User manual SYMANTEC DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4

[. . . ] Altiris Deployment SolutionTM 6. 9 SP4 from Symantec User's Guide Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2010 Symantec Corporation. Symantec, the Symantec Logo, Altiris and any Altiris or Symantec trademarks used in the product are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U. S. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. The product described in this document is distributed under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation/reverse engineering. No part of this document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Symantec Corporation and its licensors, if any. THE DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE DISCLAIMED, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH DISCLAIMERS ARE HELD TO BE LEGALLY INVALID. [. . . ] Review all selection by clicking the TCP/IP option on the Configuration page. Field Gateway Description Add additional gateways for this network adapter. TCP/IP advanced options - DNS Click Add to set a new DNS address. DNS server addresses, in order of use: Add additional Domain Naming Servers (DNS) for this network adapter. Append these DNS Suffixes (in order): Add the name of the Domain Suffix and use the up and down arrows to set the DNS suffix search order. TCP/IP advanced options - WINS Click Add to set a new WINS address. Select one of the Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP, Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP, or Use NetBIOS settings from DHCP server options for this network adapter. See also Computer configuration properties on page 101. Altiris Deployment SolutionTM from Symantec User's Guide 106 TCP/IP advanced options - static routes Field Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric Flags (Linux) Description IP address of the destination Deployment Server. IP address for the interface over which the destination can be reached. Cost associated with the route Enter the flag associated with a Linux-specific operating system. Possible flags include: U (route is up) H (target is a host) G (use gateway) R (reinstate route for dynamic routing) D (dynamically installed by daemon or redirect) M (modified from routing daemon or redirect) A (installed by addrconf) C (cache entry) !(reject route) NetWare client configuration settings Set Novell NetWare client values for a new or existing computer. Select whether you want to log in directly to a NetWare server or to a NetWare tree in the Novell Directory Service (NDS). You can specify the preferred tree, server name, and NDS context. Field Ignore NetWare settings Preferred server Preferred tree NDS User name NDS Context Description Select to disregard all Novell NetWare client settings for this computer. Enter the organizational unit context for the user. Altiris Deployment SolutionTM from Symantec User's Guide 107 Field Run login scripts Description Select this option to run the NetWare client login scripts. See also Computer configuration properties on page 101. Operating system licensing configuration settings Enter or view the license information for your Windows operating system software. Field Registered user Organization License key Description Enter the name of the registered user. This is the hash value rendered from the OEM key or 25-digit license key required when installing the operating system. See also Computer configuration properties on page 101. User account configuration settings Set up local user accounts for the newly imaged computer or when running a configuration task. Enter a user name, full name, and password; and set standard Windows login options. Field User name Full name Password Confirm password Groups Description The user name for this local Windows user account. Specify the Windows groups that this user belongs to as a comma-delimited list. Example: Administrators, Marketing, Management. Altiris Deployment SolutionTM from Symantec User's Guide 108 Field User must change password at next logon User cannot change password Password never expires Description Select to force the user to change the password after setting the configuration properties. Prohibit the user from changing the password at any time. Select to maintain the user password. See also Computer configuration properties on page 101. Deployment agents To remotely manage computers from a Deployment Console, a Deployment Agent is installed on each computer in the Deployment Server system. Deployment Agents are provided for various computer types, including Windows, Linux, and DOS computers. To set or modify Deployment Agent settings from the Deployment Server Console, right-click a computer or group, select Change Agent Settings and click Production or Automation. To set or modify agent settings for new computers, click Tools > Options, click Agent Settings. The following Deployment Agents reside on the client computer and communicate with the Deployment Server. Deployment Agent on Windows The Deployment Agent runs on Windows computers, including desktops, notebooks, and servers. See Deployment agent settings on page 110. Deployment Agent on Linux This Deployment Agent runs on Linux workstations and servers. [. . . ] Click OK, or click the Advanced tab to stop servers or workstations from running configuration task sets and jobs automatically. 4. 7. See also Sample jobs on page 196. Altiris Deployment SolutionTM from Symantec User's Guide 199 Advanced Click the Advanced tab to set options to stop Initial Deployment from automatically running the default configuration task sets and jobs. This avoids accidental re-imaging or overwriting of data and applications for either workstations, such as desktop and laptop computers, or servers, such as Web and network servers identified by Deployment Server. When a computer not yet identified by the Deployment Database is first detected, it is placed in the New Computers group and an Initial Deployment configuration set and job is run. [. . . ]