Performing Predeployment Analysis; Creating A Test-Ready Windows Installer Package - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 20: Analyzing Installations Prior to Deployment

Performing Predeployment Analysis

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Framework 2.0 does not support 64 bit machines.
Performing Predeployment Analysis
To analyze a package prior to deployment using the Predeployment Test tool, you create and distribute a test-
ready Windows Installer package. You can then view the test results on the Predeployment Test Results Web site.
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Creating a Test-Ready Windows Installer Package

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Setting Predeployment Test Command Line Parameters
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Distributing a Test-Ready Windows Installer Package
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Viewing Predeployment Test Results
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Managing Job Data
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Setting Predeployment Test Command Line Parameters
Creating a Test-Ready Windows Installer Package
You use the Predeployment Test Preparation Wizard to convert an original Windows Installer
into a "test-ready"
This test-ready
deployed. Each custom action performs a test and sends the results to a Web service, and the Web service saves
those results into a database. You can then view the test results in a Web browser.
Task: To create a test-ready Windows Installer package:
1. Launch the Predeployment Test tool. The Predeployment Test Start Page opens.
2. Click the Predeployment Test Preparation Wizard link. The Welcome Panel of the Predeployment Test
Preparation Wizard opens.
3. Click Next. The Windows Installer File Selection Panel opens.
4. In the Source .MSI Package field, select the Windows Installer
Predeployment Test tool—the
If you launched the Predeployment Test Preparation Wizard from the Application Manager by selecting a
package and selecting Distribute Package from the context menu, the name in the Source .MSI Package
field is already entered. The ability to edit this entry depends upon whether the package you are distributing is
managed by the Software Repository:
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Predeployment Test features cannot be installed on 64 bit machines because Microsoft® .NET
package, a package that does not make any system changes when it is deployed.
.msi
package incorporates Type 1
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.msi
custom actions which are executed when the package is
.msi
package that is being prepared for deployment.
package that you want to test with the
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