Software distribution is the SMS feature that you use to automate software installation in your site. You can also use software distribution to open applications or run commands on targeted clients.
Several steps are required to distribute software. You must create packages and then target those packages to client computers in your site. You target and schedule the packages by using advertisements. Several SMS components assist in the software distribution process. Two components that work exclusively with software distribution are Distribution Manager and Courier Sender.
This chapter contains the site server software distribution flowcharts and includes two process flowcharts and two component flowcharts as follows:
To get the most from this chapter, read the introductory material for flowcharts in Chapter 16, “Introducing the SMS 2.0 Flowcharts.” You should also be familiar with Chapter 12, “Distributing Software” in the SMS 2.0 Administrator’s Guide.