SMS: How to Install, Share, and Inventory Software
ID: Q185342
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.1
SUMMARY
You can use Systems Management Server to do the following tasks:
- Package Command Manager (PCM)
Install software on selected workstations throughout your enterprise.
- Program Group Control (PGC)
Install software on distribution servers, where it can be shared by
specified workstations .
- Inventory
Perform an inventory or audit of the software installed on networked
computers.
MORE INFORMATION
To complete the tasks described above, complete following steps:
- Create a source directory, share the directory, and copy the
installation files to it. (Note that this is not applicable for software
inventory.)
- In the Systems Management Server Administrator program, create a package
that uses the source directory specified in step 1 and contains
instructions for executing the package on the target clients and support
operating systems.
- In the Systems Management Server Administrator program, create a job
explaining where to send the package. Note that this step is not necessary
for inventory packages.
Systems Management Server compresses a package before sending it to the
target site, thus reducing the amount of traffic on the network as the
package is passed through the site hierarchy.
When the target site server receives the package, it places the package on
one or more distribution servers, and places the installation, sharing, or
inventory instructions for the target computers on the appropriate logon
servers.
The three steps above are common for all types of packages. However,
depending on the defined package properties, Systems Management Server
handles each package differently. Systems Management Server uses the
following properties to define packages:
- Workstation properties are used to install a package on the clients
(Run Command On Workstation jobs).
- Sharing properties are used to install a package on each of the servers
and then share it from those servers (Share Package On Server jobs).
- Inventory properties are used to maintain inventory on a package.
You can define any (or all) of these properties for any package. You can
also add or modify properties after the package has been created.
Systems Management Server includes package definition files (PDFs) and
configuration scripts for many popular Microsoft applications and operating
systems. If you are creating a package to distribute a Microsoft
application, you can use a PDF to define many package properties for you.
Additional query words:
prodsms
Keywords :
Version : winnt:1.1
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo
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