Symantec ALTIRIS 7.0 SP2 - MANAGEMENT SOLUTION, Manual

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it with Quick Delivery, Managed Software Delivery, or the Software Portal. Before
you can use any of those delivery methods, you must assign the 6.x software
package to a software resource.
For more information, see the topics about data migration in the Symantec
Management Platform Installation Guide.
You can assign a 6.x software package to a new software resource or an existing
software resource. If the existing software resource already contains packages,
the 6.x package is added to the list of packages. When you assign software packages
to software resources, you can select a single package or multiple packages. If you
select a single package, the Assign Package to Software Resource wizard is used.
If you select multiple packages, a package assignment task is created for the
selected packages.
See “Assigning an Altiris 6.x software package to a software resource” on page 153.
See “Assigning multiple Altiris 6.x software packages to software resources”
on page 154.
When you assign a 6.x software package to a software resource, the location of
the package’s files does not change. However, after you assign a software package
to a software resource, you can add the package’s files to the Software Library.
When you assign a package to a software resource, the Software Portal settings
Install Software and Install On Approval are migrated to the software resource.
For more information, see the topic about the Software Publishing tab in the
Software Management Solution Help.
Assigning an Altiris 6.x software package to a
software resource
After you migrate 6.x software packages to Software Management Solution, you
should assign them to software resources. You must assign them to software
resources to deliver them with any of the following 7.0 delivery methods: Quick
Delivery, Managed Software Delivery, or the Software Portal.
See “About assigning 6.x software packages to software resources” on page 152.
When you assign a 6.x software package to a software resource, you can edit the
package’s command lines. Afterwards, you can access the software resource in
the Software Catalog and edit any of its data.
You can also assign multiple packages to software resources at the same time. If
you migrated numerous 6.x software packages, you can save time by assigning
multiple packages at the same time.
153 Delivering 6.x software packages
Assigning an Altiris 6.x software package to a software resource