Capture Personality Advanced Options - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

Distributing personality settings
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2. Enter the name of a personality template file, or browse and select a template. A
default personality template is included in the PCT folder of the Deployment Share
(DEFAULT.PBT). Enter the name of the folder where you want to store the package.
The personality template lets you define the settings, files, and options to be
captured during run time. Click Template Builder to open a wizard to build a
custom template.
3. In User account and folder login, enter the login credentials for the managed
computer from which the personality settings are captured, and the file server
where the Personality Package is stored.
4. In Package login, enter a password for the Personality Package. This is a run-time
password that is required when the Personality Package runs on the destination
computer.
5. Click Advanced to specify additional features.
6. Set the Advanced options and click OK. Click Next. See
advanced options on page 180.
7. (Optional) Set Return Codes. See
8. Click Finish. You have now created a Capture Personality task, which appears in the
Task list. You must schedule this task to capture a personality setting and save it as
a PCT file in the selected location (most often in the PCT folder on the Deployment
Server shared directory on the Deployment Share). See
settings on page 180.
Note
Set the conditions on the job for either Windows XP, 2003, 2008 and Vista computers to
ensure that the appropriate Capture Personality task runs on the appropriate computers.

Capture personality advanced options

Domain users. Select this option to capture personality settings for all domain users on
the computer.
Local Users. Select this option to capture personality settings for all local users on the
computer.
Custom. Specify users or groups to capture personality settings. Select the Custom
check box and enter the Users or Groups you want to capture personality settings.
Also, instead of specifying names, you can also select users who have been either
created or accessed in the specified number of days.
Additional command-line switches. You can add command-line options specifically
for the PC Transplant program that migrates personality settings. See the Altiris PC
Transplant Reference Guide in the docs folder of the Deployment Share.
The Distribute Personality task lets you save personal display and user interface settings
defined in the operating system for each user. You can distribute Personality Packages
to migrate personality settings. This task runs Altiris PC Transplant from the console to
capture and distribute settings.
Capture personality
Setting up return codes on page 193.
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