Starting Software Manager; Opening And Closing Software Manager Databases - Symantec SOFTWARE MANAGER 8.0 - REFERENCE FOR WISE PACKAGE STUDIO V1.0 Reference

Starting Software Manager

Opening and Closing Software Manager Databases

Software Manager Reference
Use Group Distribution to deploy multiple related packages at once, enforcing
package dependencies and installation order, and defining command lines that run
the package installations.
See Group Distribution
In Wise Package Studio, do one of the following:
On the Projects tab, click the Run link to the right of the task or tool associated with
Software Manager.
On the Tools tab, double-click Software Manager.
Software Manager opens.
Which Database is Opened?
The first time you start Software Manager, it opens the database that you connected to
during installation. Thereafter, Software Manager opens the database most recently
used by either Software Manager or ConflictManager. With Enterprise Management
Server, multiple databases might open.
When you start Software Manager from a task that specifies the database in its
command-line options, the specified database is opened.
See also:
Opening and Closing Software Manager Databases
About the Software Manager Window
Enterprise Management Server only.
You can open multiple Software Manager databases simultaneously. This lets you browse
multiple databases in Software Manager and ConflictManager, and work in a second
database without closing the first one.
One database must always be open in Software Manager.
To open an additional database
1. If the database does not exist, create a new database in the Wise Repository
Manager. See Creating Software Manager Databases in the Wise Package Studio
Getting Started Guide.
2. Select File menu > Open Database.
The Select Data Source dialog box appears. This is a standard Windows ODBC
connection wizard, which lets you connect to a database through an ODBC data
source.
3. Connect to the database. If you need help, ask your database administrator.
The database's contents are listed in the Applications/Packages pane.
4. To make a database active, click anywhere in its tree.
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