Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual page 1492

Chapter 19: Distributing Packages Using Configuration Manager Web Console
About Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager and Configuration Manager Web Console
Table 19-2 • Software Distribution with Microsoft Configuration Manager Server
# Step
3 Prepare
Collections
4 Create Software
Distribution
Packages
5 Specify
Distribution
Points
6 Create
Programs
7 Create
Advertisements
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Description
A collection is a customized management view of the resources in your organization.
Collections serve as targets for performing software distribution on multiple
resources at one time. An example of a collection is All Windows NT Workstation 4.0
Systems. The clients that need to receive the program must be members of a
collection (referred to as the target collection).
Software Distribution Packages are applications packages that you are going to
distribute via Configuration Manager Server. Package properties include the software
name and version, the location of the package source folder, and group permissions
for the distribution folder.
Select the Distribution Points that will receive the software.
Create a program for the package that is going to be distributed. Program properties
specify the command line that will run on the clients, and the types of clients on
which the program can run. A package can have multiple programs defined. For
example, you can define a Full Installation, a Custom Installation, and a Minimum
Installation for a single package.
Advertise the program that you want the clients to run. Advertising the program
makes a program available to a specified target collection. The advertisement
contains the name of the program, the name of the target collection, and the
scheduling configuration (such as when to run the program or when will the program
expire).
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