Comparison Of Software Delivery In Versions 6.X And 7.0; Table; Method In 7.0 - Symantec ALTIRIS 7.0 SP2 - MANAGEMENT SOLUTION Manual

20 Introducing Software Management Solution
How 6.x features compare to Software Management Solution 7.0
Task
Deliver software or
push out a package.
In versions earlier than 7.0, the delivery of non-Windows software required the
separate installation of Software Delivery Solution for UNIX, Linux, and Mac.
Software Management Solution 7.0 combines support for Windows software and
non-Windows software in one product.

Comparison of software delivery in versions 6.x and 7.0

Table 1-4

Method in 6.x
Create a Software Delivery
task in Software Delivery
Solution or create a Deliver
Software task in Altiris Task
Server.

Method in 7.0

Depending on the complexity of your requirements, create
a task or policy as follows:
Create a Quick Delivery task to deliver a single software
resource.
See "Performing a quick delivery of a single software
resource" on page 132.
Create a Managed Software Delivery policy to fulfill
advanced delivery requirements.
See "Advanced delivery actions that Managed Software
Delivery can perform"
Create a Package Delivery task to push out a package
that is not associated with a software resource.
This feature replaces the functionality of the Software
Delivery Task Server plug-in.
See "Delivering a package without defining a software
resource" on page 138.
You can also migrate 6.x tasks to the following 7.0 policies
and tasks:
You can migrate Software Delivery tasks to Legacy
Software Delivery policies.
We recommend that you use these policies only if you
cannot deliver the packages with one of the new delivery
methods.
We recommend that you use Legacy Software Delivery
policies only for 6.x packages that you cannot deliver
with Quick Delivery or Managed Software Delivery.
See "About Legacy Software Delivery"
You can migrate Software Delivery Task Server Plug-in
tasks to Package Delivery tasks.
on page 97.
on page 149.