Symantec ALTIRIS 7.0 SP2 - MANAGEMENT SOLUTION Manual page 80

80 Performing common tasks in Software Management Solution
Sources of status information in Software Management Solution
Information
Status and details for a
specific task
Status of tasks and policies
on a specific client computer
Detailed information about
downloads and executions on
a specific client computer
Sources of status information for Software Management Solution
Table 4-2
(continued)
Source
Task status views on
the Notification Server
computer
Altiris Agent
Software event files on
the client computer
Description
You can view a task s status and details in the following
places:
The Task Status section on the task details page
You can open any Software Management Solution task
to view its Task Status section. This section lists the
instances of the task and the status of each instance. For
each instance, you can drill down to the details of its
delivery and execution and to the computers on which
the task was run.
See "Editing a task in Software Management Solution"
on page 143.
The Job and Task Status Web part
You can add this Web part to the Jobs and Task Portal
page or to any other portal page. This Web part displays
individual instances of each task. For each instance, you
can drill down to the details of its delivery and execution
and to the computers on which the task was run.
You can check the status of a task or policy on the Altiris
Agent on the client computer.
For more information, see the topics about viewing the task
status on the Altiris Agent in the Symantec Management
Platform Help.
The Software Management Solution agent creates files on
the client computer that record information about the
Software Management Solution events on that computer.
The event files are as follows:
AexSWDPolicy.xml
Records the execution details and status for every
software delivery task and policy that runs on the client
computer.
log.xml
Records the download status for each command line and
package that a specific software resource contains.
See "About Software Management Solution event files"
on page 81.