Creating Package Groups - Symantec SOFTWARE MANAGER 7.0 SP2 - REFERENCE FOR WISE INSTALLATION STUDIO V1.0 Installation Manual

Creating Package Groups

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Deploy multiple related packages at once, enforcing package dependencies and
installation order, and defining command lines that run the package installations.
Example: Group a package with its related transforms and patches, specify the
order in which the transforms and patches are applied, and define the command
lines that are needed to run the transforms. Or, group several packages that are
always installed together.
Install packages that you would not otherwise be able to repackage and deploy.
Example: Create a group containing a single package that consists of a Setup.exe
file of unknown format and the command line needed to run the .EXE.
Package Inheritance
A package group can inherit package assignments from its parent or child groups. This
affects which packages are displayed when a group is selected. The Inheritance setting
on the Package Groups dialog box determines how groups inherit packages. When you
delete, or unassign, a package from the group it was originally assigned to, it is also
deleted from any inheriting groups.
Example: Suppose a package group named Corporate contains two child groups:
Accounting and Engineering. The Engineering group contains a child group named
Testing.
If your package groups are set up to inherit from both parent and child groups, then
whenever you assign a package to the Engineering group, that package is inherited by
the Corporate group and the Testing group. However, it is not inherited by the
Accounting group.
Package inheritance is different from package relationships, which define dependencies
between packages.
Use the Groups pane in Software Manager to create and edit package groups. You can
set up groups and subgroups, add packages to groups, and delete packages from
groups. To show the Groups pane, select View menu > Groups.
The right-click menu provides quick access to most of the tasks that you can accomplish
in the Groups pane. You also can drag packages into package groups.
To create a package group
1. If multiple databases are open, select a database in the Applications/Packages
pane.
2. Select Setup menu > Groups > Edit Groups.
The Edit Groups dialog box appears.
3. Verify the Inheritance setting. This affects the way package assignments are
shared between groups.
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