Chapter 5: Deployment Agent Installation; About The Deployment Agent; Installing The Agent - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

Chapter 5
Deployment Agent Installation

About the Deployment Agent

Installing the Agent

Deployment Solution
The Deployment Agent runs on managed computers to perform local management tasks
as directed by Deployment Server. Some of these tasks include:
Software installations
SVS layer management
Script execution
Remote control
Inventory and configuration
If you plan on doing more than computer imaging or scripted installations, you should
install the Deployment Agent on managed computers. Without installing the Deployment
Agent, you can still boot computers to automation using PXE, embedded partitions, or
boot media to perform some tasks.
The agent simplifies these tasks by automatically restarting the computer and
controlling when to boot the embedded partition, but it is not required.
The Deployment Agent can be installed in the production environment of all the
computers you want to manage. Additionally, the Deployment Agent is automatically
included in each of the automation boot configurations you create using PXE,
automation partitions, or boot media.
There are three versions of the Deployment Agent:
DAgent - Windows Vista, Windows 2008
AClient - Windows XP and previous
ADLAgent - Linux, UNIX, Solaris, Mac
DAgent provides experimental support for Windows XP, see the release notes for details.
References in this document to the Deployment Agent refer to all versions; references to
DAgent, AClient, or ADLAgent refer to the specific executable.
There are two standard methods to install the Deployment Agent on multiple
computers:
Using the Remote Agent Installer (Windows-only)
Using a Script, E-Mail Link, or Manual Installation (All Platforms)
For Additional details on the Vista, Linux and Mac agent see
Platform Reference (page 252).
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