Symantec ALTIRIS 7.0 SP2 - MANAGEMENT SOLUTION Manual page 42

42 Implementing Software Management Solution
Installing the Software Management Solution plug-in for UNIX, Linux, and Mac
To install the Software Management Solution Plug-in for UNIX, Linux, and Mac
1 In the Symantec Management Console, on the Settings menu, click
Agents/Plug-ins > All Agents/Plug-ins.
2 In the left pane, under Agents/Plug-ins, click Software > Software
Management > UNIX/Linux/Mac > Software Management Solution Plug-in
for UNIX/Linux/Mac Install.
3 In the right pane, in the Program name drop-down list, accept the default
option to install the plug-in.
4
Check or uncheck Enable Verbose Reporting of Status Events as appropriate.
This option records the detailed events that are related to the installation
and posts them to the Notification Server computer.
5 Under the Applied to section, select where to install the agent and specify
whether to disable multicasting.
For more information, see the topics about specifying the targets of a policy
or task in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
6
Under the Schedule section, set the schedule for the policy.
For more information, see the topics about specifying a policy schedule in
the Symantec Management Platform Help.
Alternatively, under the Extra schedule options section, you can check Run
once ASAP to run the policy as soon as possible.
7 Under the Extra schedule options section, select any of the following options:
User can run
Notify user when the
task is available
Warn before running
8 Turn on the policy.
At the upper right of the page, click the colored circle and then click On.
9
Click Save changes.
Lets the user run the policy by clicking the policy in the
Altiris Agent. The user can also choose not to run the policy.
This option does not apply to UNIX, Linux, or Mac OS.
This option does not apply to UNIX, Linux, or Mac OS.