Managing From The Deployment Console - Symantec DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 Manual

Features of Deployment Solution

Managing from the deployment console

Altiris Deployment Solution™ from Symantec User's Guide
Deploy and manage servers. Manage all types of Web and network servers, including
ultra high-density server board inserts. Automatically redeploy servers based on
deployment history and saved server images, or use automated scripted installs with
easy-to-create answer files. Operating systems can be installed as image files or run as
scripted installs—or as a combination strategy (especially nice for managing ultra-dense
server farms). See the Altiris Deployment Solution Reference Guide.
Respond to common help desk requests. Remotely browse, diagnose, and repair
problems on systems without ever leaving a Deployment Console. Detailed hardware
and software inventories, along with remote control and chat features simplify remote
diagnosis of common problems.
See Remote operations using Deployment Solution
Recover from disaster. Ease the pain of accidents by automatically backing up and
restoring configurations, personalities, registries, partitions, and drives remotely from a
Deployment Console. Saving the history of all deployment jobs assigned to a computer
makes it easy to restore a system to a previous working state.
See Restoring a computer from its deployment history
Deployment Solution can be installed and implemented locally as an independent
Deployment Server system on a single LAN segment or site, or scaled across the
enterprise using Deployment from the Symantec Management Console to consolidate all
deployment and IT management efforts.
Each Deployment Server system includes services, applications, and utilities for high-
bandwidth, real-time deployment, and includes a Web console to perform IT duties from
a Web browser. Deployment from the Symantec Management Console integrates
multiple Deployment Server systems for generating deployment reports across the
enterprise and adds other Web IT solutions, such as Inventory, Application Metering,
Carbon Copy, and other solutions of the Client Management Suite.
Deployment server system
The Deployment Console is a Windows user interface that provides full features to
deploy computers, image hard disks, migrate user settings and programs, run scripted
installs, remotely control computers, and perform other deployment tasks for all your
computer resources. Daily IT requests and jobs formerly completed by visiting each
desktop, server or portable computer in the organization can now be completed from
your Deployment Server Console.
Components of the Deployment Server system can be installed on a single computer (a
Simple install) or distributed across several local computers (a Custom install). A
Custom installation lets you install Microsoft SQL Server and access the Deployment
Database from a separate computer. The Deployment Share, Deployment Server, PXE
Server, and Deployment Consoles can also be distributed to separate computers. The
Deployment Server Console displays data directly from the Deployment database.
The Deployment Server Console (a Windows console) is included with the
Deployment Server system and provides complete deployment and management
features. It is divided into several operational panes:
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