Symantec ALTIRIS 7.0 SP2 - MANAGEMENT SOLUTION, Manual

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If you need to perform a quick delivery of a single software resource, use Quick
Delivery instead of Managed Software Delivery.
See “About quick delivery of a single software resource” on page 131.
Advanced delivery actions that Managed Software
Delivery can perform
Managed Software Delivery is a policy-based delivery method that lets you respond
to an assortment of advanced delivery requirements. A single Managed Software
Delivery policy can perform multiple delivery actions.
See “About advanced software deliveries” on page 96.
Table 6-1
Advanced delivery actions that Managed Software Delivery can
perform
Description Delivery action
In its simplest form, Managed Software Delivery delivers a single software resource with
its associated package and command line. It downloads the software and installs it on the
managed computer according to a defined schedule. It does not perform a compliance
check and it always considers the computer to be compliant. Deliver software
You can set the Managed Software Delivery schedule to repeat daily, weekly, monthly, or
yearly. The most common use of a recurring delivery is to check and remediate software
on the client computer. Perform the delivery on
a recurring schedule
Managed Software Delivery installs the software to a specific known state on the client
computer. On a recurring basis, Managed Software Delivery can perform a compliance
check to verify that the state is maintained. If the state of the software is out of compliance,
Managed Software Delivery performs a remediation to restore the correct state.
See “About policy applicability, compliance, and remediation” on page 102.
Check and remediate
software on the client
computer
Managed Software Delivery checks the client computer for the dependencies of a software
resource that it delivers.
When a client computer does not contain the dependency software, Managed Software
Delivery can perform either of the following actions:
■
Trigger a compliance failure and stop the delivery.
■
Perform a remediation by installing the missing dependency.
Deliver software
dependencies to the
client computer as
needed
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Advanced delivery actions that Managed Software Delivery can perform