Grass Valley SiteConfig v.2.1 - Manual (Page 72)

Related Links
About roles on page 72
Requirements for software managed by SiteConfig
In order for SiteConfig to be able to deploy software, the software must be authored as an MSI
(Windows Installer Database) file. If the software is installed on a Windows operating system device,
you can determine if the software is an MSI file. Open the Add/Remove Programs control panel
and look for the software. If the software appears in Add/Remove Programs, it is MSI software.
Non-MSI software does not appear in Add/Remove Programs.
About managed and unmanaged software
You can create a managed software package out of installed software on a device. You might want
to do this when you want to uninstall a software product via SiteConfig that currently doesn't have
a matching managed package in your package store. When you do this, SiteConfig takes the software
installation files saved on the device that are not already packaged as a
*.cab file, copies them over
to the control point, packages them as *.cab , and adds them to the deployment group. You can then
uninstall and install that managed package. If uninstalling, once the deployment task completes
uninstalling, the task is no longer displayed.
It is recommended that you only create managed software packages for Grass Valley products and
only when release notes or product documentation instruct you to do so for specific products. Creating
managed packages is not guaranteed to work for third party software.
Related Links
Creating managed packages from installed software on page 80
About the package store
The SiteConfig package store is a directory for storing software packages. When you add a software
package to a deployment group, SiteConfig copies the package file to the package store. A software
package must be in the package store in order for it to be installed by SiteConfig. When you remove
a software package from a deployment group, the package file remains in the package store, so that
you can add it to a deployment group later. By default, the location of the package store is as follows:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\GrassValley\SiteConfigPackageStore
This directory should not contain anything other than the managed packages that are added here via
SiteConfig. Additionally, you should not modify any of these packages in any way as SiteConfig
expects their structure to be in a specific format. Either of these actions can cause undesired results
from the application.
About roles
A role is a grouping of software functionality. A device can have one or more software roles. A
software role is typically provided by one or more programs or services running on the device. For
some products, a single device type can be configured to have several different combinations of
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