Ever had a query for basic configuration for Software Delivery? I hope the following guide will be informative to you.
Altiris Software Delivery Solution for provides secure, bandwidth-sensitive distribution and updates of applications throughout an organization. SDS supports LAN, WAN, and remote and mobile clients from a single infrastructure. Software Delivery Solution lets you define and, distribute software packages, and run programs on Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista operating systems, and also on 64-bit computers.
You can create a Software Delivery task to deliver a single application or you can create a sequential Software Delivery task to deliver multiple tasks. When using sequential Software Delivery tasks you can configure the sequence of the tasks and dependencies that must exist for each task.
Example: You can have three tasks, Task A, Task B, and Task C, in one sequential task. After setting the execution order, you can configure a dependency for Task C to execute only if Task B is executed successfully.
The Software Portal lets users install software on their computers by executing Software Delivery programs for which they have been given permission by the administrator. Software Portal options are provided in addition to existing Software Delivery Package and Program settings.
The Software Migration Wizard creates tasks that can identify applications that are installed on one or more source computers and then delivers the corresponding Software Delivery packages to one or more destination computers. You can use the Software Migration Wizard to identify applications that are installed on the original computer and then use Software Delivery to deploy software delivery packages for those applications to the new computer. If you have Altiris PC Transplant software, you can use it after the software migration to migrate the settings from the original computer to the new computer and both the applications and settings will be available to the user.
To open the software delivery solution in Altiris console, go to Configuration > Solutions Settings > Software Management > Software Delivery
The above mentioned are the most common features of Software Delivery Solution and before entering in to the common practice, we must install the required agents in client machines.
Reports:
To view the reports related to software delivery go to Reports > Software Management > Software Delivery > Windows
Notification Policies:
By Using this notification policies we can be able send the mails of the desired reports and the mail will be sent according to the scheduled time
From the Altiris console Open Tasks > Software Management > Software Delivery > Windows > Notification Policies right click and New > Notification Policy
Click on "Add" you can be able to view the following screen to specify the email address and subject.
Fill up the columns and click OK