Policy Rules/Actions: Policy Settings Tab - Symantec ALTIRIS 7.0 SP2 - MANAGEMENT SOLUTION Manual

Option
Show Task

Policy Rules/Actions: Policy settings tab

Option
Display name
Display description
Install this policy s software
into a virtual software layer
Layer Name
Allow user to turn on policy
from the Altiris Agent
Settings for tasks (continued)
Table 6-10
Description
Opens the task editing dialog box so you can view or edit the task.
When you edit the task itself instead of its settings, any other instances of that task
are also changed. For example, you create a Package Delivery task to install an FTP
client and you add that task to several Managed Software Delivery policies. If you
change that task in one Managed Software Delivery policy, the change affects that
task as well as all the policies that contain it.
This tab lets you change the settings for a Managed Software Delivery policy.
Some options on the Policy Settings tab apply to Windows operating systems
only and are noted as such.
Options on the Policy Settings tab
Table 6-11
Description
Lets you define the name that appears in the Altiris Agent for this policy. The default
name is New Managed Software Delivery.
Make the name descriptive enough for users to easily identify this software.
Lets you type a description to further identify this software and make it more
recognizable on the Altiris Agent.
(Windows only) Installs Windows-based software into a virtual software layer on a
managed computer. The Software Virtualization agent must be installed on the
managed computer; otherwise, the software is installed normally.
See "Methods for virtualizing software"
Lets you type the name of the virtual software layer into which this software is
installed. The layer s GUID is assigned automatically.
If you do not provide a layer name, the layer name defaults to the installation file
name plus the command-line name.
(Windows only) Lets the user run the policy by clicking the policy in the Altiris Agent.
The user can also choose not to run the policy.
The policy s remediation options override this setting and its related settings. For
example, if the remediation is scheduled to occur at the next maintenance window,
the user cannot run the remediation immediately.
Performing advanced software deliveries
Policy Rules/Actions section
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