Installation guide

Software Provisioning Components

A software package is composed of the files and scripts necessary to install and remove programs. VCM

software provisioning supports software that is installed using technologies such as MSI and EXE

packages. The VCM software provisioning components are Package Studio, Package Manager, and

software package repositories.

The software repository is a shared location on a Windows software provisioning server to which

packages are published by Package Studio, as well as the location from which Package Manager

downloads packages for installation. These components can operate independent of other VCM

components. Although it is a good practice to do so, repositories and target machines do not need to be

managed by VCM Agents.

Figure 10–1. Software provisioning components with respect to VCM trust zones

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