Create Automation Boot Disk - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

Create Automation Boot Disk

Deployment Solution
Create an embedded ___ automation partition (recommended): Select this option
to install an embedded DOS, Linux, or WinPE partition to a client computer's hard disk.
Create a hidden ___ automation partition (for partitions greater than 50 MB):
Select this option to install a hidden DOS, Linux, or WinPE automation partition.
Partition size in MB: The default partition size value changes depending on the type of
operating system you selected. Example: If you are creating an automation partition for
a WinPE configuration, the partition size is 150-200 MB. However, the range of the
partition size for a DOS configuration is only 5-50 MB, and 34-44 MB for Linux.
Installer package file path: By default, installation packages are stored in the
Deployment Share bwpkgs folder. The name of the configuration you selected before
starting the Create Boot Disk process is the name of the setup package, unless you
define it otherwise. Click Browse to navigate to the folder where you want to store the
setup package.
Run silent install: Select this option to install the automation partition without user
input.
Install the Altiris Deployment Agent for Windows (Aclient): Select this option to
install the Deployment Agent on client computers in the production environment after
the automation partition is installed.
Advanced: If you selected to install the Deployment Agent (above), click this button to
set limited properties for the Deployment Agent. See Deployment Solution Help for more
information.
Creating automation partition installer: This is a progress page to display the
automation installation package process. The process does the following: Copying files
to production area, Creating the FRM files, Preparing install environment, Inserting into
the installer package, and so on.
The setup package is located at: After the automation partition installation package
is created, the Boot Disk Creation Complete page appears and confirms the location
of the installer package.
This feature lets you create automation boot disks to manually boot a client computer to
the automation environment, so that deployment jobs can run. Automation boot disks
give you greater flexibility because you can physically go to any client computer on the
network and boot to automation, so long as the client computer can connect to the
Deployment Server.
Field Definitions
Bootable ISO CD Image: Select this option to create an ISO CD boot image.
ISO CD Image File Path: Enter the path or browse to the folder where ISO images are
stored. You must use third-party software to burn the ISO image to a CD.
Bootable disk: Select this option to create a boot disk that can be used at client
computers to manually boot to automation or manually install an automation partition.
Click the drop-down arrow to select bootable media from the list. All the listed drives
display the physical drive number instead of the logical drive letter.
Rescan drives: If you attach a USB flash drive to the server, but it does not appear in
the Bootable disk drop-down list, you can click this button to rescan the physical drives
that are attached to the server. A list of available drives is updated in the drop-down list.
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