Altiris Deployment Solution™ from Symantec User’s Guide 79
Using SVS admin utility with Deployment Solution
On a Deployment Solution computer, you can capture application and data files. The
installed application, data files, and settings are captured into the virtual software
layers.
The Deployment Solution computer should have a clean installation of the Windows
operating system. The computer should not have any background processes or
programs running that can be captured into the layers. Your base computer should not
be running an antivirus program or any other computer management program. If
possible, the computer should not have an active Internet connection.
You can create layers on a virtual computer. (See Managing the SVS layer on page 177.)
This lets you disconnect a computer from the network and reset the computer after each
capture. This ensures that you have a clean operating system.
You can also distribute .RIPs, .MSI files, scripts, personality settings, and other package
files to computers or groups. See Distributing software on page 175.
Extending the tools menu
You can add commands to the Tools menu on the Deployment Console to quickly access
additional management applications. This lets you easily access applications commonly
used with Deployment Solution.
Commands are added by modifying or adding new .INI files. You can insert commands
to the root ATools.ini file for the main menu or add new .INI files to create submenus.
Place both types of .INI files in the directory where the Deployment Console executable
(eXpress.exe) is located. The default location is Program Files\Altiris\
eXpress\Deployment Server.
You can add up to eight menu items to the main menu, and eight menu items for each
submenu.
These .INI fields are included for each application added to the “Tools > Altiris Tools”
menu:
[Application name or submenu declaration]
MenuText=<the application name displayed in the menu>
Description=<the name displayed when you mouse over the menu item>
WorkDir=<directory set as default when executable is run>
Executable=<path to the executable files>
The ATools.ini file extends the main Tools menu on the console. This sample file
contains one submenu, Web Tools, and two additional menu items, Notepad and
Netmeeting. The .INI files are located in the Deployment Share.
[Submenus]
Web Tools=wtools.ini
[Notepad]
MenuText=Notepad Editor
Description=Simple Editor
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