Managing And Updating Software; Hp Client Manager For Altiris (Select Models Only) - HP ProBook 4325s - Notebook PC User Manual

Managing and updating software

HP provides several tools for managing and updating software on client computers:
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HP Client Manager for Altiris (select models only)

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Manager for Altiris, see the HP Web site at http://www.hp.com.
● HP Client Configuration Manager (CCM) (select models only)
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HP System Software Manager (SSM)
HP Client Manager for Altiris (select models only)
HP Client Manager for Altiris integrates Intelligent Manageability technology into Altiris software. HP
Client Manager for Altiris provides superior hardware management capabilities for HP devices:
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Detailed views of hardware inventory for asset management
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System Checkup monitoring and diagnostics
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Web-accessible reporting of business-critical details, such as thermal warnings and memory alerts
● Remote updating of system software, such as device drivers and the system BIOS
NOTE: Additional functionality can be added when HP Client Manager for Altiris is used with optional
Altiris Solutions software (purchased separately).
When HP Client Manager for Altiris (installed on a client computer) is used with Altiris Solutions software
(installed on an administrator computer), HP Client Manager for Altiris provides increased management
functionality and centralized hardware management of client devices for the following IT life-cycle areas:
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Inventory and asset management
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System software deployment and migration
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174 Chapter 15 Management and printing
To download HP Client Manager for Altiris or to obtain more information about HP Client
Software license compliance
Computer tracking and reporting
Computer lease contract information and fixed asset tracking
Windows migration
System deployment
Personality (personal user settings) migration