Symantec DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 Manual page 121

Altiris Deployment Solution™ from Symantec User's Guide
Example: If you rely on PXE to boot the new server and you want to deploy new servers
automatically without halting the process, you must change the default settings in the
PXE Configuration Utility. In contrast, if you want to ensure that the server waits before
being deployed (or waits a set time before proceeding) to avoid erroneous re-
deployment, you must set the options in the Advanced section of Initial Deployment.
Halt the initial deployment of servers
When a server boots from a PXE server or from Automation (if the option is set),
Deployment Server recognizes it as a new computer and attempts to configure the
computer with sample jobs. See
feature to prohibit servers from being deployed automatically.
1. Click Initial Deployment and select Properties.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Select the Servers check box and click OK.
Initial Deployment does not run for any computer identified in the console as a server.
Change PXE options for initial deployment
If installing a server using a PXE Server, the server attempts to install, but does not run
automatically using default settings. It waits until a boot option is selected from the
client computer. You can change the default setting in the PXE Configuration Utility to
allow Initial Deployment to run automatically and not wait for user intervention.
1. Click on Start > All Programs > Altiris > PXE Services > PXE Configuration
Utility.
2. Click the DS tab.
3. Select a pre-boot operating system from the Initial Deploy boot option drop-
down list.
4. Click Execute Immediately.
Initial Deployment runs automatically for every identified server.
5. Click Save.
6. Click OK.
Clear BootWorks prompt for remote Iistall
When you run a deployment job on a computer where the Deployment Agent is remotely
installed, a message appears stating that no BootWorks partition or PXE stamp is found.
The message remains open until the user clicks OK on the message dialog, which delays
executing the scheduled job as part of an automated redeployment process. To fix this
delay:
1. Select Tools > Options. The Program Options dialog appears.
2. Select the Agent Settings tab.
3. In the Automation Agent Settings section, select the Force new Automation agents
to take these settings check box and click Change Default Settings.
4. Click OK.
Following these steps, ensures that the BootWorks message does not appear and a job
runs smoothly when scheduled.
Sample jobs on page 196. Initial Deployment includes a
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