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Altiris Endpoint Management Migration 6 to 7

blairthomas's picture

This article contains a compilation of links to resources and information end users can utilize in support of Altiris Endpoint Management products migration from version 6 to 7. It will be added to and updated as needed.

General Information

 
Altiris KnowledgeBase Webpage
Symantec Connect Endpoint Management & Virtualization (Blogs & Forums) Webpage
Altiris Client Management Suite 7.0 Download Website Location
Altiris Beta Portal Website Location
Altiris License Management Portal Website Location

Client Management Suite 7.0

 
Client Management Suite 7 Product Tour Flash Video
Altiris 7 Client Management Suite Data Sheet PDF Document
Client Management Suite 7 QuickStart Guide PDF Document
Altiris Client Management Suite 7.0 FAQ's PDF Document
Altiris CMS 7.0 Users Guide Product Documentation
Altiris CMS 7.0 Installation and Deployment Tour Camtasia Video

Server Management Suite 7.0

 
Altiris 7 Server Management Suite Data Sheet PDF Document
Server Management Suite 7 Product Tour Flash Video
What's New in Altiris Server Management Suite 7.0 Webcast
Altiris Server Management Suite 7.0 FAQ's PDF Document

Symantec Management Platform

 
Altiris 7 Planning & Implementation Guide Knowledgebase Article
Symantec Management Platform Capacity Planning Knowledgebase Article
Migrating from Carbon Copy to PCAnywhere Knowledgebase Article
Symantec Management Platform Installation Guide Product Documentation
Symantec Installation Manager 7.0 Release Notes Knowledgebase Article
Symantec Management Platform Users Guide Product Documentation
Symantec Management Platform Support Matrix Knowledge Article
Minimum System Requirements for Symantec Management Platform 7.0 Knowledgebase Article
Symantec Management Platform 7.0 SP2 Release Notes Knowledgebase Article
Task Server 7.0 SP2 Release Notes Knowledgebase Article
Notification Server 7.0 SP2 Release Notes Knowledgebase Article
Symantec Management Platform 7.0 SP2 HF1 Release Notes Knowledgebase Article

Inventory Solution 7.0

 
Inventory Solution 7.0 User Guide Product Documentation
Inventory Solution 7.0 Release Notes Product Documentation
Inventory for Network Devices 7.0 Release Notes Product Documentation
Migrating Inventory Solution 6.0 to 7.0 Knowledgebase Article
Asset Discovery and Tracking Camtasia Video

Software Management Solution 7.0

 
Software Management Solution 7.0 User Guide Product Documentation
Software Management Solution 7.0 Sofware Portal Guide Product Documentation
Migrating Software Delivery Solution to Software Management Knowledgebase Article
Software Management Solution 7.0 Release Notes Product Documentation
Software Discovery and Usage Metering Using Software Management Solution 7.0 Camtasia Video
Software Packaging and Delivery Using Software Management Solution 7.0 Camtasia Video

PCAnywhere Solution 12.5

 
Symantec pcAnywhere Solution 12.5 User Guide Product Documentation
Symantec pcAnywhere Advanced Configuration Guide Product Documentation
Symantec pcAnywhere Solution 12.5 Release Notes Product Documentation

Patch Management Solution 7.0

 
Patch Management Solution 7.0 for Windows Product Documentation
Patch Management Solution 7.0 for Linux Product Documentation
Software Patching and Updating using Patch Management Solution 7.0 Camtasia Video
Patch Management 7.0 Release Notes Product Documentation

Deployment Solution

 
Deployment Solution for Client 7.0 User Guide Product Documentation
Symantec Ghost Imaging 7.0 Foundation Guide Product Documentation
System Provisioning with Deployment Solution 7.0 Camtasia Video
Deployment Solution 6.9 SP2 User Guide Product Documentation
Deployment Solution 6.9 SP2 Admin Guide Product Documentation
Deployment Solution for Dell Servers 3.1 SP1 User Guide Product Documentation
Deployment Solution for Network Devices 6.0 User Guide Product Documentation
Deployment Solution for Client 7.0 Release Notes Knowledgebase Article
Deployment Solution from Symantec 6.9 SP2 Release Notes Knowledgebase Article
Deployment Solution for Dell Servers 3.1 SP1 Release Notes Knowledgebase Article
Deployment Solution for Network Devices 6.0 Release Notes Knowledgebase Article

Out of Band Management 7.0

 
Out of Band Management 7.0 SP1 User Guide Product Documentation
Out of Band Management 7.0 SP1 Implementation Guide Product Documentation
Out of Band Management Component 7.0 Release Notes Product Documentation

Real-Time System Manager

 
Real-Time System Manager 7.0 User Guide Product Documentation
Real-Time System Manager 7.0 Release Notes Product Documentation
Real-Time System Manager & Remote Assistance Camtasia Video

Monitor Solution 7.0

 
Monitor Solution 7.0 User Guide Product Documentation
Monitor Solution 7.0 Release Notes Product Documentation
KSchroeder's picture

Excellent!

Thanks for putting this together Blair, very helpful!

Thanks,
Kyle
Symantec Trusted Advisor
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Frank Fleming's picture

Thank you

This is terrific.
Thanks for hunting up all the pieces and pulling them together here.
Greatly appreciated.

Frank Fleming
ExpressAbility
Vice President Operations
ffleming@expressability.com

Lery's picture

This is greatly appreciated,

This is greatly appreciated, thank you so much!

Are there any plans on adding Recovery Solution information?  Such as upgrading from RS 6 to 7?

KSchroeder's picture

Definitely need some Recovery info!

As Lery said, what about Recovery Solution?  Right now I'm considering that to be my biggest hurdle in migrating to NS7 (well that and not having a released version of Local Security Solution 7!).  The trick of course (as I understand it) is that you will need to upgrade/migrate the NS to 7, then install RS 7, migrate your RS6 clusters to the NS7 environment, upgrade all the RS 6 servers to RS7, then upgrade all the clients to RS7.  We have a very distributed environment with ~6000 clients all over the US backing up to 17 RS single-node clusters in our data center.  The logistics of it give me a headache just thinking about it!

From what I've seen, an RS client with a "broken" Altiris Agent will continue taking snapshots against the  RS server with the configuration it had at last configuration...but I also understand that this is not a supported configuration (I'm thinking about the period of time when the NS Agent has been upgraded to NS7 agent, but RS has not).  I suppose it will be down to a bunch of testing on my part, but some sort of official documentation around this would be VERY helpful.

Thanks,
Kyle
Symantec Trusted Advisor
If your question has been resolved, please be sure to click "Mark as Solution"! Thank you.