Software Provisioning Components - VMware VCM 5.3 - CONFIGURATION MANAGER SECURITY ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS Configuration

vCenter Configuration Manager Security Environment Requirements

12.0 Software Provisioning Components

The VCM Software Provisioning components consist of Package Studio, Package Manager, and software package
repositories.
Figure 1: Software Provisioning components with respect to VCM trust zones.
A software package provides the files and scripts necessary to install and remove programs. VCM Software
Provisioning components support software installed using numerous installation technologies including .msi, and .exe
packages. A software repository is a shared location to which packages are published by Package Studio and the
location from which Package Manager downloads packages for installation. These components can operate
independent of other VCM components: repositories and target machines need not be managed by VCM agents.
Secure operation of the Software Provisioning components requires the following security environment.
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