
For example, you need to install SQL Server 2005 SP3 on your servers with SQL Server 2005 in order to
meet system requirements. You create a package for the service pack (sqlserversp) and include sqlserver
>= 9.00.1399.068 as a dependency for the sqlserversp installation. When the sqlserversp package is
installed, Package Manager checks for dependencies. In this example,sqlserver >= 9.00.1399.06 is a
dependency. It then checks the installed packages on the target machine for sqlserver >= 9.00.1399.06 as an
installed package. If Package Manager determines that the prerequisite package, sqlserver, is not installed,
it downloads this package from the software repository and installs it. After the dependency is installed,
package manager installs the files contained in the sqlserversp package.
You can also specify dependencies on applications that are not managed as packages and not installed
using Package Manager by using External Software. If you added sqlserver, version 9.00.1399.06, to your
external software application list, then the check for a dependency will begin with installed packages. If
sqlserver is not found as an installed package, Package Manager then checks the external software list for
an entry for sqlserver >= 9.00.1399.06. If it finds one, checks the attributes, verifies the application is
installed, it considers the dependency met and continues with the installation of sqlserversp.
A best practice is to add any package you use as a dependency to the External Software list. This ensures
that even externally installed software is processed by Package Manager at installation time. See "About
External Software" on page 43 for more information.
Prerequisite
To use the dependency packages at installation time, they must exist in the repositories. If the specified
dependency packages do not exist in the repositories, the current package is not installed on the target
machines.
Procedure
1. Start the VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Package Studio.
2. Click Manage Packages.
The package configuration tabs appear.
3. On the Properties tab, click the Depends sub-tab.
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