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Installing the Deployment Agent
Remote agent installer
Altiris Deployment Solution™ from Symantec User's Guide
For client computers running a Windows operating system, Deployment Solution lets you
install agent software using the Remote Agent Installer to "push" the agent to a client
computer from a Deployment Console. (See
can also pull the Deployment agent to the client computer by accessing the Windows
share or downloading the install package from the Deployment Web Console. You must
have administrative rights to the client computers and File and Print Sharing must be
enabled to install the agent software.
Click Remote Agent Installer on the Deployment Console toolbar, or
click Tool > Remote Agent Installer to open the utility program. You
can also download aclient.exe from the network share or Deployment
Web Console to install a Deployment agent.
DAgent replaced AClient as the default agent for the Windows operating systems.
Windows XP
To install, each XP computer must have the following items:
An Administrator account with a password. This account must be able to browse
\\hostname\admin$
Disabled simple file sharing. This option can be disabled in Windows Explorer by
selecting Tools > Folder Options > View tab and clearing the Use simple file
sharing check box in the Advanced settings section.
Enabled File and printer sharing in the Windows Firewall.
Windows 2003, Vista, 2008 servers, and Windows 7
You must enable file and print sharing in the Windows Firewall.
Enter administrator account information
Enter common administrator credentials for all client computers, or keep the default
credentials to be prompted for each client computer.
Let me specify a username and password for each machine as it's installed.
Prompts for an administrative user name password for each computer in the remote
install list. This is the default option.
Use this username and password for all clients. Enter credentials for an
administrator account that has rights to all the client computers that you add to the
remote install list.
Specify install directory
Enter a location to install the Deployment Agent.
Install directory. Enter the path to install the Deployment Agent on the client
computer.
Remote agent installer
on the selected computer.
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