Sharing Application Catalog Data - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 6: Managing Application Catalog Databases

Sharing Application Catalog Data

Sharing Application Catalog Data
The section describes the three methods for sharing Application Catalog data in your enterprise: merge, auto-
import, and replication.
Table 6-7 • Sharing Application Catalog Data Help Topics
Section
Merging Application
Catalogs Using the
Merge Wizard
Automatically
Importing Packages
Replicating
Application Catalogs
Using Microsoft SQL
Server to Perform
Merge Replication of
Application Catalogs
AdminStudio provides three options for sharing Application Catalog Data:
• Merging Application Catalog
Catalog's data into the currently open Application Catalog. The merged data is not linked in any way to the
source Application Catalog.
• Automatically Importing
automatically importing Windows Installer packages into your Application Catalog:
• Linking to Packages in a Remote Application
option of the Package Auto Import Wizard, you can monitor Windows Installer packages in a Remote
Application Catalog, and automatically import or re-import those packages at scheduled intervals.
Application Manager can link to one or multiple Application Catalogs, and can link to one or multiple
packages within those Application Catalogs.
• Automatically Importing Packages from a Network
of the Package Auto Import Wizard, you can automatically import or re-import all Windows Installer
packages in a specific folder into your Application Catalog at scheduled intervals.
• Replicating Application
Wizards to distribute an Application Catalog database where it is needed across a large enterprise or multi-
national corporation. Data is replicated between a Publisher Database Server and a Subscriber Database
Server, which do not need to be available on the same network.
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Description
You can use the Merge Wizard to merge data from a source Application Catalog
into the currently open Application Catalog.
You can use the Package Auto Import feature to link to MSI packages in a Remote
Application Catalog, import the data into your local Application Catalog, and
maintain consistency between the packages.
Using Application Catalog Replication simplifies software management by allowing
you to selectively distribute subsets of data from a master Application Catalog to
multiple IT groups at your organization.
AdminStudio supports merge replication of Application Catalog databases using
Microsoft SQL Server 2005. You can use merge replication to synchronize
Application Catalog databases distributed in multiple locations across a large
enterprise, ensuring that all databases are kept up-to-date.
Information—Use the Merge Wizard to merge the source Application
Packages—The Package Auto Import Wizard offers two methods of
Catalogs—Use Application Catalog Replication's Publication and Subscription
Catalog—Using the Remote Application Catalog
Directory—Using the Network Directory option
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