Symantec ALTIRIS CLIENT MANAGEMENT SUITE 7.0 SP2 -... User manual

Altiris™Client Management

Suite from Symantec User

Guide

Version 7.0 SP2

Altiris™Client Management Suite from Symantec User

Guide

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Documentation version 7.0 SP2

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Technical Support ............................................................................................... 4

Chapter 1 Introducing Client Management Suite ............................. 9

About Client Management Suite ....................................................... 9

Components of Client Management Suite ......................................... 10

Where to get more information ....................................................... 13

Chapter 2 Using Power Scheme Task ................................................. 15

About Power Scheme Task component ............................................. 15

Preparing target computers for power scheme management ................ 16

Installing the Power Scheme Agent ........................................... 17

Upgrading the Power Scheme Agent .......................................... 17

Uninstalling the Power Scheme Agent ....................................... 18

Collecting power scheme inventory data ........................................... 18

Creating a Power Scheme Task ....................................................... 19

Editing and deploying power scheme settings .................................... 19

Viewing power scheme inventory data ............................................. 20

Index .................................................................................................................... 21

Contents

Contents8

Introducing Client

Management Suite

This chapter includes the following topics:

■About Client Management Suite

■Components of Client Management Suite

■Where to get more information

About Client Management Suite

Client Management Suite combines the necessary tools that help you deploy,

manage, secure, and troubleshoot your desktop computers and laptop computers

throughout their entire lifecycle.

The solutions that are part of the Client Management Suite help you discover the

resources in your network, and let you check their state. The reporting tools help

you identify problems and take immediate action to fix them. Client Management

Suite lets you automate time-consuming and redundant tasks to reduce the effort

of managing your client systems.

Client Management Suite is a collection of solutions that run on the Symantec

Management Platform. The platform and solutions of the Client Management

Suite provide the following key features:

■Discovery and inventory

The suite lets you gather comprehensive inventory of all hardware and software

on your client systems. The collected inventory data helps you optimize

software licenses and reduce the costs that are associated with operating

system deployments and software rollouts.

■Imaging and deployment

Chapter

The suite lets you deploy standardized and hardware-independent images on

your managed computers. You can migrate to the latest operating system or

hardware with fewer interruptions to users.

■Software distribution and patch management

The suite lets you control the software configurations of your client systems.

The automated policies for software and patch management help you distribute

the latest software and operating system updates. Software management

capabilities let you ensure that the required software remains installed, is

always in a working state, and is correctly configured on the client systems.

■Remote management

The suite lets you troubleshoot and remediate client computers remotely. You

can remote control your client systems with pcAnywhere technology, or use

Real-Time System Manager techniques to fix the problems of users.

See “Components of Client Management Suite”on page 10.

See “Where to get more information”on page 13.

Components of Client Management Suite

Client Management Suite is a collection of solutions that run on the Symantec

Management Platform.

See “About Client Management Suite”on page 9.

Introducing Client Management Suite

Components of Client Management Suite

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