Summary
After you install a virtual software layer on a collection of computers, how do you manage or update that layer? How do you delete, rename, or deactivate the layer, if your deployment system does not support this functionality? How do you replace a file, create a directory, or edit a registry key in the layer without recreating and redeploying the layer? This article answers these questions and addresses many more developer concerns.

Detail
At Juice (Altiris Community), Author Seth Seppanen discusses possibilities of using WiseScripts to manage and update virtual software packages. Author mentions: One excellent solution is to create and deploy WiseScripts to manage and update virtual software layers on a collection of computers. WiseScript™ is a high-level scripting language that consolidates dozens or hundreds of lines of code into predefined script actions. The Script Editor, which you use to create WiseScripts, includes script actions that are specifically designed for managing and updating virtual software layers. In this document, these script actions are referred to as SVS script actions (SVS stands for Software Virtualization Solution).

WiseScripts can be created using:

• WiseScript Editor: WiseScript Editor with SVS script actions is available in Wise Package Studio 7.0, Wise Installation Studio 7.0, and Wise Installation Express 7.0. 
• WiseScript Package Editor: WiseScript Package Editor with SVS script actions is available in Wise Package Studio 7.0 and Wise Installation Studio 7.0.
  

Topics in the article include:

• Overview of the Process
• Creating the WiseScript 
• SVS Script Actions 
• Finding An SVS Layer
  

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Author: Seth Seppanen
Source: Altiris | juice.altiris.com