Deployment Agent Settings - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

Deployment agent settings

Altiris Deployment Solution™ from Symantec User's Guide
Notification Server Client
Deployment Server Agent
Install Deployment Agent to add a managed computer
When a Deployment Agent is installed on a computer, it searches the network for a
Deployment Server to attach to. When the Deployment Agent locates a Deployment
Server, the client computer is added as a record to the Deployment Database.
When the Deployment Agent for Windows is running on a computer, the user
sees a small icon in the system tray. When the icon is blue, the client
computer running the Deployment Agent is connected to the Deployment
Solution system.
When the Deployment Agent for Windows icon is clear, it shows that the client
computer is not connected to the Deployment Solution system. The agent
may be configured incorrectly, the Deployment Server is down, or other
network problems exist.
Automatically update to newer version of Deployment Agent
At times, Altiris may update versions of the Deployment Agent to enhance features. For
best performance, we recommend that all managed computers run the latest version of
the Deployment Agent. When a new version of the Deployment Agent is saved to the
Deployment Share file server, the managed computers automatically update the
Deployment Agent.
1. From the computer where Deployment Server is installed, click Start > All
Programs > Altiris > Deployment Solution > Configuration. The Altiris
Deployment Server Configuration Utility page appears.
2. Click Options.
3. Click Transport.
4. Select the Automatically update clients option and click OK.
You can set the default agent settings when new client computers are added to the
system that the Deployment Server manages.
The NS client is an Altiris agent that runs on
computers supported by the Notification Server. This
agent runs on the Deployment Server computer
when running Deployment Solution on the
Notification Server.
This agent runs on the Deployment Server computer
when running Deployment Solution on the
Notification Server.
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