About The Auto Import Service; Package Subscription - Symantec SOFTWARE MANAGER 8.0 - REFERENCE FOR WISE PACKAGE STUDIO V1.0 Reference

About the Auto Import Service

Package Subscription

Software Manager Reference
Note
When you display the installation resources for this package, you might see additional
files that do not belong to the installation; this is because of the inclusion and exclusion
settings in SetupCapture Configuration.
See also:
Package Import on page 34
Enterprise Management Server only.
You can run a Windows scheduled task that imports packages into the Software Manager
database automatically. The Wise Auto Import Service task periodically searches the
share point directory for .QUE files, which represent distributed packages that are
waiting to be imported. When the service finds a .QUE file, it imports that package into
the Software Manager database and then removes the .QUE file. The next time you open
the Software Manager database, it includes that package.
See About .QUE Files on page 40.
To run the Wise Auto Import Service task, schedule it in the Wise Task Scheduler. For
requirements and information on scheduling the task, see
Tasks on page 28.
See also:
Importing From the Share Point Directory
Enterprise Management Server only.
Use package subscription in Software Manager to copy packages from another Software
Manager database. This lets you maintain separate Software Manager databases for
performance reasons while avoiding duplication of efforts. You might do this if your
corporate-level repackaging team maintains a database of packages used throughout
the corporation, while regional teams maintain separate databases of packages unique
to their regions. A regional repackager can subscribe to the corporate-level packages
and resolve conflicts between the corporate and regional packages.
Package subscription is supported for Windows Installer, WiseScript, and virtual software
packages only.
When you subscribe to a package in another Software Manager database, that package
is imported to your database. A link is maintained between the subscribed package's
source and the copy, so that when the source installation of the original package is
changed, it is re-imported into the Software Manager database. Device driver and Group
Policy Object subscriptions are not linked to the source file. If the source file changes for
these types of packages, the changes are not re-imported.
When you resolve conflicts between your package and a subscribed package, make the
changes in your package instead of the subscribed package. You cannot export a
Scheduling Software Manager
on page 37
Importing Packages
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