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.
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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:
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Events associated with this task | None |