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Chapter 20 Deploying ACE Packages
3OnthePackagestab,double‐clickthepackagename.
4InthePackagePropertiesdialogbox,clickthetabstoviewtheproperties.
5ClicktheNotestabtoaddoreditnotes.
Existingnotesmighthavebeenaddedwhenthepackagewascreatedusingthe
NewPackagewizard.Thesenotesarenotbeseenbyendusers.Theyarevi
sible
onlyintheWorkstationwindow.
Perform an End-to-End Deployment Test
Performanend‐to‐endtesttodeployanewACEpackageratherthanapackageupdate.
Alsouseanend‐to‐end testifusingpreviewmodeisnotappropriate.
BecauseWorkstationrunsonlyonWindowshosts,youcannotusepreviewmodeto
runACEinstancesastheywillrunonLi
nuxhosts.Youalsocannottesta
hostpolicyin
previewmode.
Beforeyoubegin,ifyouplantouseanACEManagementServertomanagetheACE
instances,installandconfigureatestACEManagementServer.SeetheVMwareACE
ManagementServerAdministrator’sGuide.
To perform an end-to-end deployment test
1IfyouusetheACEManagementServ
er,selecttheACE‐enabledvirtualmachine,
chooseFile>ConnecttoACEManagementServer,andconnecttothetestserver.
2Inthevirtualmachine’ssummaryview,clickCreatenewpackageinthe
Commandslist.
3CompletetheNewPackagewizard.
4 Navigatetothepackagelocationandcopythepackagedirectorytoacl
ienttes
t
machine.
5Ontheclienttestmachine,runtheACEinstance’ssetup.exefileandcompletethe
pagesoftheinstallationwizard.
N
OTEThistestmighttakeasubstantialamountoftimebecausepackagingand
encryptionprocessescanbelengthy.