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For more information about the peer-to-peer downloading, see the following knowledge base article: http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC9473
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my only biggest concern is... has anyone done any testing, monitoring the machines to see resources used? Our machines are heavily used and we will not use P2P just in case it hurts our machines performance.
I referred to what can be done for example with the Alitiris Agent using VBS like there are examples under ...\Altiris ASDK\Samples\Altiris Agent\VBS:
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... I guess the command-line features will do the job as well. I will have a look at them.
Thanks.
Stefan
I'm not sure if this answers your question, but there is peer-to-peer command-line interface available via aexagentutil.exe or aexnsagent.exe
Are there any "new" methods available in the Altiris Agent when peer-to-peer is enabled to call like it is possible when you have the package server agent installed. Example from Package Server agent: RefreshPackages, ResendPackagesStatus...?