Software Distribution (Standard Edition)

Use the Software Distribution (Standard Edition) task to import applications and data, build a software package, and distribute the package to IBM® Director managed systems. With IBM Director Software Distribution (Standard Edition), you can import only software that is distributed by IBM (such as UpdateXpress packages) and build a software package using only the Director Update Assistant wizard.

For additional features and support, see the Software Distribution (Premium Edition) extension.

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Supported IBM Director objects Level-0, Level-1, and Level-2 managed systems as distribution endpoints.
Note: Only packages in the Solution Install format can be distributed to Level-0 and Level-1 managed systems.
Supported operating systems

For detailed operating-system support information, see the IBM Director information center on the Web at publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2/topic/diricinfo/fqm0_main.html.

Availability Part of the standard IBM Director installation.
Required hardware or hardware limitations None
Required software None
Required protocols Default protocol is TCP. If you disable TCP-session support on a managed system, Software Distribution (Standard Edition) uses UDP.
Required device drivers None
Mass Configuration support No
Scheduler support Yes
Files associated with this task The following files are associated with this task:
  • (For Director Update Assistant) The software-update file and an XML file that describes the software-update file
  • (For Solution Install) JAR or ZIP files or Solution Install data using the Solution Install directory structure. This does not include archive format. Solution Install packages contain two XML files that describe the package.
Events associated with this task None
Related tasks
Creating software packages to distribute

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