What is the recommended method to share the LIBRARY (SDLIBRARY$) and MSILIB (SDMSILIB) folders?

Products

• CA Automation Suite for Data Centers - Configuration Automation
• CA Client Automation - Asset Management
• CA Client Automation - IT Client Manager
• CA Client Automation
• CA Client Automation - Remote Control
• CA Client Automation - Asset Intelligence
• CA Client Automation - Desktop Migration Manager
• CA Client Automation - Patch Manager
• CA Server Automation

Issue/Introduction

The LIBRARY folder contains all the Software Delivery packages registered with the DSM Server.

The MSILIB folder contains MSI Administrative Install reference points of MSI packages. The Administrative Install reference points are created by deploying the Administrative Install procedure of an MSI package on the DSM Server.

Environment

CA Client Automation - All supported versions. 

Resolution

Special share/security permissions are required on these folders for package deployments and MSI network installs to function correctly.

The following commands can be used to share the LIBRARY (SDLIBRARY$) and MSILIB (SDMSILIB) folders, ensuring the correct permissions are applied:

sd_sscmd addshare msilib
sd_sscmd addshare sdlibrary