Adobe Application Manager Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide
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ADOBE® APPLICATION MANAGER ENTERPRISE EDITION ENTERPRISE DEPLOYMENT GUIDE Adobe® Application Manager Enterprise Edition Release 3.1 Document Version 3.1 Document Date: September 2012 © 2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated and its licensors. All rights reserved. Adobe® Application Manager Enterprise Edition Enterprise Deployment Guide This guide is licensed for use under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 License. This License allows users to copy, distribute, and transmit the guide for noncommercial purposes only so long as (1) proper attribution to Adobe is given as the owner of the guide; and (2) any reuse or distribution of the guide contains a notice that use of the guide is governed by these terms. The best way to provide notice is to include the following link. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, Adobe Audition, Adobe Bridge, Adobe Device Central, Adobe OnLocation, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Technical Communication Suite, After Effects, Contribute, Captivate, Creative Suite, CS Live, Dreamweaver, Encore, Fireworks, Flash, Flash Builder, Flash Catalyst, FrameMaker, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, RoboHelp, SiteCatalyst, and Soundbooth are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Apple, Mac, and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Vista are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the US and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, California 95110, USA. Contents About Adobe Application Manager Enterprise Edition 3.1 . .1 Suites supported by AAMEE Versions. .1 Using this Guide with Different AAMEE Versions. .1 About Enterprise Deployment . .2 How are products deployed in an enterprise? . .2 Advantages of Adobe deployment packages. .2 Adobe package limitations . .3 The enterprise deployment process . .4 1 Using Adobe Application Manager 3.1 for Enterprise Deployment of Creative Suite 6 . .6 Deployment tools . .6 System requirements . 6 Preparing for package creation . 7 Additional components available with AAMEE . 7 Adobe Update Server Setup Tool . 8 Adobe Provisioning Toolkit Enterprise Edition . 8 Adobe eXceptions Deployer Application . 8 Adobe Remote Update Manager . 8 Deployment packages. .8 Workflow options for package creation. 10 Package Configuration File . 10 Creating Deployment packages . 11 Creating a CS6 Installation Package . 12 Creating a Trial Package . 25 Creating a CS 6 Serialization File . 37 Creating an update-only package . 41 Modifying an existing package . 45 AAMEEPreferences.xml file . 49 Installing packages in the Exceptions folder . 50 Application Manager logs and error messages . 50 Error messages . 50 2 Using the Adobe Application Manager 2.1 for Enterprise Deployment . 54 Deployment tools . 54 Supported Suites . 54 3 System requirements for the Application Manager . 55 Preparing for package creation . 55 Mac OS . 56 Windows XP . 56 Windows Vista and Windows 7 . 56 Additional components available with Application Manager . 56 Adobe Update Server Setup Tool . 57 Adobe Provisioning Toolkit Enterprise Edition . 57 Deployment packages. 57 Workflow options for package creation and modification . 58 Package Configuration File . 59 Creating deployment packages . 59 Difference between Product Update Names for DVD and Electronic Software Distribution — Combination Package . 72 Creating an update-only package . 73 Product Update Names for DVD and for Electronic Software Distribution — Update-only Package . 78 Modifying an existing package . 80 AAMEEPreferences.xml file . 84 Installing packages in the Exceptions folder . 85 Application Manager logs and error messages . ..