distribution Point is a site system role that stores software package files so clients can access them during the software distribution process.
• Setting Programs Options—Specify programs (that will run on clients) to execute the distribution of the application, and the types of clients on which the program can run (defined using directories, operating system versions, etc.).
• Setting Advertisements Options—Identify the collection of users to receive this package, and specify when the package will be available for distribution and whether it is optional or mandatory.

3

Saving the Package on the Configuration Manager Server 

Save the package on the Configuration Manager Server. You can then view the status of the package by following the instructions in Viewing the Status of a Distributed Package.

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December 20, 2011

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