Creating an Installation Package

To create an installation package, snAppShot uses the following process:

• Takes an image of the workstation before the application is installed. You determine which drives are scanned and which configuration settings (registry settings, INI settings, and so forth) are recorded.
• Lets you install the application.
• Takes another image of the workstation, records the differences between the two images, and creates the installation package (.AOT and .AXT files, .FIL files, and FILEDEF.TXT file) in the network location you've specified.

To run snAppShot and create an installation package:

1. On the clean and representative workstation (see Preparing a SnAppShot Workstation ), start snAppShot (SNAPSHOT.EXE) from the SYS:\PUBLIC\SNAPSHOT directory.

   For information about switches you can use when starting snAppShot, see Command Line Switches .

   
   

2. Select the mode you want to use:

   Standard: Uses the snAppShot default preference file during the discovery process. In most cases, these preferences should be sufficient.

   Custom: Allows you to choose a previously created preference file to apply to the discovery process or to use the snAppShot default preference file. Unlike the Standard mode, Custom mode lets you make changes to specific preferences to discover drives, files, folders, registry settings, and shortcuts.

   Express: Lets you choose a previously created preference file. No modifications can be made to the preferences.

3. Follow the on-screen prompts to create the installation package. If you need more information than is provided on the screen, click the Help button.