Package manager, which is installed on the target machines, manages the installation of software packages. It does not contain the software packages, only pointers to the packages in the repository sources of which it is aware. When directed to install, the package is copied from the repository to the cratecache
folder on the target machines. Package manager unzips the files to the %TMP%
directory and runs the configured installation.
For this recipe, we need a working VCM server and managed machines where VCM agents are installed.
We will follow the process to check whether agent extensions for provisioning are installed or not. If they aren't, we will install them.
This only applies to VCM 5.7.3 or earlier. The steps are as follows:
Once logged in to VCM with admin privileges, go to Administration | Machines Manager | Licensed...