Minimum Requirements For Sms Deployment; Deploying With Sms - Symantec 14541094 - pcAnywhere Host & Remote Administrator's Manual

Minimum requirements for SMS deployment

Deploying with SMS

SMS Package
Package Definition File
See "Deploying with SMS"
The following resources are required to deploy pcAnywhere using SMS:
Windows NT 4.0 Server with Service Pack 5 or later
SQL Server 6.5 or higher
SMS 2.0 with Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2 (recommended)
Symantec Packager 1.0 or later with customized packages created for
deployment
All deployment clients must be members of the same domain as the SMS
distribution server, or have a trust relationship set up between the domains with
appropriate permissions that allow the SMS server administrative rights on all
clients.
SMS 2.0 must be installed on Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 5 or higher. It is
recommended that you obtain the SMS Service Pack 2 or higher from Microsoft.
For more information about SMS requirements and updates, visit the Microsoft
Web site at the following URL:
//www.microsoft.com/sms
An SMS deployment requires the following steps:
Preparing the Package Definition File
Creating an SMS deployment package
Assigning distribution points
Advertising the package
Deploying Symantec pcAnywhere custom installations
Deploying pcAnywhere using SMS 2.0
A collection of installation sources and packages that
is used to inventory and install software on SMS client
computers
SMS packages can be any type of software program
that supports installation using SMS.
An SMS-specific information file used by SMS to
create and deploy SMS packages
The default package definition file (PDF) that is
supplied with pcAnywhere is named pcAnywhere.pdf
on page 55.
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