Symantec ALTIRIS 7.0 SP2 - MANAGEMENT SOLUTION, Manual

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By default, the Software Catalog contains a software resource for the Software
Virtualization agent. You can use any delivery method to deliver the agent to
client computers. You are licensed to deliver the Software Virtualization agent
to as many nodes as you purchased for Software Management Solution.
As with any other software resource, when you install the Software Virtualization
agent, you can use its default command lines or create your own.
For more information, see the topics about creating and editing command lines
in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
The Software Virtualization agent requires that the Software Management Solution
agent is installed on the client computers.
See “Installing the Software Management Solution agent” on page 38.
To install the Software Virtualization agent
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Create any type of software delivery policy or task and specify the software
resource for the Software Virtualization agent.
See “Methods for delivering software” on page 88.
Web parts for Software Management Solution
Web parts are the building blocks for portal pages in the Symantec Management
Console. Web parts are predefined for the products that you have installed. You
can edit the predefined Web parts, and you can create new Web parts. Your user
privileges determine which of the Web parts you can use and whether you can
edit and add Web parts.
For more information, see the topics about portal pages and Web parts in the
Symantec Management Platform Help.
Table 2-5
Web parts for Software Management Solution
Description Web part
Displays a pie chart that summarizes all the open requests that
are in the Software Portal and groups them by status. It also
shows the number of requests that are in each status group. Open Software Request
Status
Lists all software deliveries and displays a green bar next to those
that succeeded and a red bar next to those that failed. It includes
the following delivery types: Managed Software Delivery, Quick
Delivery, Package Delivery, and Legacy Software Delivery. Recent Software
Delivery Status
Implementing Software Management Solution
Web parts for Software Management Solution
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