Jobs Pane - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

Jobs pane

Altiris Deployment Solution™ from Symantec User's Guide
To get more details about all tasks that are run on computers, click Status Detail.
Status Detail displays a more detailed breakdown of the tasks that the job has executed
and a status message indicating the status of the tasks.
You can also import new computers from a text file or add security rights and privileges
for a specified computer or group of computers. See on page 95 for complete
information about setting up, importing, and managing computers from the Computers
pane.
Use this area to create and build jobs using specific deployment tasks. You can select
and right-click a job in the Jobs pane when building new jobs or running the New Job
Wizard. You can also import new jobs from a text file or add security rights and
privileges for a specified job or collection of jobs. See
and New job wizard on page 146.
Set up folders to organize and access jobs according to your specifications. To create a
new folder, right-click in the Jobs section and select the New Folder option. You can
also create folders by selecting File > New > Folder.
Click View > Jobs View to show or hide the Jobs pane.
When you select a job, the Details pane displays a list of computers in the folder and
gives a basic information about each job, such as its state and status. It also shows the
computers or computer groups to which the job is assigned.
The Conditions detail bar also appears, letting you assign jobs to computers. See
Setting conditions for task sets
In System Jobs, folders are created to store jobs that are created when running
operations from the console.
Drag-n-Drop Jobs. Jobs are created and automatically placed in this folder when
you drag an .MSI, .RIP, or other package files from the Resources view to a
specific computer or group. See
Image Jobs. Jobs are placed in this folder when you create a Quick Disk Image.
See Quick disk image
Restoration Jobs. Jobs are placed in this folder when you restore a computer from
its Deployment history. See
page 124.
From the Jobs pane, you can drag job icons to computer icons to run jobs, such as
creating images, deploying computers, changing configurations, or installing software.
After you create a job, you can change it by adding, modifying, or deleting tasks. You
can run jobs immediately, schedule them to run at a particular time, or save them for a
later time. See on page 145 for complete information about setting up, importing, and
managing computers from the Jobs pane.
on page 151.
Shortcuts and resources view
on page 125.
Restoring a computer from its deployment history
Building new jobs on page 150
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