Client Management Suite

Anyone done it? Anyone know how to do it?

We want to schedule a shutdown on all running machines at 8:00pm every day. Want to use Managed Software Delivery so user has a chance to delay shutdown for small amount of time, if they are actually using the machine.

I have seen many option for using Deployment Solution, but dont want to go there.

Ok wogdog,

You can use Software Delivery to meet the goal, so I will provide some steps for apply this:

(I'm consideer that you're using Sofware Delivery 6.x)

1) Create software delivery task to execute a command line:
shutdown -s -f -c "Altiris automatic shutdown"

These parameters mains:
-s           Shutdown the computer
-f             Forces running applications to close without warning
-c            Shutdown comment

The result will be the following popup:



Additional configurations that could be useful:

2) Configure the task to use the System credencial
3) Configure the schedule at regular basis according your needs, at "Run on a schedule"
4) Mark the option "Warn the user before running this task"

Regards,

see
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/fr/blogs/auto-shutdown-after-wakeup-only-computers-was-not-and-not-logged-meantime#comment-4234861