Deployment and Imaging Group

Hello all,

     We currently run Altiris 7.1 in our environment and looking for best way to deploy Update KB2819745 so our workstations will get the latest powershell version.  Doesn't look like we can get through the patch management.  Can I use Software Deployment?  Thanks for the help

You should be able to download the patch and create a software release for it. You can then use a task or software delivery policy to deliver to computers.

Don't forget to add a install command like this one:

"wusa.exe Windows6.1-KB2617858-x64.msu /quiet /norestart"

Take a look here:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/systemcenter/en-US/5a4a4dc7-845a-41d5-8694-95c3da38578f/how-are-people-deploying-hotfixes-msu-files 

Some updates won't completely install because a restart is required, sometimes. You can observe that through the install exit codes, such as 3010. If you're looking for a Managed Delivery Policy, don't forget to add Detection Rules, take a look here: https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/deploy-internet-explorer-11-prerequisites-managed-software-policy.

I'd love to do this too. But I've used Altiris almost exclusively for patch management. Not for software deployment. Anyone post a link for Altiris software deployment for dummies?

We just went through this a couple of weeks back.  2 or 3 KB's, including a WMF\PowerShell update that needed to be installed as prerequisites for the App-V 5.0 client.  

It's probably not the most graceful solution, but we've used DS to install multiple KB's in the past, so I had an existing batch script that installs any .MSU it finds in the same directory with it.  We then imported this batch with the appropriate .MSU files into a software package, and created a policy for it.

The script itself had the command Rafael mentions above in it to install the updates.  I believe that PowerShell update requires a reboot to show as installed, and since the App-V client install needed to follow, and needed to see the prerequisites as already installed, we added a reboot task at the end of the software delivery policy and set maintenance windows to ensure it only reboots when allowed.

Give this a try to install your update via Managed Software Delivery:

1- create a folder somplace where your Altiris identity account has access, store the file to be installed in that folder

2- create a batch file with the command line to successfully install the update

3- import the contents of this folder into your software depository selecting the batch file as the install file

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/symantec-software-management-71-best-practices-part-2

4- follow steps in this article to create the policy

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO62551

note- in some cases I have found it works best to specify a specific directory location in the policy to store the downloaded file, then modify the batch file to install the update from that specific location

Take a look at these videos they should help you out as well.

How to create a software package/resource for use in the 7.1 environment

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/videos/client-management-suite-creating-software-package

How to setup your software library configuration for packages in 7.1 environments

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/videos/client-management-suite-software-library-configuration

How to send a package out to selected machines using a policy

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/videos/client-management-suite-sending-out-package-using-policy

Thanks for all the help.