Packaging and Delivering Software via Installation Medium
You can use a storage medium to provide end users with released packages which they can install on their computers from the respective installation medium. You can export individual packages or several packages at the same time to the storage medium. Use the Package Export Wizard to store the package mass data on the provided storage medium (e.g. CD-ROM, USB memory stick) and give this medium to the end user for installation. This means that the installation medium is actually a model of the computer's repository cache. The installation medium has the same directory structure as the depot of the Business Logic Server (Install directory). There, the data is provided in compressed ('zipped') directories for installation.
The following directories and files are stored on the storage medium:
| Directory/File | Description |
|---|---|
| <Install> | |
| <mui> | |
| <work> | Contains the zipped mass data and is the 'repository' for installation |
| autorun.inf | |
| logrogue.dll | |
| media.id | |
| MediaLogo.png | |
| NetInstallMedia.exe | This EXE file is the medium's registration file. It starts automatically (Autostart) or by doubleclicking it. The exe file registers the storage medium, i.e. the client recognizes the medium and remembers its location. If a new medium is added, the system searches for installable files on the new path. |
How to provide the package on an installation medium:
- Connect the storage medium (e.g. USB memory stick) to the computer.
- Start the DSMC.
- Select the package you want to provide the end user with in the Software Library.
- Select the Import/Export and Export packages task in the context of the package or the package directory.
This starts the Package Export Wizard.
- Click Continue.
- Select a location where you want to export the package to. Select the drive of your installation medium.
- Select the option Export for use on an installation media.
- Click Continue.
The system copies the package's mass data to the storage medium.
- Click Finish to exit the wizard.
- Disconnect the storage medium from the computer and give it to the end user for installation.