Symantec ALTIRIS 7.0 SP2 - MANAGEMENT SOLUTION Manual page 90

90 Introducing software delivery
Methods for delivering software
Your requirement
Deliver software in response to a direct
request from a user.
Deliver a package that is not associated
with a software resource.
Deliver software with a policy that you
migrated from Software Delivery
Solution 6.x.
(Windows only) Install software into a
new virtual software layer on a client
computer.
Methods for delivering software (continued)
Table 5-1
Delivery method
Software Portal
Package Delivery
Legacy Software Delivery
Software Virtualization task
Quick Delivery
Package Delivery
Description
(Windows and Mac only) With the Software
Portal, users can request software and
responds to those requests. If the user is
pre-approved to install the software, the
installation occurs without the
administrator s involvement. Otherwise, the
administrator only needs to approve the
requests and deliver the software that is not
in the Software Catalog.
See "About the Software Portal"
Package Delivery is a task-based delivery
method. It lets you deliver any package
regardless of whether it is associated with a
software resource.
See "About Package Delivery"
When you upgrade from Notification Server
6.x to Symantec Management Platform 7.0,
you can migrate your 6.x software delivery
tasks to Legacy Delivery policies. You can
continue to use those policies as they are.
You can also assign their packages to
software resources to deliver a 6.x software
package with Quick Delivery or Managed
Software Delivery.
See "About Legacy Software Delivery"
on page 149.
Imports a virtual software archive (VSA) file
to a managed client computer and creates a
new virtual software layer.
A VSA file is an installation file for one or
more Windows-based applications or sets of
data.
See "Methods for installing and managing
virtual software" on page 221.
on page 161.
on page 137.