User`s manual

Workstation User’s Manual
450 VMware, Inc.
Overview of Package Creation and Validation
DependingonwhetheryouwanttodeployanewACEinstanceorupdateaninstalled
one,youcancreateanyofthefollowingtypesofpackages:
 Full–IncludesaninstallerandtheadditionalfilesneededtoinstallanACE
packageandtheVMwarePlayerapplicationthatrunstheACEinstance.Afull
packageallowsyoutocreateacompletelynewACEinstance.
 PolicyUpdateorServerUpdate–Includesjustthepolicy‐relatedfiles.
 ForstandaloneACE‐enabledvirtualmachines,theoptionisPolicyUpdate.
 Formanagedvirtualmachines,theoptionisServerUpdate.
Amongotherpolicies,aserverupdatepackageallowsyoutochangethe
serverthattheACE‐enabledvirtualmachineisassociatedwithorchangean
activation‐onlyserversetuptoanactivationandtrackingsetup.
 Custom–Allowsyoutochoosespecificitemstodeploy.
 PocketACE–ThecomponentsforaPocketACEpackagevaryslightlyfromthose
forthefullpackage.ForinformationaboutthePocketACEpackage,see“Createa
PocketACEPackage”onpage 460.
ThedeploymentsettingsanddevicesettingsthatyoualreadysetforanACE‐enabled
virtualmachineallowyoutocreatemu
ltiplepackagesquickly.Youcanusethesame
settingsagainandagain.
PackagevalidationoccursafteryoucompletetheNewPackagewizard.Package
validationdoesthefollowing:
 ChecksthatallfilesthattheACE‐enabledvirtualmachinerequiresarepresent.
Thosefilesinclude:
 Diskandsnapshotfiles
 Scriptfiles(ifanypolicyisusingscripts)
CAUTIONIfyoureplaceanexistingACEinstancebysupplyinganewfull
package,endusersloseanydataorcustomsettingsstoredintheolderACE
instance.
NOTEPackagevalidationdoesnotcheckfordevicefiles(ISOimages,FLPimages,
andsoon).Toincludedevicefilesinthepackage,putthefilesintheACE
ResourcesfolderfortheACE‐enabledvirtualmachineandsetthedevicestopoint
tothatlocation.