Chapter 1: Introduction To Software Manager; About Software Manager; Packages In Software Manager - Symantec SOFTWARE MANAGER 8.0 - REFERENCE FOR WISE PACKAGE STUDIO V1.0 Reference

Chapter 1
Introduction to Software Manager

About Software Manager

Packages in Software Manager

Software Manager Reference
This chapter includes the following topics:
About Software Manager
Starting Software Manager
About the Software Manager Window
Icons in Software Manager
About the Software Manager Database
About Applications and Packages
Setting Software Manager Preferences
About Package Meta Data
Scheduling Software Manager Tasks
Wise Software Repository Automation
Product Documentation
Software Manager provides the interface for working with packages in the Software
Manager database, which contains information about all the software packages used by
your organization. Storing all your package information in a central location lets you
better manage packages during their lifecycle stages—from integration, testing, and
deployment through retirement.
Use Software Manager to import and organize packages and their resource information
in the Software Manager database, to obtain information about packages and their
resources, to set the status of packages, and to prepare a package or group of packages
for deployment. Corporate developers can use Software Manager as a centralized point
for managing all resources used by applications that they develop.
Software Manager is a tool in the Professional Edition of Wise Package Studio.
See Introduction to Wise Package Studio in the Wise Package Studio Help.
Note
With Enterprise Management Server, Software Manager menu commands that you do
not have permission to use are unavailable. Functional security for Software Manager is
set in the Wise Package Studio Security Setup.
See Setting Software Manager and ConflictManager Security in the Wise Package Studio
Help.
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