In our environment we are using Altiris for 3 main tasks:
- Inventory
- Software/FIles Distribution
- Patch Management
In this case, what I'm trying to do is to deliver some files (could be .jpg, .txt, .html, .dll files, etc..) to a group of computers which are running our software. The file could be of any size, I'm using a 1KB file just as a test.
My test consist of a 1KB text file and a script file in charge of copying/replacing the file in case it already exists.
The problem is that once the policy is delivered to the agent and the task starts running, sometimes it just says that the status is "In progress" for MORE THAN 20 MINUTES!!! and some other times it just takes 1 second to be "Successful".
I would understand the delay for a big package, but for only 1KB...I guess it must be something else.
The question is:
- Is there any way to control the time that the agent takes to run the task?
- Is there another way to do this where I can control it better?
I appreciate your help!!!