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The best way to install the Altiris AClient as part of the base imaging task, is to have the Deployment Server copy the most recent version of the AClient to the local drive, followed by a call from the Windows XP Cmdlines.txt file to run the installation.

Here are some more tips and tricks for those who use Deployment Solution for Dell Servers 3+ to manage their Dell Server hardware. This article builds on its predecessor, providing more shortcuts and clues on how to make your job easier as an IT manager over Dell systems.

Being able to capture applications or updates in a layer is the Holy Grail of the SVS SDK and, well, the reason people use SVS. Surprisingly, creating and capturing layers is one of the simplest things to do with the SDK, especially when compared to Export and Import. With the information presented in this article you should easily be able to implement these SVS features into any tool you're making.

In connection with Joel's article on Improving Load Performance in Real-Time Systems Manager, the following VBscript provides a shortcut to opening an RTSM page for a system.

By now if you've been following along with my article series you should be able to initialize SVS, perform common actions and Import and Export, so what next? A common task in SVS is to get a layer name from a GUID or vice-versa, which is where Layer Attributes come into play. But it's not just getting GUIDs, you can do a lot more with SVS Attributes such as the location of the redirect paths or if a layer is active or not.

I will be providing a class, named FLS2 that you can download and use as well as articles on how to use the class. At first there won't be many methods in FSL2 because I'll only add them as I complete the documentation. There's also a lot I haven't used or marshaled in as of this writing. To make things easy and simple every time there's a new article posted and the class is updated I'll put all notes here -- in this book.

This is a great way to further optimize your 'post deployment' configuration of machines.

In Part Two of my SVS SDK series I covered common methods such as activate and delete. Please review those articles before reading this one because I won't cover anything mentioned in Part One or Part Two here. Hint: the methods covered in Part Three won't work without what was covered in Part One.