Package - Snapshot

The main purpose of the Package subnode is to create a distributable software package, which can be collected by client devices across a network for automatic installation. The software package is essentially a delta image of the system created after the software product to be distributed was installed on the system. The creation is based on comparing a system snapshot with the state of the system after the software installation and determining the changed files, groups, icons and registry information if applicable. As such, the package can be successfully created only if the Snapshot and Change List creation steps previously described were carried out correctly.