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How to Create a Custom Software Signature

This scenario describes how an administrator creates a custom software signature. A software signature definition helps identify a software application with attributes such as main executable file name, other associated files, size range, version range, creation, and modification dates of the software. You can create a custom signature when a predefined signature is not available for software, for example, software that is uniquely used by your enterprise.

This feature helps to create software definitions for a product, release, patch, suite, suite component, or virtual application image. You can also add new software releases and patches to an existing product. The following diagram illustrates the process of custom software signature creation:

How to Create Custom Software Signature