Where can I find the local cache

[oscarmok]

I hope someone can help us.

When I use AD to publish the app (MSI), the apps install fine.
However, I noticed the local cache is point back to the server (not in
the local hd). The make self-repair happen, the application must find
the location of the original file. How can I put the local cache in
local hd and make the self-repair happens in local hd?

We are pushing by workstation, not user. We are running Windows
2003/2000 mix environment.

 

[Carolyn Napier [MSFT]]

What are you referring to as the local cache? The location of the source files
for the installation? The Installer maintains a cache of the databases it uses
for the installation. However, it does not cache the source files from the
install. The source location will be the launched from location for the package.

With AD, the source will always be the network location since that's how AD
works. As for self-repair, a properly authored setup shouldn't always invoke
self-repair. It should only require access to the source location if it intends
to use features/components that were not installed or if the user has manually
deleted a required file (typically a keypath of a component).

- Carolyn Napier
Microsoft Windows Installer Team

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[oscarmok]

Carolyn

Is there a way we can have the source files in local HD than pointing
it to network in AD environment? I was told if we use deployment
software like Altiris or Zenworks, it copies the source to local HD.
What's the disadvantage of those deployment tools that copy the source
to local HD than network?

 

[Carolyn Napier [MSFT]]

AD uses the network location for the source of the application. It does not copy
the source locally. The disadvantage would be the additional use of disk space
to support that. Of course the advantage is that for those users that are
frequently disconnected from the network, the source is always available since
it's on the local disk.

Some application setups have tried to find a middle ground for this as well.
Office 2003 has its own local cache mechanism that will cache files from the
network onto the local disk for future use during install on-demand and repair
scenarios.

- Carolyn Napier
Microsoft Windows Installer Team

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