Category Archives: Deployment Server

I know there is a lot of buzz out there on the concepts for taking a physical server and converting it to a virtual server, but what if you need to back that process out after running a VM for a month or so and realize that the VM is sucking up all your vurtualContinue reading “What about V to P?”

This topic has always been a sore subject with customers and Altiris when it comes to using Deployment Server. The feature is available when using Notification Server to run something as the logged in user in order to make settings withing the users profile. With Deployment Server, you did not have this option. The optionsContinue reading “How to use PC Transplant to make Userprofile Settings in Deployment Server”

For those of you who are Deployment Server administrators, you will feel my pain, trying to write deployment server scripts without hardcoding the path of a server in the scripts. Why is this a problem, I only have 1 DS? If anyone has more than 1 DS you have probably done an export of aContinue reading “Using Custom Token Variables to Write DS Scripts”

For those of you out there that manage the same Altiris Deployment Servers (DS) that you use, disregard this. For those of you out there that have someone else manage your physical servers, this may be of interest to you when it comes to using the Role and Scope security options in DS. There isContinue reading “Setting Deployment Server Security”