Symantec ALTIRIS 7.0 SP2 - MANAGEMENT SOLUTION, Manual

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Lets you define default settings for all new Software
Management Solution policies.
See “Configuring the default settings for Managed Software
Delivery” on page 54.
See “Run settings in Software Management Solution”
on page 61.
On the Managed Delivery
Settings page, on the Run
tab.
Lets you change the settings for a specific software resource
that the policy contains. The changes that you make for a
software resource in a specific policy override the global
settings.
See “Editing a Managed Software Delivery policy”
on page 113.
In a Managed Software
Delivery policy, these
settings appear in the
Advanced Options dialog
box, on the Results-based
actions tab.
Table 3-9
Options in the Results-based actions section or tab
Description Option
Lets you define an action to occur after the policy runs successfully.
The options are as follows:
■
No action required
■
Restart computer
■
Log off user
Upon success run
Lets you allow the user to defer the post-execution action up to the maximum amount
of time that you select.
This option is not available if you clicked the No action required option in the Upon
success run drop-down list.
Allow user to defer action up
to
Lets you force any applications that are running on the client computer to close before
a post-execution restart or logoff occurs.
This option is not available if you clicked the No action required option in the Upon
success run drop-down list.
Force running applications
to close
Lets you define the amount of time to wait before the policy terminates if it stops
responding. Terminate after
Defines whether the policy aborts, continues, or restarts when it fails.
When you create a Managed Software Delivery policy, this setting is the same for
each software resource and task that the policy contains. You can edit the policy to
override this setting for each software resource and task. For example, if the execution
of the first software resource fails, you can run subsequent items. Conversely, if one
execution in the sequence fails, you can abort the remaining items in the sequence.
Upon failure
Configuring Software Management Solution settings
Run settings in Software Management Solution
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