SWDIST Sofware Deployment and Management - Overview
A fast, lightweight software installation and management system that supports the deployment of any software product, from any manufacturer!
- Perform interactive or unattended installations of software products, including service packs and patches!
- Easily deploy software to hundreds of targets in multiple locations, managed from a single workstation.
- Manage multiple versions of an application, including test (pre-deployment), current, and archived releases.
- Network-based for rapid, automated deployment.
- CD/DVD-ROM based for system builds or application of patches and updates without anetwork connection.
- Supports multiple deployment servers, with full downstream synchronization of products, and upstream consolidation of logs.
- Complete logging and audit trail of installs and deployments, showing who, what, when, where, and result.
SWDIST is built using a controlled yet flexible directory structure to manage software installation. It organizes multiple versions of the base product, service packs, hotfixes & patches, and a free-form set of components that customize that software product to your environment.