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About the Wise Software Repository

Wise Package Studio Reference
Not available in Standard Edition.
The Wise Software Repository™ is a collection of software packages, resources and
information about those resources, project management information, and quality
assurance data used by organizations as part of the repackaging process. This scalable
repository provides a centralized point for managing software packages at any stage of
deployment.
The Wise Software Repository consists of:
Share point directory
Contains shared Wise Package Studio files and shared resources that are used to
create Windows Installer installations. It also contains source files for packages in
the Software Manager database. All Wise Software Repository databases are
associated with a specific share point directory.
See About the Share Point Directory
Workbench database
Stores information that Wise Package Studio creates and uses. Examples: project,
process, tool, and security information. A repository can contain only one
Workbench database.
Software Manager database
Contains all software packages and other resources that are used by an
organization. Other resources include: merge modules, device drivers, Group Policy
Objects, and standard operating system environment snapshots. A repository can
contain multiple Software Manager databases.
See About the Software Manager Database in the Software Manager Help.
Wise Services database
(Formerly named Preflight database.) Stores the following data that is generated
and used by Wise services:
Tasks that are managed by the Wise Task Manager. Examples: importing
packages; running the Merge Module Wizard; compiling .MSI or .WSI packages
in Software Manager; remotely compiling packages in Windows Installer Editor.
(Quality Assurance module only.) The results that are generated from deploying
preflight packages, which are made with Package Instrumentation. These
results are used by the Preflight Data Collector and Preflight Analysis Web
applications.
A repository can contain only one Wise Services database.
See also:
Wise Task Manager on page 141
About Preflight Deployment
Multiple Repositories
In a large enterprise with multiple teams, each team might use a different share
point directory and Wise Software Repository. Because a Wise Package Studio
server can be associated with only one active repository at a time, each team must
install their repository on a different server.
Introduction to Wise Package Studio
on page 26.
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