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Automating the installation of Deployment Agent
Altiris Deployment Solution™ from Symantec User's Guide
If you do not select Remote Agent Installer to install the Deployment Agent, install the
Deployment Agent using log-on scripts or batch flies. However, this requires that you
manually complete the installation at each client computer. Instead, you can use a
template file to set applicable options and properties.
The template file is a text file that can be used to automate configuration of the
properties when installing the Deployment Agent from a batch file, login script, or
manually from a client computer.
The template file can be created using two methods: editing the sample.inp file or using
Remote Agent Installer.
Editing the sample.inp file
Deployment Solution ships with a sample template file named sample.inp, which
contains the commands to configure installation options and properties. This file is
located in Program Files\Altiris\eXpress\Deployment Server.
Most of the parameters are disabled in this file. To enable an option, remove the
semicolon. Example: To specify an IP address and port number for the client to locate
the Deployment Server, remove the semicolon from the TcpAddr and TcpPort lines and
change the address and port number to the correct values.
Using remote agent installer
You can create a template file when running Remote Agent Installer. After modifying
agent properties and adding computers to the Selecting Clients window, click Export
to create a template file to import computers (*.rci) as well as the template file (*.inp).
Example: If you have computers named PC-1 and PC-2 listed in the Selecting Clients
window and you export these computers using the file name Export.rci, the following
two template files are created:
Export_PC-1.inp
Export_PC-2.inp
Using the template file
To use the template file you create, run the AClient.exe installation program specifying
the template file and using the -install switch. Example:
\\FX1\eXpress\AClient.exe aclient.inp -install
The following command-line options are available:
Option Definition
-install AClient.exe runs and installs the Deployment Agent on the
computer instead of just running it in memory.
-remove Permanently removes the Deployment Agent from the computer
where it is installed.
-silent Lets you use the options without being prompted for further
input.
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