User manual SYMANTEC ALTIRIS CLIENT MANAGEMENT SUITE 7.0 SP2 V1.0

[. . . ] AltirisTM Client Management Suite from Symantec User Guide Version 7. 0 SP2 AltirisTM Client Management Suite from Symantec User Guide The software described in this book is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of the agreement. Documentation version 7. 0 SP2 Legal Notice Copyright © 2010 Symantec Corporation. Symantec, the Symantec Logo, Altiris, and any Altiris or Symantec trademarks used in the product are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U. S. The product described in this document is distributed under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation/reverse engineering. [. . . ] Symantec Management Platform includes the following components: Symantec Management Platform Configuration Management Database (CMDB) Notification Server Symantec Management Console Altiris Agent for Windows, and for UNIX, Linux, and Mac Network Discovery Software Management Framework Reports Deployment Solution Deployment Solution helps to reduce the cost of deploying and managing servers, desktops, notebooks, and thin clients from a centralized location in your environment. It offers operating system deployment, configuration, personality migration of computers, and software deployment across different hardware platforms and operating systems. Deployment Solution provides integrated provisioning, disk imaging, and personality migration from the Symantec Management Console. Using Symantec GhostTM, you can perform initial computer deployment using standard images and migrate user data or application settings to new computers. The system lets you automate the download and distribution of the security patches. You can create filters of the computers and apply the patch to the computers that need it. It lets you manage computers, resolve help desk issues, and connect to remote devices. The Power Scheme Task component helps you discover and remotely configure the power settings of your Windows computers. Real-Time System Manager Real-Time System Manager provides you detailed real-time information about the managed computer, and lets you remotely perform different administrative tasks. Real-Time System Manager also lets you run some of the management tasks on a collection of computers. Software Management Solution Software Management Solution provides intelligent and bandwidth-sensitive distribution and management of software from a central Web console. It leverages the Software Catalog and Software Library to ensure that the required software gets installed, remains installed, and runs without interference from other software. Software Management Solution supports software virtualization technology, which lets you install software into a virtual layer on the client computer. Software Management Solution also lets users directly download and install approved software or request other software. Power Scheme Task Where to get more information Use the following documentation resources to learn and use this product. 14 Introducing Client Management Suite Where to get more information Table 1-2 Document Release Notes Documentation resources Location http://kb. altiris. com/ Description Information about new features and important issues. You can search for the product name under This information is available as an article in Release Notes. User Guide Information about how to use this product, The Documentation Library, which is including detailed technical information and available in the Symantec Management instructions for performing common tasks. The Product Support page, which is This information is available in PDF format. available at the following URL: http://www. symantec. com/business /support/all_products. jsp When you open your product's support page, look for the Documentation link on the right side of the page. Information about how to use this product, The Documentation Library, which is including detailed technical information and available in the Symantec Management instructions for performing common tasks. Help is available at the solution level and at Context-sensitive help is available for most the suite level. This information is available in HTML help You can open context-sensitive help in the format. following ways: Help The F1 key The Context command, which is available in the Symantec Management Console on the Help menu. In addition to the product documentation, you can use the following resources to learn about Altiris products. Table 1-3 Resource Knowledge base Altiris information resources Location Description Articles, incidents, and issues about Altiris http://kb. altiris. com/ products. [. . . ] At the upper right of the page, click the colored circle, and then click On. 5 Click Save changes. Collecting power scheme inventory data The Power Scheme Inventory task lets you collect power scheme settings inventory from managed computers. To perform this task, you must install the Power Scheme Agent on the target computers. After you run the inventory task, you can use the predefined report to view the collected power scheme settings data. See "Viewing power scheme inventory data" on page 20. Using Power Scheme Task Creating a Power Scheme Task 19 To collect power scheme inventory data 1 2 3 In the Symantec Management Console, on the Manage menu, click Jobs and Tasks. [. . . ]