Installing Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 for the First Time

Posted by Codework Tech on Jun 3rd, 2010 | 0 comments home title

Altiris’ Deployment Solution allows you to quickly and easily maintain and manage hundreds of computers from your one computer.

System Requirements

A dedicated server with a 1 GHz or faster processor (this server should have a PIII-compatible 600 MHz or newer processor with 512 MB RAM)
1 GB or more of RAM
Windows Server 2000, 2003 or 2008(32 or 64 bit)
Static IP address

The Altiris Agent will need to be installed on each client that you support and maintain (AClient, DAgent or ADLAgent). Deployment Agents require network connectivity and approximately 5 MB disk space.

Prerequisites:

Altiris setup file: You can download it from http://www.codework.com/express/download.html
.Net Framework 1.1
SQL server (2000, 2005 or 2005 express)
Download the Pre-boot OS (for PXE automation)
- DOS: www.codework.com/express/dosboot.zip
- Linux: www.codework.com/express/linuxboot.zip

Installing the Altiris DS Console, Server and PXE Server

Extract and run the setup file.
Select Simple Install and check the option Install PXE Server
Make sure to select “Create Deployment Share.” You will need to obtain a license file and select it here unless you are doing a trial install.
Type in the username for your Administrator account on the computer and the respective password
Browse for the Pre-boot OS that you downloaded from the above links
Click Install
Select “Enable Microsoft Sysprep support” if you want to use it for hardware independent imaging with Altiris (You will need a copy of Windows Server 2003 for the newest version of Sysprep or you can use the Windows XP CD.)
1. Select the file (from your Windows XP CD) D:\Support\Tools\Deploy.cab
Click Finish and restart the computer
The Altiris Deployment Solution is now installed successfully.

Installing the Altiris Agent

You need to install the Altiris Agent on the computers you want to manage. To install the Altiris agent remotely, follow the steps below:

Launch the DS Console
Go to Tools > Remote Agent Installer
Specify your credential
Specify the path to install the Altiris agent
1. Optional: Use SIDgen or Sysprep.
Specify the computer you want to install the Altiris agent on