Just another quick tip! We have several users in our environment who have the full boat of Adobe products. We put most of them in a layer and each was built by itself (individually) in a VM.
Just a quick time saver... When doing an enterprise install of SVS it is waaay easy to run the command line install for it. Here's the command line I use:
During my years of application packaging, I have found that having a server with all the Media copied out to it makes for an easy place when you have to reinstall an application or rebuild a machine's SVS layers.
Every computer setup requires its own unique combination of applications. Most, however, start with a core set that includes the basic necessities. Here are a few suggestions from Juice reader Tom Fronza.
When I am deploying a NEW Virtual Software Package, and I have it where I like it there are a few steps I do to "CLEAN-IT-UP" and prepare it for Distribution as a .VSA file through Altiris.
Q: Tony asks: How are security rights set on folders conveyed when the VSP is distributed? Do the rights maintain the same structure that was given to them when the layer was captured? If I give a domain group say Full Control to a folder in that layer, does that convey through to the clients after activation?