Thin Client Install - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

Thin client install

Altiris Deployment Solution™ from Symantec User's Guide
The thin client install option lets you install the Thin Client view of the Deployment
Console on your computer. You can install Deployment Server with a Microsoft Data
Engine (MSDE) or install it on an existing SQL Server. You need not provide a license file
for the Thin Client installation.
To run a thin client install
1. Start the server and log on using the administrator account you created for the
Deployment Server. See
2. Launch the appropriate Altiris Deployment Server installation file and follow the
setup steps.
The Altiris Packager Self-Extracting Executable Options dialog appears.
3. Select the Use current temp folder option to use the current temporary folder to
download installation files or the Extract to a specific folder option to set a path
to an existing folder to download the installation files.
4. Click Extract and Execute App to extract and execute the application
immediately.
The default installation directory is C:\DSSetup. If the file C:\DSSetup\AppLic.dll
already exists, a prompt appears, asking whether you want to overwrite this file.
Click Yes to All. You may have to wait for some time while Altiris Packager extracts
files from this archive.
Note
Click Extract Only to only extract the application and execute the application later.
You must run the axInstall.exe file to start the installation.
5. Select the Thin Client Install option from the installation types listed in the
Deployment Server Install Configuration dialog.
6. (Optional) Select the Include PXE Server option to install the PXE Server. (See
PXE server on page 338.) Click Install.
7. Click Yes on the Software License Agreement page.
8. Enter the following information on the Deployment Share Information page:
a. In the File Server path field, enter or browse to the path to install the
Deployment Server program files. The default path is C:\Program
Files\Altiris\eXpress\Deployment Server.
b. Select the Create Deployment Share option to create a Deployment Share on
the computer. The Deployment Share lets you store files on the computer and
run Deployment Server system applications. See
page 337.
c. You must enter an administrator user name and password for the Deployment
Server system. This account must already exist on the Deployment Share and
the Deployment Server. By default, the name you are currently logged on as
appears. If you use a domain account, enter the domain and the user name
(Example: Domain1\administrator). See
If a previous installation of the Deployment Database is detected, an axinstall
prompt appears, asking whether you want to preserve or overwrite the existing
database. Click Yes to preserve the data in your Deployment Database.
Deployment Server system requirements
Deployment Server
on page 339.
Deployment share on
on page 335.
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