Source Resiliency
WiseUser
October 3rd, 2007
Source Resiliency: Applications that rely on network resources for installation-on-demand are susceptible to source failures if the source location should change for any reason or become damaged.
The Microsoft® Windows® Installer provides source resiliency for features that are installed on-demand by using a source list.
The source list contains the locations searched by the installer for installation packages. The entries in this list can be
1) Network locations
2) Uniform Resource Locators (URLs),
3) Compact discs.
If one of these sources fails, the installer can quickly and seamlessly try the next.
Some more Info in Source Resiliency order
Sources are the location where the installer will search for files it needs to install, repair or patching.
Here it will use thwe default order in user context as,
nmu
n: network
m: media
u: URL
Hope it is useful.
Cheers'
Vijay Raj
Microsoft MVP [Setup-Deploy]
Weblog: www.msigeek.com
why is it Source Resiliency
If for any reason all 3 source list fails to find the required packages then is there any way out or how will it be handled.
i was just thinking why is it called Resiliency?
If i just imagine something for siliency why resiliency?
Regards
Sheetal
Source resiliency failure
If Resolve source is set in the package to NOT REMOVE condition then msi will check for the source resiliency in the given order (n m u ) during Maintenance and installation .
Wiseuser
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