User manual SYMANTEC DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 7.1

[. . . ] AltirisTM Deployment Solution from Symantec User Guide Version 7. 1 AltirisTM Deployment Solution for Clients 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. 1 Legal Notice Copyright © 2009-2010 Symantec Corporation. Symantec, the Symantec Logo 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. [. . . ] See "Restoring a backup image" on page 63. You can also create many other types of tasks that work with Deployment Solution to add more functionality. For example, you can create the following types of tasks: A Run Script task that lets you use a scripting language such as Perl or Python. The Run Script task supports many scripting languages and predefined tokens. For more information, search for run script task topics in the Symantec Management Platform Help. An inventory task that gathers much more information than the Deployment Solution reports provide. The inventory tasks are listed in the Symantec 42 Running tasks and jobs Creating a deployment task Management Console on the Create New Task page under Discovery and Inventory. A Power Control task that provides many of the capabilities that were included in previous versions of the Deployment Solution product. For more information, search for power control task topics in the Symantec Management Platform Help. A Power Management task that integrates out-of-bounds (OOB) management capabilities with traditional Deployment Solution tasks. For more information, search for power management topics in the Real-Time Console Infrastructure Help. Creating a deployment task You can create many kinds of deployment tasks, such as changing the Windows system settings or applying a predefined system configuration setting. You can also capture or deploy a disk image or personality and create or restore a backup image. After a deployment task is created, it is listed under the Jobs and Tasks > Deployment and Migration folder. You can drag and drop tasks to other folders and manually create folders. Any folders that you create do not display until you create a task or job in that folder. A task cannot be deleted if it is currently in use by a job or policy. You can use the Jobs and Tasks view to see what jobs and policies use each task. Tasks can be renamed, deleted, cloned, moved, and scheduled by right-clicking the task and selecting the corresponding option. To create a deployment task 1 2 In the Symantec Management Console, on the Manage menu, click Jobs and Tasks. In the right pane, click Create a new job or task. Running tasks and jobs Changing network settings 43 3 4 5 On the Create New Task page, in the left page, expand the Deployment and Migration folder. Make sure that you give your task a unique and meaningful name. 6 7 Click OK. See "Scheduling a deployment task" on page 44. Changing network settings You can apply a system configuration to a computer. You can update a computer name, join a domain, or change network settings. To change network settings 1 2 3 4 5 In the Symantec Management Console, on the Manage menu, click Jobs and Tasks. [. . . ] You can use this option if your package might exceed the maximum size of a file (2 GB). This option is also useful if your package exceeds the specific storage media that you want to use. This option lets you use different types of media for a single package. Controls the compression of the files that are stored in your package. Use file compression Distributing user settings You can restore or distribute a personality that you previously captured by using the Distribute Personality task. [. . . ]