Deployment Solution

I am trying to figure out the query that will return the server name of the package server for a particular machine. I need a token that can be used in scripts to reference the local package server. There already is a token to return the name of the NS server, but that is the main SMP and not the package server that the agent is reporting to.

In connect I found "only" a token for task server, but the task services are not installed on the site server. So we need a sql query for package service. With this I will generate a token.

We need this for OS Deployment with DS7.1. The approcach is to install the OS-files from the associated package server. Deployment Side server components are not installed due to the fact that we have only clients for the site servers. Yes I know this approach is not the best, but we will not use Server-OS for Site server.

Thanks for your feedback.

Best regards,

Eisenkarl

If this is booting from PXE, you can use ALTIRIS_PXE_SERVER as your variable.  Because a server running the Deployment Task Handlers (and therefore SBS services and therefore PXE) also runs task service and package service, you know that any machine booting to PXE can use the same server as its package server.

Unfortunately, at this time, there is no package server variable.

Hi,

I know the Altiris_Pxe_server variable from the DS6.9 environment. Does it work in 7.1?
At the moment, I use the "task server" token for the Win7-Driver install in the unattend script.
I think it's better to use the pxe servr as the taskserver.
From time to time, my clients are connected to the wrong task-server over wwan.

Exactly why you would want to use %ALTIRIS_PXE_SERVER%.  Yes, you can use this if booted to automation (WinPE or Linux).  It should also be used during unattend.  You may need to install the DS 7.1 Samples first (Search DS 7.1 Samples at support.symantec.com).