Deploying BESR Agent and LightsOut Recovery Option Through NS

This document is intended to outline how to deploy BESR and BESR LightsOut Recovery remotely and silently. You can use this method to mimic how Altiris Local Recovery Solution Pro was deployed to some degree. LightsOut Recovery allows you to recover a computer in a pre-boot state without needing the System Recovery Disk (SRD).

Deploying the BESR agent

1. You will need to copy the contents of "Install" directory from the BESR installation CD to a standalone directory which will be used to create the Software Delivery package for the BESR agent. Let's call this directory "BESR Client".
2. If you would like to include a license file, include it in the "BESR Client" directory. This file will eventually be copied to "c:\program files\common files\symantec shared\licenses" directory on the target machine. To help facilitate this I have created a .bat file that has one line "copy licensefilename.slf "c:\program files\common files\symantec shared\licenses". This will be invoked after the BESR agent has been installed
3. Create a Software Delivery package which points to the "BESR Client" directory and create a program, which I called, "BESR Client Install". The command line should be as follows "setup.exe /s /v"/qn /l*v %temp%\BESRInstall.log"
4. If needed, create another program called the batch file to copy over the license file.

Deploying LightOut Recovery

1. Copy the contents of the WHOLE BESR System Recovery Disk (SRD) to a standalone directory which will be used to create the Software Delivery package for LightOut Recovery. Let's call this directory "BESR SRD".
2. Create a file called "SRDConfig.ini" and place it into the "BESR SRD\Manager" directory. The contents of the file should be as follows:
   

   ;Details for SRD Installation
   [config]
   srdroot = ..
   tempdir =
   driveletter = c:
   srdmenutext = "Symantec Recovery Disk"
   windowsmenutext = "Windows"
   bootfoldername = srd2
   timedisplay = 5
   enablepca = TRUE
   enablenetwork = TRUE
   staticip = FALSE
   srddefaultlanguage = en
    
    

3. Create a Software Delivery package which points to the "BESR SRD" directory and create a program, which I called, "BESR SRD Install". The command line should be as follows: "MANAGER\MODIFIABLESRD.EXE" -bootfolder -noui -configfilepath . -logfilepath c:\
4. What this will do is install SRD into a hidden directory on c:\ called "SRD2". It will tell Windows to boot to this directory first before booting into Windows normally. This will present a menu option at boot with 2 choices, one being "Symantec Recovery Disk" and the other "Windows". These are the values set in the SRDConfig.ini file.