User manual SYMANTEC SOFTWARE MANAGER 8.0 REFERENCE FOR WISE PACKAGE 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 8. 0 Legal Notice Copyright © 2009 Symantec Corporation. Symantec, the Symantec Logo, and Altiris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U. S. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. [. . . ] Perform this operation on the Wise Package Studio server If you are working on a client computer, mark this to perform this operation on the Wise Package Studio server. You must use a UNC path to specify the imported package. If the package and the Software Manager database reside on the server, this significantly improves the performance of this operation for large packages. With Enterprise Management Server, Security Setup determines whether this option appears. Detect conflicts during package import The default for this option is provided by the Detect conflicts during package import check box in Conflict Settings. Mark or clear this to override the default. If this is marked, conflict detection checks for conflicts between the imported package and all other packages in the Software Manager database. To assign the imported package to one or more groups: a. Mark the check boxes of the groups to assign the package to. Click OK. Note If you will use Group Distribution, it is best to add packages to groups on the Group Properties dialog box. The order in which you add packages to a group on the Group Properties dialog box can affect the state of the package check boxes during distribution. The Virtual OS File Selection page appears. On the Virtual OS File Selection page, specify a Virtual OS to use. You must have run the Virtual OS Creation utility on the current computer or another computer. See Creating a Virtual OS in the Wise Package Studio Help. Software Manager Reference 72 Importing Packages Use the existing Virtual OS file Mark this if you are working in a clean build environment and you previously ran the Virtual OS Creation utility on the current computer. This option is enabled only if a Virtual OS is found on this computer. Use a different Virtual OS file from the share point directory or network Mark this if you previously ran the Virtual OS Creation utility on another computer and the resulting . WOS file is available in the share point directory or another network directory. The Begin Installation Capture page appears. If you selected the existing Virtual OS file, the Virtual OS is cleaned. This means that installed remnants from the last capture or universal import are removed from the Virtual OS directory and registry structure. If you selected a . WOS file, it is expanded onto your computer to form a Virtual OS directory and registry structure. This process takes several minutes and requires a substantial amount of free disk space. [. . . ] In the Rebuild Index Settings section: Location Leave this field blank. Block Size To increase the block size, select a higher number. Hash Table Size To increase the hash table size, enter a higher number. From Method, select Rebuild using existing index file (not corrupt). [. . . ]