Considerations for Tivoli Software Distribution Support

This section provides information about creating a software package for Personal Communications and customizing it, using the Software Package Editor. This information is intended for administrators and software package authors only.

With Tivoli® Software Distribution, software packages can be created from Microsoft® Software Installer (MSI) installation packages. This feature is part of the Tivoli® Software Package Editor. MSI packages or MSI patches can be imported into the Software Package Editor, and can be edited, reconfigured, and built as Tivoli® software packages. The MSI support in the Software Package Editor simplifies the configuration steps that were necessary in previous versions of Tivoli®.

The Personal Communications installation image is distributed from a central repository to the target's temporary image repository (for example, C:\Temp). The product is then installed from the temporary repository. Generally, the images are not retained at a target after the successful distribution because of disk space considerations. However, you can configure to save the images at the target.

When you have completed the Features and Properties modifications, click OK in the Properties panel and save the software package (as a .SP or .SPD file). The software package can then be imported into a Tivoli® profile and distributed to the endpoints.