Delivering multiple software resources and tasks sequentially

Article:HOWTO48668  |  Created: 2011-04-07  |  Updated: 2011-04-07  |  Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO48668
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Delivering multiple software resources and tasks sequentially

You can deliver multiple software resources and tasks with a single Managed Software Delivery policy. When Managed Software Delivery evaluates compliance for a group of software, only the software that is out of compliance is downloaded and installed. You can add any client task to the execution queue to perform custom operations before, during, or after the software remediation process. For example, you can add a task that performs a restart or runs a script.

See About delivering multiple software resources and tasks.

Table: Process for delivering multiple software resources and tasks

Step

Action

Description

Step 1

Create a Managed Software Delivery policy.

The options for creating a Managed Software Delivery policy are as follows:

  • Use the Managed Software Delivery wizard.

    The Managed Software Delivery wizard provides a quick way to create and schedule a policy for a single software resource and its dependency software. We recommend that you use the wizard because it can include any dependency software and warn you of software associations automatically.

    See Creating a Managed Software Delivery policy with the Managed Software Delivery wizard.

  • Create the policy without the wizard.

    Use this method to create a Managed Software Delivery policy when you need to add multiple software resources and tasks or override the default settings. You also can publish the policy to the Software Portal. However, you must add any dependency software or determine software associations yourself.

    See Creating a Managed Software Delivery policy.

Step 2

Select the delivery destinations.

Select the managed computers to deliver to.

See About the destinations for a Managed Software Delivery policy.

When you use the Managed Software Delivery wizard to create the policy, you select the destinations during the wizard.

Step 3

Schedule the policy.

Define the schedule for the entire policy. You can schedule the compliance check and the remediation separately.

When you use the Managed Software Delivery wizard to create the policy, you can define the schedule during the wizard.

See Schedule settings for Managed Software Delivery.

Step 4

Add the additional software resources and tasks to the policy.

You can add multiple software resources and tasks when you create the policy without the Managed Software Delivery wizard. When you use the Managed Software Delivery wizard to create the policy, you can select only one software resource. Edit the policy to add software and tasks.

See Policy Rules/Actions: Software tab.

Step 5

Arrange the sequence in which the software resources and tasks are run.

Move the software resources and tasks up or down in the list to rearrange their order. Plan the sequence before you enable the policy.

See Policy Rules/Actions: Software tab.

Step 6

(Optional) Change the settings for individual software resources or tasks.

When you add software resources and tasks to a Managed Software Delivery policy, they inherit the settings from the policy. You can change the settings for any specific software resource or task that is in the policy.

The settings that you can change for a specific software resource or task include the remediation schedule, the download settings, and the run settings.

See Policy Rules/Actions: Software tab.


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