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. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. [. . . ] See "About the Deployment Portal" on page 16. See "Using Deployment Solution" on page 13. To schedule a task 1 2 3 4 In the Symantec Management Console, on the Manage menu, click Jobs and Tasks. In the left pane, expand the Jobs and Tasks > System Jobs and Tasks > Deployment and Migration folders. Click the job that you want to schedule. (Optional) If you want the task to run immediately, in the right pane, click Quick Run. Select the name of the computer that you want the task to run on, and then click Run. You can schedule the task to run on only one computer using the Quick Run option. 5 6 If you want to schedule the task to run at a later time or you want to schedule multiple computers, click New Schedule. Choose the date and time that you want the task to run. You can also select the task to run at specific intervals. 7 8 9 Select the Run Options that you want. Select the computers that you want the task to run on. Click Schedule. Checking the state of a task You can check the state of any tasks that previously ran. See "About deployment tasks and jobs" on page 39. See "Using Deployment Solution" on page 13. You can choose different options for your report, and then click Refresh to see the updated results. To check the state of a task 1 2 In the Symantec Management Console, on the Reports menu, click All Reports. In the right pane, expand the Reports > Deployment and Migration folders. 46 Running tasks and jobs Starting computers in different modes 3 4 5 6 7 Click Computers with Deployment Tasks Execution Status. Select the name of the tasks that you want to check the status of. The report runs, and the right pane is updated with the information that you requested. Starting computers in different modes You can start computers in automation mode to run tasks, such as scripts. You can choose to reboot to a PXE preboot environment or a production mode. Do not mix PXE with automation partitions or folders on a client. You can use PXE or automation partitions or folders but not both environments together. [. . . ] After you create a personality, the package is located in one of these folders. See "About deployment tasks and jobs" on page 39. To restore user settings 1 2 In the Symantec Management Console, on the Actions menu, click Deployment > Distribute Personality. On the Distribute Personality page, type the name of the personality that you want to use. [. . . ]