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Release Notes |
| Introduction | System Requirements | Components | New Features | Resolved Issues | Known Issues |
AdminStudio provides systems administrators with the fastest solution for preparing reliable applications and patches for enterprise deployment, offering a complete suite of automated packaging, customization, conflict resolution, and quality assurance tools. AdminStudio provides enterprises with a structured, repeatable application preparation process that provides consistent, trouble-free software deployments every time.
Whether your organization is migrating its legacy software to the Windows Installer format or looking to standardize desktop configurations and enforce corporate standards enterprise-wide, AdminStudio is the only solution you need. With AdminStudio, you get a network of reliable and manageable applications that increase employee productivity and decrease management costs.
This section lists the requirements for AdminStudio client tool machines, enterprise tool machines, and database servers.
The recommended system configuration for a machine running the AdminStudio 8.0 client tools is:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Processor | 500 MHz or greater |
| RAM | 256 MB or greater (512 MB preferred) |
| Hard Disk | 1.1 GB |
| Display | Designed for XGA at 1024 x 768 resolution or higher |
| Operating System | Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server. Predeployment Test and SMS Web Console require Microsoft IIS 5 or later. |
| Browser | Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or later |
| Privileges | Administrative privileges on the system |
The recommended system configuration for a database server to store AdminStudio application catalog databases is:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Processor | 1 GHz or greater |
| RAM | 512 MB or greater (1 GB preferred) |
| Hard Disk Space | 80GB or greater |
| Operating System | Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server (SP3) or Windows 2003 Server |
| Database Software | AdminStudio 8.0 supports SQL Server and Oracle databases: SQL Server 7.5 (SP4) or 2000 (SP3a), installed with case-insensitive dictionary sort order and ISO-8859-1 character set (use sp_helpsort T-SQL command for more information) Oracle 8i is the minimum requirement, but Oracle 9i or later is highly recommended |
The recommended system configuration for a machine running the AdminStudio 8.0 Enterprise tools (Security Console, Report Center, Job Manager) is:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Processor | 1 GHz or greater |
| RAM | 512 MB or greater (1 GB preferred) |
| Hard Disk Space | 30 GB or greater |
| Operating System | Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server (SP3) or Windows 2003 Server |
| IIS | IIS 5.0 or IIS 6.0 |
| .NET | .NET Framework 2.0 (including ASP.NET 2.0 registered with IIS) |
| MSXML | MSXML 4.0 |
| Running on a Domain Controller | If running on a domain controller, you will have to implement one of the procedures described in the Microsoft Developer Network topic Running ASP.NET on a Domain Controller (available at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/wss/wss/_exch2k_running_asp_net_on_a_dc.asp). |
The recommended system configuration for the machine that stores the Software Repository files is:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Processor | 512 MHz or greater |
| RAM | 512 MB or greater |
| Hard Disk Space | 60 GB or greater |
| Operating System | Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server (SP3) or Windows 2003 Server |
AdminStudio 8.0 is available in the following Editions.
AdminStudio 8.0 ZENworks Edition includes the following components:
AdminStudio 8.0 Standard Edition includes the following components:
AdminStudio 8.0 Professional Edition includes all of the Standard Edition components plus the following additional components:
AdminStudio 8.0 Enterprise Edition includes all of the Professional Edition components plus the following additional components:
AdminStudio 8.0 includes InstallShield 12 as its Editor. InstallShield 12 helps software producers to get ready for Vista with support for technologies associated with Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system. These include:
Also, the quality of InstallShield has been improved for this release: more than 140 issues were resolved in InstallShield 12.
The evaluation experience in AdminStudio 8.0 has been enhanced to use Microsoft SQL Express instead of Microsoft Access. A new QuickStart feature provides you with an Application Catalog pre-populated with sample data to facilitate the evaluation experience. If you do not have an SQL or Oracle database available during your evaluation, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express will then be automatically installed on your machine (with no user input required).
PackageExpert is an extensible data-driven testing framework for automating testing and resolution of Windows Installer (.msi) software packages. You can use PackageExpert to check the integrity of your Windows Installer packages and automatically resolve any errors that are found. PackageExpert can also identify and resolve any issues packages would have when deployed on the Windows Vista OS. Also, you can add your own XML-based custom tests.
The AdminStudio Enterprise Server tools (Job Manager, Report Center, SMS Web Console) have been integrated with Workflow Manager and now use the same security model. You define users and roles/permissions for AdminStudio client tools, AdminStudio Enterprise tools, and Workflow Manager all from the same user interface. Security can still be Server-based or Windows authenticated (LDAP). This feature is only available if you have purchased both AdminStudio Enterprise Edition and Workflow Manager.
Because AdminStudio and Workflow Manager are now integrated into a single interface, you can easily have the AdminStudio client tools, the AdminStudio Enterprise tools, and Workflow Manager all connected to the same Application Catalog database. This allows you to link a package with its associated Application Request and produce integrated reports that contain package data originating from both AdminStudio and Workflow Manager. You can choose to activate AdminStudio Enteprise Server or Workflow Manager or both simply by entering serial numbers. This feature is only available if you have purchased both AdminStudio Enterprise Edition and Workflow Manager.
Report Center was recoded in ASP.NET and is now shared across AdminStudio and Workflow Manager in a web interface. Report Center now offers an interactive Package Report, which has links across the top of the report to access different types of package information. You can search for specific information, export a Package Report in PDF format, and—if you have purchased both AdminStudio Enterprise Edition and Workflow Manager—you can click a link to jump to a package's related Application Request Report. You can also choose to "archive" a report to capture a snapshot of package information as of a specific date and time. The report is then saved in PDF format and is listed in the Archived Reports list on the Report Center start page.
Job Manager was recoded in ASP.NET and is now part of the integrated Workflow Manager/AdminStudio Enterprise Server platform. Job Manager's user interface has been streamlined, simplified and made consistent with other Enterprise Server tools. Also, now you can select to send out a Job Alert email notification upon both success and failure, instead of either success or failure.
The following issues have been resolved in AdminStudio 8.0.
In Patch Impact Manager, the Update Patch File selection on the Patches menu is now enabled for users with the Application Manager/Conflict Solver Conflicts/Modify Data Role permission. Previously, when connected to an SQL Server database, this menu item was only enabled if the user was an administrator on the DB server.
In ConflictSolver, the version data in a package name is now retained after the package is renamed.
You are now able to connect to the AdminStudio Enterprise Server database from the Predeployment Test Reports Web site.
When a file located in a subfolder of the [USERPROFILE]Local Settings directory was included in a Repackager build, the build would generate an error. This issue has been resolved.
Repackager now sets the merge module destination based upon the destination of the component that requires the merge module. Previously when repackaging an installation that contained a shared resource, Repackager, by default, included a merge module that installed that shared resource file. This sometimes resulted in the file being installed to a different location than where the legacy installation placed the files.
Previously, the number of merge modules that you could import into Application Manager using the File/Open dialog box was limited due to a character limit on the Open dialog box's file name strings. This character limit has been expanded to accommodate multiple file selection.
Previously when Repackager built an .msi package that attempted to install files to different folders with the same name, that package generated multiple ICE30 errors when tested. This issue has been resolved.
Previously, if you ran Repackager on Windows 2003 Server with Terminal Services set to Medium security mode, you would get an "insufficient memory" error. This issue can be resolved by setting Terminal Services to Relaxed security mode.
Previously, when AdminStudio was installed on a machine and a new user logged onto the machine, the Windows Auto Repair dialog would open. This issue has been resolved.
For a complete list of known issues that pertain to the AdminStudio 8.0 and Workflow Manager 4.0 releases, see Knowledge Base Article Number Q112551.