Components Of Software Management Solution - Symantec ALTIRIS 7.0 SP2 - MANAGEMENT SOLUTION Manual

14 Introducing Software Management Solution

Components of Software Management Solution

Components of Software Management Solution
For more information, see the topics about the Software Catalog and the Software
Library in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
Software Management Solution combines the functionality of earlier versions of
Software Delivery Solution and Application Management Solution. It also supports
the software virtualization technology that was available in Altiris Software
Virtualization Solution.
See "How 6.x features compare to Software Management Solution 7.0"
Software Management Solution supports packages for the Windows, UNIX, Linux,
and Mac operating systems. With few exceptions, all the functions in Software
Management Solution work the same for all platforms. For example, you use the
same method to create a delivery task for a Windows, UNIX, Linux, or Mac OS
package.
For a complete list of the platforms that Software Management Solution supports,
see the Software Management Solution Release Notes.
See "How Software Management Solution integrates with the Software Catalog
and Software Library"
See "Components of Software Management Solution"
See "What you can do with Software Management Solution"
The components of Software Management Solution let you deliver and manage
software on client computers.
Components of Software Management Solution
Table 1-1
Component
Software delivery tasks
and policies
Software Portal
on page 93.
Description
You can use any of several methods to deliver software to client
computers. The method that you use to create the task or policy
depends on your delivery requirements.
See "Methods for delivering software"
The Software Portal is a Web-based interface that is installed
on the client computers. With the Software Portal, users can
request and install software with little or no administrator
involvement.
See "About the Software Portal"
on page 17.
on page 14.
on page 15.
on page 88.
on page 161.