Viewing Results From Preflight Deployment - Symantec WISE PACKAGE STUDIO 8.0 - REFERENCE V1.0 Reference

Viewing Results from Preflight Deployment

Wise Package Studio Reference
See Opening an Installation Package in the Windows Installer Editor Help.
If you select any type of package other than an .MSI, you should open it from
the repository.This means it has to be imported to Software Manager.
On the Projects tab, click the Run link to the right of the task or tool associated
with Preflight Instrumentation. The package that is created will be saved with
the default project name plus "_preflight" added to its name. This tool might
skip dialog boxes or populate fields based on command-line options defined in
Process Templates Setup.
The Preflight Package to Create dialog box appears.
2. Specify a path of the preflight package to create and click Next.
The Data Collector URL dialog box appears. The Data Collector Web application is
set up during installation of the Preflight Web applications. If you did not install the
Preflight Web applications, you must obtain this URL from the team member who
did.
See Connection to Preflight Deployment Tools
3. Specify the URL of the Preflight Data Collector Web application and click Next.
The Deployment Job Identifier dialog box appears. A job identifier is used to group a
set of results from this preflight package. In Preflight Analysis, you view results by
job identifier.
4. Enter a unique job identifier that describes the package you are testing and click
Next. (Example: Microsoft Office 2002)
The Package Instrumentation dialog box appears.
5. Click Next, and the preflight package is generated at the path you specified. Click
Finish after the preflight package is created.
Note
Package Instrumentation also validates that the package exists in the Software Manager
database (Professional Edition only). If one or more files from the package are
unmanaged by the database, you are prompted to import the package. If you do so,
Package Distribution opens temporarily and prompts you to distribute to the share point
directory. You should cycle the imported package through your normal QA and conflict
resolution processes.
See Copying a Package to the Share Point Directory
The next step in Preflight Deployment is to deploy the preflight package using the
deployment system you normally use. This step must be performed independently. After
you deploy the preflight package, view the results with Preflight Analysis.
See Viewing Results from Preflight Deployment
Quality Assurance module only.
Use the Preflight Analysis tool to view the results from the deployment of a preflight job
and individual packages. During installation, you must have entered a valid URL to a
Preflight Analysis Web application.
Start Preflight Analysis in either of the following ways:
Preflight Deployment
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