About Adminstudio Application Catalogs; Overview Of Application Catalogs - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 6: Managing Application Catalog Databases
Managing Application Catalogs
• Upgrading an Existing Application Catalog
• Organizing Your Application Catalog Using Groups
• Viewing and Editing Package Extended Attributes
• Viewing Package History
• Deleting Packages

About AdminStudio Application Catalogs

This section provides the following information:
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Overview of Application Catalogs

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Standalone Application Catalog vs. the AdminStudio Enterprise Server Application Catalog
Overview of Application Catalogs
To perform enterprise level data checking, it is very efficient if the data can be consolidated into a single database.
The AdminStudio Application Catalog database consolidates data from many installation packages in a single
location.
Application Catalogs can contain the complete contents of Windows Installer (
( ) packages, and OS snapshots (
.msm
Catalog can also include binary records. Application Catalogs can also store application, workflow, permissions,
Predeployment Test, Microsoft Patch, PackageExpert, and Workflow Manager data.
You can use ConflictSolver and PackageExpert to test packages in the Application Catalog:
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ConflictSolver—You can use ConflictSolver's MSI ICEs (internal consistency evaluators) to evaluate specific
packages, and can use ConflictSolver ACEs (application conflict evaluators) to extend the ICEs and evaluate
data across packages.
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PackageExpert—You can use PackageExpert to analyze the integrity of packages in the Application Catalog
and also identify and resolve any issues packages would have when deployed on the Windows Vista
operating system.
Sharing Application Catalogs
In multi-user environments, the AdminStudio Application Catalog is typically shared. The AdminStudio
Administrator can make a shared catalog the default catalog, which results in all AdminStudio users who use the
same shared location using the same shared Application Catalog. If the shared Application Catalog is changed,
users will automatically open up the new shared Application Catalog. For more information, see
Default AdminStudio Application
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