Symantec DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION 6.9 SP4 - Restoring a Computer from Its Deployment History

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Restoring a computer from its deployment history
Occasionally, it is necessary to restore a computer to its original settings based on
operations or deployment jobs previously executed on the computer. A computer’s past
deployment history appears in the Restore Computer dialog, where you can restore a
computer by selecting the tasks from its history file. You can rerun the deployment tasks
to restore the computer.
1. Right-click a computer and click Restore.
The Restore Computer dialog appears with a list of previous tasks with check
boxes.
2. (Optional) Select the type of tasks to be displayed from the Show only drop-down
list. Select the date from the Since list box to filter tasks.
3. Click Next to view a summary of tasks selected to reschedule.
4. Click Next to schedule the job. See Scheduling jobs on page 153.
5. Click Finish.
When you finish this computer operation, a new job appears in the Jobs pane of the
Deployment Console under the System Jobs > Restoration Jobs folder. The job name
has a generic format of Restore: <computer name>.
New Job Wizard Open this to build, assign, and schedule deployment jobs for the
selected computer. See New job wizard on page 146.
New Group Click to create a new computer group in the Computers pane.
New Computer Create a new computer account. See Adding new computers on
page 98.
Rename Assign the computer or group a new name in the console. Right-
click a computer or group to edit in the Computer pane.
Delete Delete a computer, a computer group, or any combination of
computers and groups from the database.
Change Agent
Settings
Update property settings for the Deployment Agent running on
selected computer(s). See Deployment agents on page 109.
Permissions View security settings for the selected computer(s).
Job Scheduling
Wizard
Open this to assign deployment jobs to the selected computer.
Properties View computer configuration and network properties. See
Computer properties on page 119.
Restore a computer by right-clicking a computer icon in the Computers
pane and selecting Restore, clicking Operations > Restore Computer
on the menu bar, or clicking this icon in the toolbar. You can restore a
computer using Remote Operations Using Deployment Solution or by
creating and scheduling a job using the New Job Wizard. See Remote
operations using Deployment Solution on page 122 and New job wizard on
page 146.