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Altiris™ Deployment Solution 6.9 SP1

Release Notes

Build number: 355

Introduction

Where to get more information

Features in this Release

Installation and Upgrade

Known Issues in this Release

Hotfixes for this Release

Introduction

Deployment Solution 6.9 SP1 software helps reduce the cost of deploying and managing servers, desktops, notebooks, and thin clients from a centralized location in your environment. It's an easy-to-use, automated deployment solution that offers OS deployment, configuration, computer personality migration, and software deployment across different hardware platforms and OS types. In SP1, we added support for Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, including running 32-bit applications on 64-bit platforms (WoW support).

Note: Deployment Solution 6.9 SP2 is now available. See article 46383.

Deployment Solution is part of the following suites:

• Altiris™ Client Management Suite from Symantec
  For release notes, see Knowledge Base article 40929.
• Altiris™ Server Management Suite from Symantec
  For release notes, see Knowledge Base article 45893.

Where to get more information

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Features in this Release

The following are features of this release:

• Ghost Imaging Foundation (GIF) is included in the Deployment Solution installation. You do not need to separately purchase and install Ghost. Download documentation here.
• Hot imaging, which is the ability to capture an image of a computer without leaving Windows, is supported for Windows XP and Vista via GIF. For implementation assistance, see KB 44644.
• Hardware Independent Imaging is now available during image distribution. Enable the Use DeployAnywhere hardware independent imaging option.
• For Hardware Independent Imaging, you can add new drivers. In the console, on the Tools menu, click DeployAnywhere Driver Database Management. (44006)
• Wipe sample jobs have been added. The sample jobs are located in the Samples\Symantec Wipe Disk Task folder.
• The default protocol.ini and system.ini files can be changed. These are the files that are used by Boot Disk Creator when generating DOS boot images. These files are found in the platforms\dos\templates\ms directory.
• Vista 2008 management is enhanced.
• Deployment Solution now runs on Windows 2008 servers (To install Web Console, follow the instructions in 47149).
• Deployment Solution now runs on 64-bit server operating systems (WoW 64 support).
• You can now disable and enable Network Interface Cards (NICs).
• Deployment Solution now supports SQL 2008.
• DAgent is now the default agent for Windows client computers.
• DAgent now supports Remote Control sessions.
• Deployment Solution now supports UNC imaging.
• A sample job for upgrading from AClient to DAgent has been added.  This Job resides in the Samples > Misc Jobs section.  The name of the job is DAgent Upgrade 
• Rip and replace functionality has been enhanced so that you can specify the jobs that are replayed.
• User rights have been enhanced. For example:
  • You can view only the computers and jobs that you have the rights to manage.
  • You can limit the access to master return codes.
  • You can limit access to be able to run scripts on a Deployment Solution server.

Installation and Upgrade

Where to Download

Deployment Solution can be obtained from http://www.symantec.com/business/products/allproducts.jsp. Deployment Solution 6.9 SP1 is a full product installation and can be upgraded from Deployment Solution 6.8 or 6.9 versions. After installation, be sure to apply all available Hotfixes for this Release.

Supported Platforms

For a list of supported platforms in this release, see Deployment Solution 6.9 SP1 supported platforms and system requirements.

New Installation

The installation process for Deployment Solution 6.9 SP1 is the same as it was for Deployment Solution 6.9 and 6.8. For detailed instructions, including the minimum rights for the OS and SQL, please see the Deployment Solution 6.8 installation Guide.

Upgrade Installations

When you are performing an upgrade or installing another Deployment Solution version, ensure that you don't have a remote console running. The remote console must be shut down before you try to upgrade or reinstall the Deployment Solution software.

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, SP2 and DS 6.9
Upgrading from Deployment Solution 6.8 (Disable AutoUpgrade due to KB 33129).

Silent Installation

Deployment Solution lets you walk through the Deployment Solution installation wizard to create an answer file (install.ini) that automatically sets options when running a silent install. For details on this process, see article 22602, "Can Deployment Solution be installed silently?"

Known Issues in this Release

The following are known issues in this release. For additional information regarding an issue, click the Article ID link.

Hotfixes for this Release

Symantec has released a maintenance pack for Deployment Solution 6.9 SP1 (Deployment Solution 6.9 SP1 MP1 - Maintenance Pack 1). For additional information on the fixes contained in the maintenance pack and how to download it, click here.