Deployment Solution 51
Installing and Configuring Automation
This configuration contains the automation operating system files, network drivers,
IP address of your server, and other settings which control how the managed
computer communicates with your Deployment Server.
This configuration does not specify how this automation configuration is installed.
This is done using the Create Boot Disk wizard, which is launched automatically
after you create a configuration.
3. The Create Boot Disk wizard provides three options:
4. After selecting how you want to install automation, complete the wizard.
See the Boot Disk Creator help for additional details.
You can also uninstall an automation partition using an install package, or configure a
CD, USB device, or floppy from Boot Disk Creator.
Using PXE
1. Install the automation operating systems you want to use, as explained in Obtaining
and Installing WinPE, Linux, or DOS.
2. In the PXE Configuration utility (Start > All Programs > Altiris > PXE Services
> PXE Configuration Utility), create a new menu item to correspond to the
automation configuration you want to install.
Create an automation
partition install
package
Creates an executable, or configures a CD, USB
device, or floppy to install the automation
environment. This process is executed once per
device. After that, the computer uses the files from
the automation partition.
Select this if you are using automation partitions.
For managed linux computers, you need to use a
CD, USB device or floppy because no executable is
provided for this platform.
Create an automation
boot disk
Configures a CD, USB device, or floppy with the
files necessary to boot a computer to automation
mode. After booting, the computer executes any
automation work previously scheduled, or waits for
work to be assigned.
Select this if you are using boot media to boot
computers to automation. None of these files are
installed, so the media must be used each time you
need to access automation.
Create a network boot
disk
Configures a CD, USB device, or floppy with the
files necessary to boot to a prompt.
This is useful if you have management task to
perform that doesn’t require interaction with DS, as
your Deployment Server is not contacted in this
scenario. None of these files are installed to the
managed computer.
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