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Table 6-1
Advanced delivery actions that Managed Software Delivery can
perform (continued)
Description Delivery action
When you create a Managed Software Delivery policy for a software resource that
supersedes other software, you can set supersedence options. These options determine
whether Managed Software Delivery replaces the superseded software. Managed Software
Delivery’s support of supersedence associations makes it easy to deliver software upgrades.
For example, you want to distribute Norton AntiVirus 2008 to the managed computers
that are running Norton AntiVirus 2007. If a managed computer contains Norton AntiVirus
2007, Managed Software Delivery can uninstall it and install Norton AntiVirus 2008.
See “About installing software that replaces other software” on page 124.
Detect supersedence
associations on the
client computer
You can deliver multiple software resources and tasks with a single Managed Software
Delivery policy. When Managed Software Delivery evaluates compliance for a group of
software, only the software that is out of compliance is downloaded and installed. You can
add any client tasks to the execution queue to perform custom operations before, during,
or after the software remediation process. For example, you can add a task that performs
a restart or runs a script. A client task is one that is defined in Notification Server and is
intended to run on a client computer.
See “About delivering multiple software resources and tasks” on page 125.
Sequentially install
multiple software
resources and tasks
(Windows only) Managed Software Delivery lets you install Windows-based software into
a virtual software layer on a managed computer. The Software Virtualization agent must
be installed on the managed computer; otherwise, the software is installed normally.
You might virtualize the software for the following reasons:
■
To prevent conflicts on the managed computer when you deliver the software that
conflicts with other software in your environment. When you install the software into
a virtual layer, it does not conflict with other software even if the conflicting software
is installed later.
■
To fix an application that is broken on the managed computer. You can quickly reset
the broken application’s layer to restore the application to its original configuration.
See “Installing and managing a virtual software layer with a Managed Software Delivery
policy” on page 230.
Install the software into
a virtual software layer
and perform multiple
layer actions
In a Managed Software Delivery policy, you can set different schedules for the compliance
check and the remediation (in this case, installation). The separate schedules allow for the
offline execution of the Managed Software Delivery. When the compliance check determines
that a remediation is required, the policy downloads the appropriate package. Remediation
can occur even if the client computer is not connected to the server because the client
computer already has the package that it needs.
See “About deferring the execution of software remediation” on page 124.
Execute software
installations offline
See “Performing an advanced software delivery” on page 104.
Performing advanced software deliveries
Advanced delivery actions that Managed Software Delivery can perform
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