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Running a script
Altiris Deployment Solution™ from Symantec User's Guide
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General
Location is the only area that administrators can manually enter if they want to. The
Deployment Solution software gathers the other information from each computer.
You can view the history of the Get Inventory task in the Computers History pane. See
Viewing a computer's history
Click Add and select Get Inventory from the list. The Get Inventory task
appears in the list.
Select an existing script or write a new script file to run on selected managed client
computers.
Run script files on client computers by adding the New Script task when
building new jobs. See
script appears, script security, and an option for server-side execution of
the script. See also
1.
If you have a script file defined, select Run Script and browse to select the file. To
read or edit the script file, click Modify.
Note
To run scripts that call an executable, use the start command.
Example: Enter start C:\windows\notepad.exe to open the Notepad application on
the client computer.
2.
To create a new script, click Run Script. Enter the script in the provided field, or
click Import and select a script file to import. After you import the script, you can
modify it in the provided field.
3.
Specify the operating system to run the script. You can choose Windows, DOS,
Linux, or Mac OS X. Click Next.
4.
Set Script Information. See
5.
(Optional) Set Return Codes. See
6.
Click Finish. The task appears in the Task list for the job. The script runs when you
run this task.
Notes
When a computer is in an automation mode using a DOS configuration, it does not
detect DOS partitions. To run a script using the DOS Automation Agent, use FIRM
(File-system Independent Resource Manager) commands. FIRM can only copy and
delete files; it cannot run a code on a drive.
The Deployment Server assumes a return code of zero (0) as a successful script
execution. Some programs return a code of one (1) to denote a successful script
on page 125.
Script information
on page 185 to identify how the
Building new jobs
on page 150.
Script information
on page 185. Click Next.
Setting up return codes
on page 193.
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