Symantec ALTIRIS DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 7.1 - FOR DELL SERVERS V1.0, Manual

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Creating tasks and jobs on
Dell servers
This chapter includes the following topics:
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About deployment tasks and jobs for Dell servers
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About DTK tasks for Dell servers
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About Lifecycle Controller tasks for Dell servers
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Creating a deployment task for a Dell server
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Viewing a log file for a task
About deployment tasks and jobs for Dell servers
Deployment Solution for Dell Servers manages servers using tasks and jobs. Tasks
are individual processes, such as booting to a network ISO or configuring a DRAC
card. Each task can be scheduled and run.
See “Using Deployment Solution for Dell Servers” on page 11.
Jobs are a combination of tasks. Each job can be assigned to specific servers, and
each job specifies the order in which each task runs. For example, you can create
and run several tasks to perform a scripted OS installation (SOI) job.
See “Performing a scripted OS installation without PXE” on page 37.
Deployment Solution for Dell provides many predefined task types that you can
use to create the tasks that you need. After you create a task, you can specify the
folder that the task is stored in. You can also create new folders for your tasks.
You must create each task before it appears in any folders in the left pane of the
Symantec Management Console.
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