Manage Software Distribution Packages dashboard

The Manage Software Distribution Packages dashboard is a tool where you can perform common tasks that are associated with managing the software in your deployment.

Before you can use the dashboard, you must deploy the tasks that are listed in the Install Server Tools under the Software Distribution Setup node.

These tasks include:

• TEM Server: Install TEM Upload Maintenance Service for Software Distribution
• TEM Server: Upgrade TEM Upload Maintenance Service
• TEM Server: Register Download Plug-in for Software Distribution

Note: The "TEM Server: Install TEM Upload Maintenance Service for Software Distribution" task is not relevant until the BES Server Plugin Service is installed on the BigFix server. The BES Server Plugin Service task, which schedules other services to run, must be run before any other setup tasks.

These tasks help the automation of processes that require communication with the BigFix Server and Web Reports.

These tasks are displayed in the List panel only if they are not currently installed.

To install the tasks, click each task to open the task window. Then, click the link in the Actions box of the applicable Task window, as shown in the following image. The Take Action dialog opens. You can set specific parameters for each task.

For more information about using the Take Action Dialog, see the IBM BigFix Console Operator's Guide.

Dashboard location

You can access the Manage Software Distribution Packages dashboard from the top of the Software Distribution navigation tree of the Systems Lifecycle domain.

The Manage Software Distribution Packages dashboard is displayed under the Packages tab.