Symantec 14541094 - pcAnywhere Host & Remote Administrator's Manual page 57

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Click Always obtain files from a source directory.
Do not select This package does not contain any files.
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Click Browse to locate the folder that contains the pcAnywhere package that
you created with Symantec Packager (or a supplied, preconfigured package).
The Create Package from Definition Wizard uses this folder to point to the
pcAnywhere package.
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After you complete the Create Package from Definition Wizard, a pcAnywhere
package appears in the SMS Administrator console.
Assigning distribution points
After an SMS package is created, a distribution point must be specified for the
package.
To assign distribution points
1
Right-click Distribution Points, and then click New > Distribution point.
2
Select the Distribution points to which you want to distribute the package.
3
Click Finish to complete the Distribution Point Wizard.
Advertising the package
To send the pcAnywhere installation to the clients, an advertisement of one or
more of the packaged installations must be created.
Note: Advertisements created using the EXE-based installer require user
intervention. Users are prompted to choose a temporary directory on the local
client computer to extract the installation files. After the files are extracted, users
are prompted to click Yes to begin Setup to install pcAnywhere. Users should
delete the temporary setup files when installation is complete.
To advertise the package
1
Right-click Advertisements, and then click New > Advertisement.
2
Select the package that you want to advertise.
3
Give the advertisement a descriptive name.
4
In the drop-down menu, select one of the following:
Windows Me/Windows 2000 to distribute to Windows Me and Windows
2000 clients that support MSI-based installations.
Deploying Symantec pcAnywhere custom installations
Deploying pcAnywhere using SMS 2.0
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