Symantec ALTIRIS 7.0 SP2 - MANAGEMENT SOLUTION, Manual

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compliance process to occur during the day and the remediation to occur only
during a maintenance window.
The compliance process and remediation process in Managed Software Delivery
are especially effective when you schedule the policy to run on a recurring basis.
The recurring policy ensures that the software remains in the correct state on
the client computers.
Table 6-4
Applicability, compliance, and remediation actions
Description Action
(Windows only) The applicability check determines whether the client
computer has the correct environment for an installation of the
software. If the computer does not have the correct environment, the
policy execution stops. Applicability
A compliance check uses the software resource’s unique identifier to
determine whether the software is installed on the client computer.
For Windows-based software, you can define a detection rule that
contains additional information about the software and makes the
detection process even more accurate.
For more information, see the topics about detection and applicability
rules in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
The compliance check always checks for the presence of the software
on the client computer. The check returns True if the software is
installed and False if the software is not installed. The correct state
of a software resource can mean that it is installed or that it is not
installed. A Managed Software Delivery policy is considered compliant
if all the software resources that it contains are in the correct state
on the client computer. If the software is not in the correct state, it is
considered to be out of compliance.
Compliance
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