Adding New Computers - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

Adding new computers

Altiris Deployment Solution™ from Symantec User's Guide
See also Deployment agents
Computers can be added to the Deployment Database using the following methods:
Install the Deployment Agent. If you install the Deployment Agent to a computer
with the operating system already installed, the computer is added automatically to
the Deployment Database at startup. New computers with the Deployment Agent
installed are added to the All Computers groups (unless otherwise specified in the
Deployment Agent configuration). You can move the computer to another group if
required.
Use Initial Deployment to configure and deploy new computers booting to
automation. Starting up a new computer with the Automation Agent lets you
image the hard drive, assign IP and network settings, distribute personal settings
and software, and install the Deployment Agent for new computers. Using Initial
Deployment, you can associate new computers with pre-configured computer
accounts. These newly configured computers appear in the New Computers group.
See Sample jobs on page 196.
Create or import computer accounts from the Deployment Console. You can
add new computers using the New Computer feature or import computers using a
delimited text file. You can pre-configure computer accounts by adding names and
network settings from the console. See
page 99.
About new computers
When a new computer starts up, if Deployment Server recognizes the MAC address
provided in a New Computer account or import file, it automatically associates the user
account at startup with the New Computer icon. If this value is not provided, the
computer appears as a pre-configured computer account, letting you associate it with a
new computer.
The New Computer icon appears for a new computer if the MAC Address is
provided when creating a new computer account using any import or new
computer account feature.
A pre-configured computer account icon appears if specific hardware data
(MAC Address) is not known. As soon as the computer starts up and is
associated with a pre-configured computer account, Deployment Server
recognizes the new computer and this icon appears.
Pre-configured computer account
A pre-configured computer account can be associated with a new computer using the
Initial Deployment feature. You can create multiple pre-configured computer accounts
and associate the account with a new computer when it boots to automation. At startup,
the configuration settings and jobs assigned to the pre-configured computer account can
be associated with the new computer.
Deployment Solution provides features to create a pre-configured computer account to
pre-define a computer's configuration settings and assign customized jobs to that
on page 109.
Creating a new computer account on
98