Automating The Installation Of Deployment Agent; Editing The Sample.inp File; Using Remote Agent Installer; Using The Template File - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

Installing Deployment Agent on Linux
Altiris Deployment Solution™ from Symantec User's Guide
Option Definition
-stop Stops the Deployment Agent from running, but does not remove
it. The next time the computer is booted, the Deployment Agent
runs in production mode.
-start Starts the Deployment Agent. This option works only when
Deployment Agent is installed on the computer.
You can install the Deployment Agent on any supported Linux workstation or server by
downloading and running the Deployment Agent for Linux installation file (a .BIN file) on
the client computer. The Deployment Agent is updated automatically on Linux
computers when you upgrade to a new version of Deployment Solution. The creation
date of the Deployment Agent is checked and updated when a new agent is available.
Installing the Deployment Agent for Linux
1. After downloading the .BIN file to a local directory, you can install from the
command line.
Browse to the directory where you saved the .BIN file, switch to the root user
(su) and change the directory to the location of the .BIN file by entering
(cd < directory>)
After changing the directory, you must have the permission to execute the .BIN
file; to obtain the permission, enter
chmod 544 <filename>
Enter: file name
./<
The Deployment Agent for Linux is installed in the
deployment/adlagent
2. To change the adlagent configuration file settings, update the adlagent.conf file.
This file is located in the
You can also change the adlagent configuration file settings by executing the
script from the
configure
directory.
To edit the configure file directly, open the
/opt/altiris/deployment/adlagent/conf
required changes.
You can also edit the configuration file to change the functionality or properties.
Example: You can open the adlagent.conf file in an editor and scroll to the
[Transport] section and the UseMcast line. Change
UseMcast=false
of the specific Deployment Server you want to manage the client computer. You
can also identify and edit additional configuration settings in the configuration
file.
To run the script to change the settings for the
browse to the
/opt/altiris/deployment/adlagent/bin
the shell and enter
./configure
>
directory.
/opt/altiris/deployment/adlagent/conf
/opt/altiris/deployment/adlagent/bin
. In the
TCPAddr=<IP address>
/opt/altiris/
file located in the
adlagent.conf
directory and make the
UseMcast=true
line, enter the IP address
configuration file,
adlagent
directory from
directory.
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