Altiris Deployment Data Tab

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Important:The Altiris Deployment Data tab is only displayed for Windows Installer, VMware ThinApp, and legacy installer packages.

When a Windows Installer, VMware ThinApp, or legacy installer package is imported into the Application Catalog, Application Manager mines package elements for Altiris-specific deployment data. You can view and modify data for these packages and configure command line settings by editing the properties on the Package Information and Command Lines subtabs of the Altiris Deployment Data tab.

Package Information Subtab

On the Package Information subtab of the Altiris Deployment Data tab, you can view and modify Altiris-specific data for packages.

Altiris Deployment Data Tab / Package Information Subtab

The Package Information subtab of the Altiris Deployment Data tab includes the following properties:

Altiris Deployment Data Tab / Package Information Subtab

Property

Description

Name

Name that will identify this package on the Symantec Altiris server.

Description

Description that will be associated with this package on the Symantec Altiris server.

Installation file

Lists the name of the imported package file, the file that will launch the application deployment.

Note:The value in this field will populate the Installation file field in Altiris. An application being installed by Altiris can consist of multiple files and subfolders of files. Therefore, if additional files are added to this application on the Altiris server, the Installation file field will identify the one file that launches application deployment.

Command Lines Subtab

On the Command Lines subtab of the Altiris Deployment Data tab, you can configure a package’s Altiris-related command line settings.

Altiris Deployment Data Tab / Command Lines Subtab

The Command Lines subtab of the Altiris Deployment Data tab includes the following properties:

Altiris Deployment Data Tab / Command Lines Subtab

Property

Description

INSTALL / UNINSTALL / REPAIR / CUSTOM Command Line Name

User-specified name of the command line resource, such as:

Uninstall Adobe Photoshop Elements
Repair Adobe Photoshop Elements

Description

Name which describes the purpose of the specified command line, such as:

Default uninstallation command line
Default repair command line

Set as default?

Select True to set this command line as the default for the Install, Uninstall, or Repair action when a package is deployed from the Altiris Server to a client.

Note:For example, you can define multiple installation command lines for a software resource, but only one installation command line can be the default.

Note:Not required for CUSTOM command lines.

Command line text

Actual command line code, such as:

msiexec /x "{E6A418EA-7AF1-42E2-A7B6-9D7B7382856D}" /q

Success codes

Codes returned when this command line is successful.

Failure codes

Codes returned when this command line fails.