Preparation

SCCM was designed for a great variety of network configurations. The best choice of deployment configuration for the Adobe package and its product install folder is the “TS” option, where the Adobe package and its product install folder are placed together on the same distribution server or servers.

 When you create a package for deployment in Windows, the Adobe Application Manager Enterprise Edition creates two folders in your specified “Save to” location, Exceptions\ and Build\.

 •  The Exceptions\ folder contains folders with installers of various kinds (EXE, AIR, MSI) that cannot be deployed using the main MSI installer (because it cannot contain an embedded installer). Therefore, these are deployed using Exception Deployer present in the same folder. You must create separate SCCM installers to run Exception Deployer either in pre or post mode.

The folder can be empty if your package has no dependencies on other installers.

•  The Build\ folder contains an MSI file whose filename uses the Package Name that you specified, and two subfolders, ASU\ and Setup\. The subfolders are required to run the MSI file and install the product successfully.

NOTE: The packages created by the Adobe Application Manager Enterprise Edition silently use the Adobe installer subsystem, which in turn uses the native Windows installer, MSI. Therefore, you cannot wrap an Adobe install package inside of a Windows package for use with MSI because Windows prohibits such a recursive use of MSI.

To create a package and program

1.    In the Configuration Manager console, click Software Library.

2.    In the Software Library workspace, expand Application Management, and then click Packages.

3.    In the Home tab, in the Create group, click Create Package.

4.    On the Package page of the Create Package and Program Wizard, specify the following information:

o  Specify Name for the package with a maximum of 50 characters. This field is mandatory.

o  Description, Manufacturer, Language, Version fields are optional.

o   Check This package contains source files. Click Browse to open the Set Source Folder dialog box where you can specify the type of path you want to use (UNC or local) and browse for or type in the path to the Build\ folder that contains the <packagename>.msi file and supporting folders. Click OK.

             Note: The computer account of the site server must have read access to the source folder you specify.

         5.    Back on Package page of the Create Package and Program Wizard, the path you just selected will be displayed in the Source folder field. Click Next.

6.    On the Program Type page of the Create Package and Program Wizard, select Standard program option and click Next.

Note: 

•      Select Do not create a program option if you want to create package and don’t want to create a program.

•      To create a new program for an existing package, select the package and then, in the Home tab, in the

Package group, click Create Program to open the Create Program Wizard.

 7.    On the Standard Program page of the Wizard, specify the following information:

• Name: Specify a name for the program with a maximum of 50 characters.          

Note: The program name must be unique within a package. After you create a program, you cannot modify its name. 

•  Command Line: Click Browse. In the Open File dialog, choose the file type “All Files (*.*)”, then browse to and select the MSI file. The details of this step may vary for each command you create.

Back on the Standard Program page of the Wizard, append appropriate flags or options to the command after the filename in the Command Line text box. You can use the “/quiet” flag for unattended installation.

Use the following commands:                     

                            a.    For installing main Msi :

msiexec.exe /i PS_1.msi /quiet

b.    For uninstalling main Msi :

msiexec.exe /x PS_1.msi /quiet 

c.    For installing exception deployer in pre mode:

ExceptionDeployer.exe --workflow=install --mode=pre

d.    For installing exception deployer in post mode:

ExceptionDeployer.exe --workflow=install --mode=post

•      Startup folder field is optional.

•      Run: Specifies the mode in which the program will run on client computers.

•       Program can run: Specify whether the program can run only when a user is logged on, only when no user is logged on, or whether or not a user is logged on to the client computer.

•       Run mode: Specify whether the program will run with the logged on users permissions or with administrative permissions.

•       Be sure that Allow users to view and interact with the program installation option is unchecked.

•      Drive mode: Select Run with UNC name option.

•       Reconnect to distribution point at log on: Specifies that the client computer reconnects to the distribution point when the user logs on. By default, this check box is disabled.

         8.    Set fields on Requirements page of the Create Package and Program Wizard as appropriate and click Next.

9.    Review the information on the Summary screen. If you need to change anything, go back and do it now.

Then, from this screen, click Next.

10.  The Completion screen will appear. Click Close to terminate program creation.