Standalone Application Catalog Vs. The Adminstudio Enterprise Server Application Catalog - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Sharing Application Catalog Data
There are three methods for sharing Application Catalog data in your enterprise:
• Merge
Catalog.
• Package Auto Import
into your Application Catalog and keeping them updated.
• Application Catalog
needed across a large enterprise or multi-national corporation.
See Sharing Application Catalog Data
Standalone Application Catalog vs. the AdminStudio Enterprise Server
Application Catalog
Edition • AdminStudio Enterprise Server Tools are included with AdminStudio Enterprise Edition.
You can connect to any standalone SQL Server Application Catalog, or you can connect to the AdminStudio
Enterprise Server Application Catalog:
• Standalone—A Standalone Application Catalog is not associated with the Enterprise Server tools. The
AdminStudio client tools connect directly to the database server hosting the standalone Application Catalog.
• AdminStudio Enterprise
Center, Job Manager, and Workflow Manager—are connected to the AdminStudio Enterprise Server
Application Catalog. AdminStudio client tools can also connect to this Application Catalog, allowing you to
store all data generated on a package in the same location, and to link packages in this Application Catalog to
Workflow Manager Application Requests.
Note •
For more information on using Application Catalogs, see the following:
•
Connecting AdminStudio Client Tools to a Standalone Application Catalog
• Connecting AdminStudio Client Tools to the AdminStudio Enterprise Server Application Catalog
AdminStudio 9.5 User Guide
Wizard—Use to merge data from a source Application Catalog into the currently open Application
Wizard—Offers two methods of automatically importing Windows Installer packages
Replication— Enables you to distribute an Application Catalog database where it is
Server—All of the AdminStudio Enterprise Server tools—Security Console, Report
AdminStudio Enterprise Tools are always connected to the AdminStudio Enterprise Server database.
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Chapter 6: Managing Application Catalog Databases
for detailed information.
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