Custom Data Sources Options; Allowed Stored Procedure List; Virtual Centers Options - Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - V1.0 Manual

Custom data sources options

Virtual centers options

Altiris Deployment Solution™ from Symantec User's Guide
When the Deployment Agent connects, the Deployment Server verifies if the computer
is a new or an existing computer. If the client computer is new and if the Force new
agents to take these default settings option is selected, the Deployment Agent on
the client computer receives the default settings established in the Options > Agent
Settings dialog. If the computer is recognized as an existing managed computer, it
uses the existing agent settings. The same process occurs for automation agents if the
Force new Automation agents to take these default settings option is selected.
Force new agents to take these default settings. Select this option to force the
default settings when adding a new computer.
Force new Automation agents to take these default settings. Select this option to
force the default settings when adding a new automation agent connects.
This option lets you set up credentials to authenticate to external Deployment
Databases and other Microsoft SQL Server databases to extract data using custom
tokens. Click Add to enter an administrator alias and other login information for the
Microsoft SQL Server (or MSDE) hosting the desired Deployment Database.
The information required to create a custom data source entry is listed below:
Alias. The alias name you want to use when referencing the external SQL database.
Server. The name of the external SQL database server or IP address.
Database. The name of the external database from which you want to extract data.
Use Integrated Authentication. This option authenticates to the external
database using the domain account you are currently logged on as.
User name and Password. When the integrated authentication is not being used,
you must provide a user name and password to authenticate to the external
database.
Allowed Stored Procedures. Click this tab to modify the existing list. See
stored procedure list

Allowed stored procedure list

Click Allowed Stored Procedures to identify the stored procedures from the selected
custom data source. You can now select from the list of available stored procedures in
the data source. This lets you call stored procedures outside of the Deployment
Database (eXpress database) using custom tokens within scripts or answer files.
You can keep a list of all VMware Virtual Center Web services. The hosts and virtual
computers from each Virtual Center that have corresponding computers in the
Deployment Database appear in the computer tree. These virtual computers appear
under the Virtual computers node in the Computers pane.
Click Add. On the Virtual Center page, enter the Display name, Server hostname,
and Username. By default, the port number is displayed. You can also set up a
password for the selected user.
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