About Automation Folders - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 7.1 - V1 Manual

About automation folders

BootWiz.exe is stored in the
Agent\Agents\Deployment\Task Handler\bootwiz
See "Configuring deployment and migration settings"
To add a driver for a preboot configuration
1 Run BootWiz.exe.
2
In Boot Disk Creator, choose the option to create a new configuration.
3 On Step 1, enter a name for the configuration.
4 Select the type of preboot operation system that you want to add a driver to.
5
Click Next.
6 On Step 2, click the Have Disk or Internet option, and select the new driver
to add.
The driver is added.
7 On Step 2 of 4, click Cancel.
The new driver is used when you create a new configuration.
If a preboot configuration that you already created needs your new driver, you
must regenerate that driver. You can regenerate the driver by selecting the
configuration from the Preboot Configuration view and clicking the Recreate
Preboot Environment link in its menu.
Automation folders store preboot operating systems. Some deployment tasks
require that a client computer first boot to a preboot operating system. You can
get a preboot operating system from a PXE server or from an automation folder
that is installed on the client computer.
You can install an automation folder using a predefined Deployment policy.
See "About Deployment Solution policies"
The automation folder stores WinPE and most of the information it needs to
perform an imaging task in a
For automation to work, your network must include DHCP and DNS. Also, all
computers in your network must be able to perform a Name Server Lookup.
WinPE 2.1 and Linux are the only automation operating systems that Deployment
Solution supports. Both systems are installed with Deployment Solution.
See "Configuring deployment and migration settings"
Configuring Deployment Solution settings
\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris
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Boot.wim
About automation folders
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