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  • 1.  Uninstallagent - will it then reinstall

    Posted Feb 22, 2012 06:31 AM

    If I uninstall the NS agent from a PC, will it then reinstall the agent in the 'Scheduled push to computers' policy. Obviously the filters would need to update themselves saying this PC has not got the agent. Is this the case. ?



  • 2.  RE: Uninstallagent - will it then reinstall

    Posted Feb 22, 2012 08:46 AM

    The computer would automatically be removed by Altiris based on your current archive/purge policy.  Which means that eventually it would be removed and repushed, but with the default policies that would take months.



  • 3.  RE: Uninstallagent - will it then reinstall

    Posted Feb 22, 2012 08:47 AM

    But it does depend on a number of different factors.

    If you don't remove the Computer's record from the NS and you don't have purging turned on the NS will never know the NS agent has been removed, it will still think it's got an agent and so won't appear in the default target for the Scheduled Push policy. However, if you delete the record or have purging turned on to delete records and it gets discovered again then it will get pushed to again if your Sheduled Push is set to the default target.



  • 4.  RE: Uninstallagent - will it then reinstall

    Posted Feb 22, 2012 09:32 AM

    does that mean that if you remove the agent and the NS still thinks its there it will still use a license ?



  • 5.  RE: Uninstallagent - will it then reinstall

    Posted Feb 22, 2012 12:09 PM

    But it does depend on which solution you are talking about what licences it will consume. For example Patch:

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO59456

    Inventory:

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO63573