Introduction To Altiris Deployment Solution™ From Symantec - Symantec DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 Manual

Introduction to Altiris Deployment Solution™
from Symantec
Altiris Deployment Solution™ from Symantec User's Guide
Take control of all your computer resources across your organization using Altiris
Deployment Solution™ from Symantec deployment and management tools. Take a seat
at any Deployment Console to remotely manage all types of devices—notebooks,
desktops, switches, and servers—through all phases of computer deployment and
lifecycle management. Schedule remote system upgrades, distribute patches and
drivers, re-image computer hard drives, or migrate large groups of users to new
computers without missing a single custom setting or installed program. Use
Deployment Solution to handle daily tasks and depend on it for occasional big jobs, such
as disaster recovery or large-scale software updates. And do it all remotely from any
Deployment Console on any device with a connection to your WAN or LAN.
That is the attitude behind Deployment Solution: increase access and productivity while
decreasing costs and IT response time. You will appreciate the simple, easy-to-use
graphical consoles to organize computer groups, schedule deployment jobs, and
distribute disk image and update packages. It's easy. It's powerful. It conforms and
scales to your infrastructure. Go ahead—take some time and learn to take control.
What can I do with Deployment Solution?
Deploy. Manage. Migrate. Regardless of your organization's size or special IT
requirements, Deployment Solution provides a complete system to cut costs and
improve response times for both big and small jobs.
Manage from a remote console. Deploy, control, and manage all types of computers
across your organization from a remote Deployment Console. Use the feature-rich
Deployment Server Console for real-time management of computers.
See on page 69.
Migrate data, applications, and personal settings. Through easy-to-use wizards,
migrate data and settings from a retiring computer to a new computer by capturing
desktop, network, and application settings. Redeploy these personal settings remotely
from a Deployment Console.
See New job wizard on page 146.
Upgrade and install software. Manage system software on a day-to-day basis for
desktops, servers, and notebooks to upgrade applications, install service packs, set up
printer drivers, and modify systems as needed. Deployment Solution provides upgrade
capabilities for all mobile computers by deploying to remote sites as needed by traveling
personnel.
See Distributing software
Deploy computers in large groups. Easily deploy and configure large numbers of
computers across an organization. Install hard disk images to groups of new or existing
computer types using multicasting features. Install software and personality settings
with common applications, data and drivers. Run post-configuration jobs or automated
scripts to assign unique security IDs, configure user names, and set IP addresses using
deployment jobs.
See on page 95.
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