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Altiris^® Deployment Solution™ 6.8 SP2

Release Notes

Introduction

Altiris Deployment Solution integrates Windows-based Deployment Server systems with the Web-based Altiris solutions and services. A Deployment Server system for a specific site or defined subnet includes Windows applications, tools, and utilities for daily management of computer resources at the local level, and furnishes you with a Deployment Web Console for management from the Web browser.

Deployment Solution can help you to organize computer groups, schedule deployment jobs, distribute disk images, and update packages. Deployment Solution provides a wide array of tools, utilities, and applications to design a system for your specific needs.

Installation and Upgrade

Supported Platforms

For a list, see the Deployment Solution 6.8 Supported Platforms.

Where to Download

You can download released versions of Altiris products from http://www.altiris.com/Download.aspx.
You can download beta versions of Altiris products from http://beta.altiris.com.

New Installation

The Deployment Solution 6.8 SP2 installation process has not changed from Deployment Solution 6.8 SP1. For instructions, see the Deployment Solution 6.8 installation Guide.

Upgrade Installations

Stop the following services on your Deployment Server before starting the upgrade process: Altiris Deployment Server Data Manager, Altiris Deployment Server DBManagement, Altiris Express Server, Altiris PXE Server, Altiris PXE Manager, Altiris Config Helper, and Altiris PXE MTFTP Server.   

Upgrading from Deployment Solution 6.8 SP1
Upgrading from Deployment Solution 6.8 (Disable AutoUpgrade due to KB 33129)
Upgrading from Deployment Solution 6.5 SP1 
Upgrading from Deployment Solution 6.5
Upgrading from Deployment Solution 6.1

Silent Installation

Deployment Solution allows you to walk through the Deployment Solution installation wizard to create an answer file (install.ini) which automatically sets options when running a silent install. For details on this process see:

 Can Deployment Solution be installed silently?

What's New in this Release

Improvements for this release include the following new features:

Support for Symantec^® Ghost^® Imaging

Important: Deployment Solution does not include the Ghost executable or a license to use Symantec Ghost. You must provide a copy of the ghost.exe and/or ghost32.exe imaging executable to enable this support.

Customers currently using the Ghost imaging solution have the option of copying the Ghost executable to the Deployment Server to enable Ghost imaging from the Create Disk Image and Distribute Disk Image tasks.

To add support for Symantec Ghost, on the Deployment Share, create a folder called ghost. Copy ghost.exe (for DOS support) and/or ghost32.exe (for WinPE support) to this folder.

Symantec Ghost is now available for selection in the Create Disk Image and Distribute Disk Image tasks. A configuration file called ImageTools.ini, located in the root of your Deployment Share, contains settings you can change to customize the behavior of Ghost. For example, the default command-line in DOS is:

CreateImageCommandLine=-clone,MODE=create,SRC=1,DST=%IMAGE_FILENAME% -sure

This setting and others can be customized by modifying ImageTools.ini.

Deployment Agent UI on Vista

Detailed DAgent installation instructions- including silent install instructions- can be found in KB 38609. 

When installing the Deployment Agent on Vista computers, you now have the option of installing a client-side agent configuration utility. This interface is similar to the configuration interface for the Deployment Agent on other Windows operating systems. To install, select the Control panel applet & UI component option during the DAgent installation.

The configuration utility is launched by selecting Start > Altiris > Deployment Solution > DAgent Configuration.

Wait in Automation Task

To avoid circumstances when a computer might boot into an unmanaged state, a new task, called wait, is provided to cause a computer to remain in automation and wait for instructions.

Thin Client View Enhancements

The Thin Client view has been enhanced with a new get inventory task and a software packages pane.

Remote Desktop Connection for Windows

A new Remote Desktop option has been added to the contextual menu when you right-click a Windows XP* or Vista* computer in the console. This option launches the Windows Remote Desktop utility to enable you to remote control a computer.

Windows XP computers still have the option of using the integrated Remote Control feature of the Deployment Console.

Additional new features in this Release

Fixes in this Release

The following table includes known issues currently scheduled to be resolved in this release. For additional information on an issue, use the link in the Article ID column to display a Knowledgebase article.

Post SP2 Hotfixes

Description	Article ID
Deployment Solution Win32 console slow with AD authentication when there is a large number of nested AD groups	38727
Dell 1955 blades do not appear in the physical device view of the Deployment Console	38083
Deployment Solution local privilege escalation vulnerability	38210
Deployment Server Win32 console security does not properly pass through authenticate users from AD groups	38209
Security Vulnerility in TFTP/MFTP service	38304
Token Replacement fails when querying external datasource	39239
Deployment Solution console with security enabled may load slowly when accessing Active Directory Global Catalog server	39596

Known Issues

The following table includes known issues in this release. For additional information on an issue, use the link in the Article ID column to display a Knowledgebase article.

Known Limitations

The following are some of the limitations in fuctionality with Deplyment Solution 6.8 SP2. For additional information on an issue, use the link in the Article ID column to display a Knowledgebase article.

Additional Documentation

Altiris product documentation is available in Microsoft* HTML Help (.CHM) and Adobe Acrobat* (.pdf) formats. To view Altiris product documentation in .PDF format, use Adobe Acrobat Reader (available at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html).

Documentation files are installed in the following directory on the Altiris® Deployment Solution™ computer:

C:\Program Files\Altiris\eXpress\Deployment Server\Docs.

The following documentation is provided:

• Altiris® Deployment Solution™ 6.8 SP2 Help (deployment_EN.chm)
• Altiris® Deployment Solution™ 6.8 SP2 Help (deployment_EN.pdf)
• Altiris® Deployment Solution™ 6.8 SP2 Deployment and Migration Guide (deployment_adv.pdf)

Altiris Information Resources

Document History

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