Symantec ALTIRIS 7.0 SP2 - MANAGEMENT SOLUTION Manual page 16

16 Introducing Software Management Solution
What you can do with Software Management Solution
Task
Configure the default
settings for Managed
Software Delivery policies.
Perform an advanced
software delivery.
Perform a quick delivery of
a single software resource.
Deliver a package without
defining a software resource.
Deliver the tasks and
packages that were created
in Altiris Software Delivery
Solution 6.x.
Deliver software to fulfill
user requests.
What you can do with Software Management Solution
Table 1-2
Description
Configuration settings control the behavior of Managed Software Delivery policies.
Rather than configuring these settings individually for each policy, you can configure
the default settings that apply to all new Managed Software Delivery policies. Then
you can change the settings for a specific policy only when needed.
See "About Software Management Solution settings"
See "Configuring the default settings for Managed Software Delivery"
Managed Software Delivery simplifies your advanced software deliveries by letting
you deliver software as a unit, which can include multiple software resources and
their dependencies. For example, you can create a single Managed Software Delivery
policy that installs an application and its associated patches and service packs.
Managed Software Delivery can also run any task at any stage of the delivery.
See "About advanced software deliveries"
See "Performing an advanced software delivery"
You can perform a quick delivery of a single software resource that runs with
minimum configuration. You can use the task-based Quick Delivery method to specify
the software to deliver, the action to perform, and the computers to deliver to. Because
the software resources and the delivery settings are predefined, Quick Delivery makes
it easy for administrators and non-administrators to deliver software.
See "About quick delivery of a single software resource"
See "Performing a quick delivery of a single software resource"
Package Delivery lets you quickly push out any package regardless of whether it is
associated with a software resource.
See "About Package Delivery"
See "Delivering a package without defining a software resource"
When you upgrade from Notification Server 6.x to Symantec Management Platform
7.0, you can migrate your software-related tasks and packages.
See "How 6.x features compare to Software Management Solution 7.0"
For more information about 6.x data migration, see the Symantec Management
Platform Release Notes.
By using the Software Portal, users can request and install software through a
Web-based interface with little or no administrator involvement.
See "About the Software Portal"
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