Installation

Do you hate, when launching the Altiris console for the first time, that you have to install those CAB files?

Well, Altiris has provided a neat little utility to install those CAB files for you.

Symantec's next-generation endpoint protection product is one of the first solutions to be integrated with the Altiris Notification Server platform. This article discusses the integration points.

You may face problems when using the slipstream process to install Software Virtualization Solution in an XP Service Pack 3 environment. Have you tried? It ends up rolling back.

This only occurs in a slipstreamed XP Service Pack 3 installation.

Altiris Workflow Solution allows non-technical business professionals to create, change, test, automate and manage the processes that drive your business. From service catalogs to hardware purchasing to tracking purchase orders, Workflow Solution allows you to manage the entire process, both the hardware and human interaction.

In the previous 4 sections we covered troubleshooting for the Provisioning process for Intel vPro capable systems. The next few articles will cover troubleshooting the management side once systems have been provisioned. The management of AMT systems can be accomplished through Task Server (via the APIs included with Real-Time Console Infrastructure, or RTCI) or through the Real-Time tab available with Real-Time System Manager (RTSM). Part 5 covers the configuration of Real-Time Console Infrastructure, which both RTSM and Task Server uses when invoking AMT functions.

Altiris Notification Server 7, currently in closed Beta, offers dozens of major changes. One of the most important changes has to do with the installation process. This article introduces the new installation manager.

In my role as a Sr. Systems Engineer specializing in Packaging and Software Virtualization, I often come across customers who would like to get access to a quick sample to get them started with a specific feature of Wise Package Studio and / or Windows Installer.

Per machine advertisement followed by installation by a normal user account is the most comprehensive test for this situation. As an administrator use the following command line to advertise the application to the local machine.

Deployment server has some great options for automating process. However many of those options can go unused for awhile simply because you are not exactly sure of how your organization would use those abilities granted by Deployment server. Recently at our organization we went through a close review of options to streamline the new equipment process. Here are some details for how we proceeded.

Macintosh information for Altiris is a little sparse and I've often been left in the cold with questions. Hopefully this article will help guide those who are trying to get Macs to show up in the Deployment Console.

Getting a Mac into the DS allows you to have control over the machines, copy files to them, and see their inventory.