A deployment package usually contains agents, programs, or instrumentation that are ready for installation on nodes. A package can contain individual files and also subpackages, which are collections of files.
Deployment packages are provided by HPOM and Smart Plug-ins to enable you to manage various services and nodes. In some cases the management server automatically deploys packages when you discover nodes and deploy policies to them. You can also explicitly deploy and remove packages using the console.
For each node, the management server maintains a package inventory, which enables you to see which packages exist on each node. This helps you to decide when you need to redeploy or remove packages.
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