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[2009/01/06 09:25:26.265 1636:1916 2] Imaging.cpp@437 Output @imagePath=\\@SSName

\deployment\task handler\image\879de9c6-78a2-41ba-a282-833c6b2946e9\XP2.img

[2009/01/06 09:25:26.265 1636:1916 2] Imaging.cpp@443 Found @ServerName - value =

SITESERVER1

[2009/01/06 09:25:26.265 1636:1916 2] Imaging.cpp@450 Replaced @SSName, new

fullImagePath = "\\SITESERVER1\deployment\task handler\image\

879de9c6-78a2-41ba-a282-833c6b2946e9\XP2.img"

[2009/01/06 09:25:26.265 1636:1916 2] Imaging.cpp@581 Call CreateAProccess

(\\SITESERVER1\deployment, \task handler\rdeploy\rdeployt.exe,

-noprompt -md

-f"\\SITESERVER1\deployment\task handler\image

\879de9c6-78a2-41ba-a282-833c6b2946e9\XP2.img" -p1 -sz1:100p)

[2009/01/06 09:25:26.265 1636:1916 2] Imaging.cpp@940 WNetCancelConnection2

(\\SITESERVER1\deployment)

[2009/01/06 09:25:26.890 1636:1916 2] Imaging.cpp@974 CreateProcess

(’\\SITESERVER1\deployment\task handler\rdeploy\rdeployt.exe’, ’ -noprompt -md

-f"\\SITESERVER1\deployment\task handler\image\

879de9c6-78a2-41ba-a282-833c6b2946e9\XP2.img" -p1 -sz1:100p’)

[2009/01/06 09:25:27.890 1636:1916 2] Imaging.cpp@1003 Child Process returned

error=41

[2009/01/06 09:25:27.890 1636:1916 0] Imaging.cpp@130 Create Process failed

value=41, error=183

[2009/01/06 09:25:27.890 1636:1916 2] Imaging.cpp@737::CopyIniFileToProduction()

[2009/01/06 09:25:27.890 1636:1916 2] Imaging.cpp@751 Input @exe=firm.exe

[2009/01/06 09:25:27.906 1636:1916 2] Imaging.cpp@765 Input @serverName=SITESERVER1

[2009/01/06 09:25:27.906 1636:1916 2] Imaging.cpp@779 Input @authenticationPoint=

\deployment

[2009/01/06 09:25:27.906 1636:1916 2] Imaging.cpp@795 Input @path=\Task Handler

[2009/01/06 09:25:27.906 1636:1916 2] Imaging.cpp@811 Call CreateAProccess

(\\SITESERVER1\deployment, \Task Handler\firm.exe,

copy

"X:\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\PECTAgent.ini"

"PROD:\boot\altiris\iso\@inject@\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\PECTAgent.ini")

[2009/01/06 09:25:27.906 1636:1916 2] Imaging.cpp@940 WNetCancelConnection2

(\\SITESERVER1\deployment)

[2009/01/06 09:25:27.906 1636:1916 2] Imaging.cpp@974 CreateProcess

(’\\SITESERVER1\deployment\Task Handler\firm.exe’, ’

copy "X:\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\PECTAgent.ini" "PROD:

\boot\altiris\iso\@inject@\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\PECTAgent.ini")

[2009/01/06 09:25:29.609 1636:1916 2] Imaging.cpp@1007 CreateAProcess returned 0’

[2009/01/06 09:25:29.609 1636:1916 2] Imaging.cpp@1063 Output @errorMessage=Create

Process failed value=41, error=183

[2009/01/06 09:25:29.609 1636:1916 2] Imaging.cpp@1072 Imaging completed.

Failure return!!

Example log files

ClientImaging_Task.txt

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Page 7: ...3 About Deployment site server components 24 About PXE 24 Installing Deployment site server components 25 Chapter 3 Configuring Deployment Solution settings 29 Configuring deployment and migration settings 29 About Sysprep imaging 32 Adding an OS license 33 Creating a PXE preboot image 33 Adding a driver for a preboot configuration 34 About automation folders 35 About configuring a PXE server 36 A...

Page 8: ...ng an image 55 About preparing to capture a disk image 57 Prepare for Image Capture options 57 About deploying images to multiple computers 58 About creating an image 59 Create Image options 59 Advanced Create Image options 60 About deploying an image 61 Deploy Image options 62 Advanced Deploy Image options 63 Restoring a backup image 63 Deploying new computers 64 Adding new system configuration s...

Page 9: ...nsplant 73 About personality templates 74 About migration settings 76 Capturing user settings 76 Capture options 77 Distributing user settings 78 Deploy options 79 Appendix A Example log files 81 rd2D7C26 txt 81 ClientImaging_Task txt 82 Index 85 9 Contents ...

Page 10: ...Contents 10 ...

Page 11: ...n works with Symantec Management Platform you can now use Deployment Solution servers to share jobs and tasks images and security roles You can also take advantage of the Symantec Management Platform features of hierarchy and replication in your Deployment Solution environment Deployment Solution lets you perform the following tasks Capture and restore disk images Create and deploy Sysprep enabled...

Page 12: ... installation locations on the Windows platform PC Transplant Editor C Program Files Altiris Altiris Agent Agents Deployment Task Handler PCT PCTEdit exe PC Transplant Wizard C Program Files Altiris Altiris Agent Agents Deployment Task Handler PCT PCTWiz exe Boot Disk Creator C Program Files Altiris Altiris Agent Agents Deployment Task Handler bootwiz exe RapiDeploy ImageExplorer C Program Files A...

Page 13: ... in About Deployment site server components About PXE Installing Deployment site server components Using Deployment Solution You can use Deployment Solution to handle all of your deployment needs When you use Deployment Solution for the first time you can access the First Time Setup page to simplify the process This page provides links to other pages that let you perform the initial steps that you...

Page 14: ...mary of your environment from the Deployment Portal Step 1 You can enable a policy that installs the Deployment plug in to the computers that you select See Installing the Deployment plug in on page 19 Install the Deployment plug in Step 2 You can choose a default task to run after the new computer starts You can also add any tasks that you want in the initial deployment menu of the new computer Y...

Page 15: ...uters that the task runs on See Scheduling a deployment task on page 44 You can check the status of your deployment tasks by running a report See Checking the state of a task on page 45 Create schedule and run deployment tasks Step 4 You can create disk images to deploy to multiple computers You can also create backup images that copy the contents of a single computer See About images on page 52 I...

Page 16: ...on product See Components of Deployment Solution on page 12 Optional Use additional deployment tools Step 10 About the Deployment Portal The Deployment Portal is the home page for Deployment Solution It contains several smaller windows that provide a summary of your deployment environment You can find the portal under the Home menu in the console You can also change the size of and collapse the de...

Page 17: ... 2 Deployment Portal windows Description Windows Displays a tree view of the managed computers that are in your environment Computers Displays a list of the managed computers that are in your environment You can filter the computers that are listed by entering text in the Search Computers box Computer View Displays the current statistics for the computer that you select in the ComputerView pane Fo...

Page 18: ...lopment Portal Slide out panel For more information search for topics on portal pages in the Symantec Management Platform Help Using Deployment Solution for the first time When you use Deployment Solution for the first time you can access the First Time Setup page This page provides links to other pages that let you perform the initial steps that you need to complete to use deployment and migratio...

Page 19: ...n policies on page 20 Install Deployment Plug in See Installing the Deployment plug in on page 19 You can expand each link for a description of that task 3 After you complete each task click the green circle in front of that task to add a checkmark Installing the Deployment plug in The Deployment plug in lets you capture and deploy disk images migrate the data settings and the personality settings...

Page 20: ...d the corresponding folder 4 Click the install policy that you want to use 5 In the right pane in the Program name box ensure that the correct policy is selected 6 Under Applied to select the computers that you want to install the plug in on 7 Under Schedule select when you want to install the plug in 8 Optional Click Advanced to check if the computers you selected are available at the exact time ...

Page 21: ...ters The automation WIM lets you quickly reboot to the WinPE environment See About automation folders on page 35 Deployment Automation Folder Install Uninstalls the automation WIM that was previously installed Deployment Automation Folder Uninstall Installs and registers the plug in that the task agent uses when a Deployment specific task is defined See Installing the Deployment plug in on page 19...

Page 22: ...nt plug in You can uninstall the Deployment plug in by using the plug in uninstall policy This policy is turned off by default To use this policy turn off the install policy Otherwise the plug in can be reinstalled as soon as it is uninstalled See Installing the Deployment plug in on page 19 After the policy is turned on the plug in is uninstalled from all computers that meet the criteria of the f...

Page 23: ...is necessary You can access the filters that are used from the Manage Filters Software Filters Agent and Plug in Filters menu See About Deployment Solution policies on page 20 To upgrade the Deployment plug in 1 In the Symantec Management Console on the Settings menu click Agent Plug ins All Agents Plug ins 2 In the left pane expand the Agents Plug ins Deployment and Migration folders 3 Click the ...

Page 24: ...rd deployment tasks to an assigned computer The components also include all of the tools that Deployment Solution needs These tools include RapidDeploy Ghost and Boot Disk Creator See Components of Deployment Solution on page 12 The Deployment site server that is assigned to each computer also includes a Deployment share Any files that need to be downloaded or written by Deployment Solution proces...

Page 25: ...for a preboot configuration on page 34 You can have more than one Deployment site server on a broadcast domain However all Deployment site servers on this kind of domain should be assigned to the same Symantec Management Platform site For example if a client on this domain sends a PXE request you cannot tell which Deployment site server might respond If the responding server doesn t know that a PX...

Page 26: ...mponents are installed your packages become valid and can then be replicated You can uninstall and upgrade the components by choosing the appropriate policy and following those steps For more information search for site server and task server topics in the Symantec Management Platform Help To install Deployment site server components 1 In the Symantec Management Console on the Settings menu click ...

Page 27: ...9 Ensure that the policy is enabled A green On symbol shows in the top right corner 10 Click Save changes 27 Getting started with Deployment Solution Installing Deployment site server components ...

Page 28: ...Getting started with Deployment Solution Installing Deployment site server components 28 ...

Page 29: ...initial deployment settings Configuring deployment and migration settings Using the Settings Deployment and Migration menu an administrator can perform several tasks These tasks include managing packages configuring deployment specific settings and managing OS licenses The tasks in the following table are listed in the suggested order that you complete them the first time you use Deployment Soluti...

Page 30: ...cense using the OS Licenses option Step 2 You can create your PXE preboot configuration settings From your configuration settings a PXE image is also created through a task based policy at a site server level You can also set up a PXE image for an unmanagedcomputer See Creating a PXE preboot image on page 33 Youcanconfigureyour PXE server in another step See Aboutconfiguring a PXE server on page 3...

Page 31: ...e automation at one time See Aboutconfiguring a PXE server on page 36 Configure your PXE server using the Symantec BootServices PXE PXEServerConfiguration option Step 5 You can see the drivers that are in your deployment environment You can manage the drivers database package that DeployAnywhere uses By default the package replicates to all of the site servers in your environment See Adding a driv...

Page 32: ... deploy cab file into Deployment Solution using the Sysprep Imaging Configuration option When you work with Microsoft domains each computer must use a unique Windows SID SIDs are security IDs that are used with Windows NT and later operating systems Before you deploy Windows images you should remove the existing SID from a computer to avoid causing network problems The Prepare for Image capture ta...

Page 33: ... 6 Type the product key 7 Optional Type a description for the license 8 Click OK Your new license displays in the OS Licenses list Creating a PXE preboot image The Preboot Configuration page lets you add a new policy for a preboot configuration After you have a configuration you can use it to create a PXE image Tasks can then access and use that specific preboot configuration based image The prebo...

Page 34: ...y the client computers that are configured to boot to and from their network card can access the configuration Automation folder This preboot configuration can be installed on the client computer by using policies Both PXE and Automation folder This option builds both types of configurations 10 Click OK 11 Ensure that the policy is enabled A green On symbol shows in the top right corner 12 Click S...

Page 35: ...ration view and clicking the Recreate Preboot Environment link in its menu About automation folders Automation folders store preboot operating systems Some deployment tasks require that a client computer first boot to a preboot operating system You can get a preboot operating system from a PXE server or from an automation folder that is installed on the client computer You can install an automatio...

Page 36: ...ge 36 The unmanaged computer boots from a network card and asks for a PXE server The PXE server hears this request and compares the computer against its list of known computers After the server determines that the computer is unknown it sends a preboot operating system to the computer This operating system is the same system that you configured in the PXE Server Configuration option After the unkn...

Page 37: ...ngs Deployment and Migration folders 3 Click Initial Deployment Settings 4 Select how long to display the task menu before the default task is performed 5 Select whether to run a default task or to turn off the computer after it initially starts 6 Add any tasks that you want displayed in the Initial Deployment menu 7 Optional Select the default task 8 Click Save changes 37 Configuring Deployment S...

Page 38: ...Configuring Deployment Solution settings Configuring the initial deployment settings 38 ...

Page 39: ...ing jobs to an unmanaged computer Copy File options About wiping a disk Partition Disk options About iLO power management About deployment tasks and jobs DeploymentSolutionmanagescomputersusingtasksandjobs Tasksareindividual processes such as creating an image or capturing a computer s personality Each task can be scheduled and run Jobs are a combination of tasks Each task can be assigned to speci...

Page 40: ...cution path is followed for all nodes For example the logic for a job specifies that the job stops if one of the tasks fails When that task fails out or times in one node that job stops for all of the nodes Deployment Solution provides the following predefined tasks Table 4 1 Predefined deployment tasks Description Task Applies the new configurations to a computer See Adding new system configurati...

Page 41: ...e on page 57 Prepare for Image capture Instructs a computer to boot to the production OS PXE or automation folder See Starting computers in different modes on page 46 Reboot To Deploys the backup image files not disk image files See Restoring a backup image on page 63 Restore BackUp Image You can also create many other types of tasks that work with Deployment Solution to add more functionality For...

Page 42: ...ent task is created it is listed under the Jobs and Tasks Deployment and Migration folder Click any task to view the properties of that task You can drag and drop tasks to other folders and manually create folders Any folders that you create do not display until you create a task or job in that folder Several tasks can also be combined into one job See Combining tasks into a job on page 44 A task ...

Page 43: ... Symantec Management Console on the Manage menu click Jobs and Tasks 2 In the right pane click Create a new job or task 3 On the Create New Task page in the left pane expand the Deployment and Migration folder 4 Click Apply System Configuration 5 Optional In the right pane select a predefined configuration You can click Edit configuration to edit an existing configuration See System configuration ...

Page 44: ...ment Platform Help See Using Deployment Solution on page 13 To combine tasks into a job 1 In the Symantec Management Console on the Manage menu click Jobs and Tasks 2 In the left pane right click the folder where you want the job to be stored in and then click New Client Job or New Server Job 3 In the right pane create or add the tasks you want You can click New to add new jobs or tasks to your jo...

Page 45: ...computer using the Quick Run option 5 If you want to schedule the task to run at a later time or you want to schedule multiple computers click New Schedule 6 Choose the date and time that you want the task to run You can also select the task to run at specific intervals 7 Select the Run Options that you want 8 Select the computers that you want the task to run on 9 Click Schedule Checking the stat...

Page 46: ...ether Assign this task only if you want to perform a custom automation task See About deployment tasks and jobs on page 39 To start computers in different modes 1 In the Symantec Management Console on the Manage menu click Jobs and Tasks 2 In the right pane click Create a new job or task 3 On the CreateNewTask page under DeploymentandMigration click Reboot to 4 Click the mode that you want 5 Click...

Page 47: ... navigate to a txt or a cvs file that contains the information about the computer to import You can copy a sample Pre DefinedComputers csv file from the Program Files Altiris Notification Server NSCap bin Win32 X86 Deployment Sample PreDefinedComputers folder Copy File options You can use the Copy File task to install files and applications You can copy the installation msi or exe file by running ...

Page 48: ...are already uploaded Location The credentials that you need to obtain the source files Source credentials The location where the files are copied to Destination The optional command line instructions Command Line The credentials that are needed to execute the command line instructions Credentials About wiping a disk You can use the Erase Disk task to wipe a disk clean When you reallocate hardware ...

Page 49: ...ployment task on page 42 Partition Disk options You can run the Partition Disk task to create partitions on a disk drive See About deployment tasks and jobs on page 39 Before you perform a scripted OS installation your drive must have partitions See About scripted OS installations on page 69 The drive that you want to partition must not contain any previous partitions on it If the drive was previo...

Page 50: ...anagement to effectively unplug and plug in a computer iLO power management works only when the correct version of the sm2user dll file is installed HP installs this DLL and it must be version 8 11 00 0 or later to enable iLO functionality in Symantec Management Platform You can see the iLO capabilities of a specific server by using the Manage Computers menu Then right click a server name in your ...

Page 51: ...esource or personality resource Creating and deploying an image About preparing to capture a disk image Prepare for Image Capture options About deploying images to multiple computers About creating an image Create Image options Advanced Create Image options About deploying an image Deploy Image options Advanced Deploy Image options Restoring a backup image Deploying new computers 5 Chapter ...

Page 52: ...s created A Notification Server package is created for disk images only See About disk image packages on page 53 A resource for the image is added to the CMDB See About image resources on page 53 A new folder and image file is created each time that you run a task to capture an image If you run the same task on the same computer three times you have three different folders and image files for that...

Page 53: ...2 The Symantec Management Console uses the resource list to display what images can be deployed However the console does not verify if the image file already exists If your image file is deleted from the server it is still possible to create a task to deploy the deleted image In this case the task fails You can view a list of your image resources from the Manage All Resources Default All Resources...

Page 54: ...from the Package Servers tab You can choose from the following package distribution options All package servers Individual package servers Package servers by site Package servers automatically with manual prestaging You can also delete packages See Deleting an image package on page 54 Deleting an image package Image packages are created when you create a disk image Both an image package and an ima...

Page 55: ...details of the image that you selected The path to the image file is not listed 5 In the left pane click Delete The resource link is deleted from the database but the actual image file is not deleted from disk You need to delete the image file manually Creating and deploying an image For Windows the images that are deployed to multiple computers are prepared using Microsoft Sysprep to remove drive...

Page 56: ...s 2003 only Install Sysprep files on the reference computer Step 2 The operating system license is used to re license your reference computer after Sysprep runs See Adding an OS license on page 33 For Linux this step is optional Add an operating system license Step 3 You can create disk images and backup images See About creating an image on page 59 Create an image Step 4 You can deploy an image t...

Page 57: ...while creating this task See Prepare for Image Capture options on page 57 You must create a deployment task before you can run it See Creating a deployment task on page 42 Prepare for Image Capture options You can configure the following options while creating the Prepare for Image Capture task See About preparing to capture a disk image on page 57 Table 5 3 Prepare for Image Capture options Descr...

Page 58: ... Creating and deploying an image on page 55 Deployment Solution uses the multicasting abilities of the RapiDeploy application RapiDeploy is more efficient when it writes directly to the IP address You can enter a range of IP addresses when using the multicasting feature for faster image deployment Because some network cards do not handle multiple multicast addresses you can also identify a range o...

Page 59: ...nd deploying an image on page 55 Backup images retain the data and software of a specific computer A backup image contains a snapshot of the hard disk of a computer A backup image can be restored only to the computer that it was captured from The image has the same name as the computer from which it was captured By default the first disk in the system is imaged using Ghost in optimizeforspeed mode...

Page 60: ...he Create Image task lets you configure additional options See About creating an image on page 59 You can choose several other options while creating this task See Create Image options on page 59 Table 5 6 Advanced Create Image options Description Option Determines at what point an image file is split into multiple files The maximum size depends on the imaging tool Ghost or RapiDeploy Media Lets y...

Page 61: ...puter configuration contains the computer name network settings and domain See Creating and deploying an image on page 55 If Initial Deployment is used you select the configuration settings to apply to the computer after it is imaged To deploy a new computer that does not have an operating system use Initial Deployment See Deploying new computers on page 64 If the computer is a member of a domain ...

Page 62: ...loyment Solution you can add one by clicking New The Current Key option is available only for Windows Vista and later versions of the Windows operating system Product Key An option that runs DeployAnywhere after the image is deployed DeployAnywhere runs while the computer is still running the WinPE preboot operating system This option discovers what type of hardware is on the destination computer ...

Page 63: ...n Lets you add command line options for the imaging tool Command line Lets you configure the number of computers to run the task before the image is multicast You can change the default settings If the threshold count is 2 there must be at least two client computers and one master computer before multicasting is used in this session Multicasting is supported only with the RapiDeploy imaging tool M...

Page 64: ... Optional Click Advanced to specify additional parameters The additional parameters include the following options Partition resizing settings Command line switches for the imaging engine Ghost or RapiDeploy Files and folders to preserve in the target computer during an image restore Click OK to save your options 6 Click OK 7 Schedule the task See Scheduling a deployment task on page 44 Deploying n...

Page 65: ...f your hard disks or installed operating systems See About PXE on page 24 Reboot the client using PXE Step 4 A new computer is defined as a computer that is not known to the database An Initial Deployment task can be used only on new computers Start the new computer using the automation disk and select the task that you created from the Initial Deployment menu Step 5 Adding new system configuratio...

Page 66: ... computer name or choose a name range You can also specify a Workgroup Domain or Organizational unit See System configuration editor settings on page 66 7 To change the configuration for a domain enter the administrative domain credentials at the bottom of the page 8 On the NetworkAdapters tab choose a domain suffix the number of network adapters and other IP address settings 9 Click OK System con...

Page 67: ...is the number that you want to start with This string increments by 1 for each computer that receives the configuration Name Range Computer Name This tab lets you specify network settings and provide a starting IP address if using the Name Range feature If you change an IP address from DHCP to static you need to supply the subnet mask and gateway Even if they are the same as they were when you use...

Page 68: ...re met A Symantec Management Console server exists in your environment that has multiple site servers The source of a successful CaptureDiskImage job of Computer 1 to site server 1 is set at SiteServer1 Images GUID The administrator creates a Deploy Image job to Computer 2 which is registered with site server 2 The task is scheduled before you use the All Settings option in the Symantec Management...

Page 69: ... that package The source files include all of the files that are needed for a scripted install You can use the Install Windows OS or Install Linux OS tasks to perform a scripted install for Windows or Linux See About Windows scripted OS installations on page 71 You can add files to your package using the OSFiles link in the Deployment Portal and by clicking Add Files See About the Deployment Porta...

Page 70: ...you want to add Source files are located in the Program Files Altiris Altiris Agent Agents Deployment Task Handler SOI directory See About scripted OS installations on page 69 Table 6 1 OS Files options Description Option The name that you want assigned to your file package Name A description for your OS package Description The platform for the operating system Platform Sample scripted OS job A sc...

Page 71: ...tion Disk options on page 49 You must create a deployment task before you can run it See Creating a deployment task on page 42 This task downloads a program that installs the Symantec Management Agent After the agent is installed the install policy installs the Deployment plug in if the policy is on You can choose from several options while creating this task See Install Windows OS options on page...

Page 72: ...re computer Uses the information that is stored in the CMDB to rename and configure the computer Use default configuration settings Uses the default settings Configuration file Uses a custom answer file Configuration The advanced options These options include a specific drive to install the operating system on You can also set the region for the language and keyboard and the type of video settings...

Page 73: ...tribute a computer s personality Personalities are the files that contain the user data and application settings Personalities contain the documents the registry settings and the configuration files that are associated with applications They also contain many other windows settings Personalities are usually captured as part of an operating system migration or as a backup You can choose what settin...

Page 74: ...al time migration from one computer to another In real time migrations you can map users and their properties create user accounts and install applications Personality Packages are based on the templates that you can run from command line instructions to automate operating system migrations You can build and edit your own templates to define the settings file and options that you want for your Per...

Page 75: ...ecify either local or domain users Capture Local Users Migrates the settings for local users By adding the domain to the Redirect to domain field you can also migrate users to pre existing domain accounts Capture Domain Users You can migrate all of the users in a domain by selecting the Capture domain users option You can also choose to migrate specific users by adding the user in the source and d...

Page 76: ... create custom A2i files using the A2i Builder utility Personality templates determine the individual files and folders to migrate The computer that you use to build the Personality Package registers the file types that you can choose to migrate See About personality templates on page 74 You determine what desktop and network settings to migrate based on the text files that are called Settings Fil...

Page 77: ...personalities you can use the COMPNAME token as the personality name This token creates a unique name for each personality You can also select a template for your personality See About personality templates on page 74 3 Select the other options that you want See Capture options on page 77 4 Click OK 5 Schedule the task See Scheduling a deployment task on page 44 Capture options The capture options...

Page 78: ... See Capturing user settings on page 76 Personality Packages are stored in the Program Files Altiris Altiris Agent Agents Deployment Task Handler PCTPackages directory This directory contains several folders that are named with GUIDs After you create a personality the package is located in one of these folders See About deployment tasks and jobs on page 39 To restore user settings 1 In the Symante...

Page 79: ...een while the Personality Package is running You can click the Display Options box to enable this option Package Display Runs the package on the destination computer without any user intervention If this option is the only option that you choose the user sees the package being installed RunPersonalityPackageinquiet mode Determines what action occurs when a file already exists on the destination co...

Page 80: ...Migrating personality settings Deploy options 80 ...

Page 81: ...oes not exist You do not have permission for this operation on the file or directory Possible resolutions Make sure the file exists and is accessible If the missing file is part of this program reinstall the program Fix the permissions on the file or directory Technical details Logfile created Tue Jan 06 09 25 27 2009 Build rdeployt exe 6 9 8853 Cmdline SITESERVER1 deployment task handler rdeploy ...

Page 82: ...Imaging 2009 01 06 09 25 26 265 1636 1916 2 Imaging cpp 245 imageType imageType 2009 01 06 09 25 26 265 1636 1916 2 Imaging cpp 257 Input imageType rdeploy 2009 01 06 09 25 26 265 1636 1916 2 Imaging cpp 267 Output imageType rdeploy 2009 01 06 09 25 26 265 1636 1916 2 Imaging cpp 276 imageLocation SSName deployment task handler image 879de9c6 78a2 41ba a282 833c6b2946e9 XP2 img 2009 01 06 09 25 26...

Page 83: ... failed value 41 error 183 2009 01 06 09 25 27 890 1636 1916 2 Imaging cpp 737 CopyIniFileToProduction 2009 01 06 09 25 27 890 1636 1916 2 Imaging cpp 751 Input exe firm exe 2009 01 06 09 25 27 906 1636 1916 2 Imaging cpp 765 Input serverName SITESERVER1 2009 01 06 09 25 27 906 1636 1916 2 Imaging cpp 779 Input authenticationPoint deployment 2009 01 06 09 25 27 906 1636 1916 2 Imaging cpp 795 Inpu...

Page 84: ...Example log files ClientImaging_Task txt 84 ...

Page 85: ...s and tasks predefined computer 46 unmanaged computer 46 automation folder about 35 using Deployment policies to install uninstall and upgrade 20 automation mode starting a computer in 46 B backup image creating a 59 for a single computer 59 63 restoring a 63 Boot Disk Creator 12 adding drivers 34 C capture disk image 59 personality 76 preparing a disk image 57 user settings 76 capture options abo...

Page 86: ...te server components 24 about task server handler 24 getting started with 13 installing automation folder 20 installing plug in 19 20 25 Deployment Solution continued policy for installing site server 25 policy for uninstalling plug in 22 policy for upgrading plug in 23 portal page 16 process for 13 reports 16 settings 29 setup for first time 18 slide out panel 18 tools 12 uninstalling automation ...

Page 87: ...sks to 36 install software 47 Windows scripted OS 71 installation Deployment plug in 19 installation continued Windows scripted OS 71 J job creating 44 L license adding 33 settings 33 M migration settings 29 migration settings about personality 76 multicast image deployment 58 multicasting advanced deploy options 63 multiple computers deploying disk image 61 N network changing settings for 43 O OE...

Page 88: ... Prepare for Image Capture task options 57 process for Deployment Solution 13 getting started with Deployment Solution 13 production mode starting a computer in 46 PXE about 24 PXE boot service settings 33 PXE preboot creating 33 PXE server configuring 36 R RapidDeploy capturing image 59 image deployment 58 remote management iLO 50 Remove SID about 32 report Computers with Deployment Plug in Insta...

Page 89: ...m configuration changing settings for 43 editor 66 settings 66 T task advanced Create Image options 60 task continued advanced Deploy Image options 63 checking the state of a 45 combining jobs into 44 Copy File 47 Create Image options 59 creating a deployment 42 Deploy Image options 62 71 Erase Disk 48 Partition Disk 49 Prepare for Image Capture options 57 scheduling a 44 task list settings 36 tas...

Page 90: ...W Windows scripted OS installation 71 Windows OS scripted installation 71 wipe disk 48 DoD compliant 48 Index 90 ...

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