Connect directly to this Deployment Sever. Select this option so that the client receiving the Deployment Agent connects to the Deployment Server you selected to configure.
Address/Hostname. Enter the IP address or NetBIOS name of the Deployment Server computer.
Port. Enter the port number communicating with the Deployment Server.
Enable key-based authentication to Deployment Server. Select this option to specify mandatory authentication for client computers to connect to the Deployment Server. This helps keep rogue computers from connecting to unauthorized Deployment Servers.
Discover Deployment Server using TCP/IP multicast. Managed computers can use the multicast address if they are on the same segment as the Deployment Server or if multicast is enabled on the network routers. Ensure that the multicast address and port match those set up on the Deployment Server. Try using defaults on both the client and Deployment Server if you have problems while connecting.
Server connection Log file
Access Proxy
Managed computers should use the Deployment Server IP address if multicasting is disabled on the network routers or if they are not on the same network segment as the Deployment Server. The port number must match the number set on the Deployment Server. Otherwise, the client computers cannot connect.
Server Name. Enter the NetBIOS name of the computer running the Deployment Server.
Port. Enter the port number distributing the multicast address. Multicast Address. Enter the group multicast address.
TTL. Specifies the number of routers the multicast request can pass through. Change this setting if you want to locate a Deployment Server that is more than 32 routers away (default setting) or to restrict the search to a smaller number of routers, making it easier to find the closest Deployment Server.
Refresh connection after idle. Select the Refresh Connection after idle check box and set the refresh time in hours or days. The Deployment Server closes the connection after the specified time and immediately tries to re-open the connection. This sends a message to client computers that the network is down.
The default checking is of 28800 seconds or 8 hours. We recommend keeping this setting above 28800. Do not set this option too low—reconnecting to the Deployment Server increases bandwidth when connecting. If this option is set too low, your client computers will take longer to connect than to refresh their connections.
Abort files transfers if rate is slower than. Select this option to preserve bandwidth when running deployment tasks on slower connections.
Access
Set these commands to control the way the client handles requests from the server. Allow this computer to be remote controlled. Select to let the administrator remotely control the selected computer. The default setting is to NOT let the computer be remotely controlled.
Prompt the user before performing actions. You can select the following options to prompt the user before the corresponding action is performed:
z Shut down and Restart. Prompts the user before shutting down and restarting the
computer. This feature overrides the Power Control option from the Deployment Server to force applications to shut down without a message.
z Copy file and Run command. Prompts the user before running a program or
executing file copy commands.
z Remote Control. Prompts the user before running the Remote Control commands.
Time to wait for user response. If one of the Prompt the user before perform actions is selected and the user is not at the computer to respond, you need to decide whether to continue or abort the operation. Specify the time to wait for the user’s response, and select one of the following:
Continue the operation. Select to continue if there is no response from the
user.
Abort the operation. Click to not continue if there is no response from the
Select when the Deployment Server is denied access to the Deployment Agent. Select the days and set the start and end times when access to the Deployment Agent is denied.
Security
This page lets you secure data between the Deployment Server and the Deployment Agent, or to set a password so that the user on the client computer can only view and modify the User Properties of the Altiris Client Settings on the managed computer. Encrypt session communication with Deployment Server. Select to allow encryption from this managed client computer to the Deployment Server. This lets encrypted data transmissions between the Deployment Server and the Deployment Agent on the client computer. If selected, the client computer can connect (but is not required to connect) using encryption.
To enable encryption protocols, you must open the Altiris Deployment Server Configuration Utility, click Options and select the Transport tab. Select the Allow encrypted sessions check box to let Deployment Server transmit using encryption protocols.
Require encrypted session with any server. Select to require encryption between the managed client computer and the Deployment Server. If this option is selected and the option to allow encryption in the Deployment Configuration tool is not selected, the Deployment Server does not communicate with the Altiris Client on the managed client computer.
Note
Selecting encryption options slows down the communication path between the agent and the Deployment Server.
Password protect Admin properties from user. Select to let users on the managed computer access the Admin properties only if they enter the set password. If the check box is selected and the user does not know the password, they will have rights only to view the User Properties, which includes only the User Prompts and Remote Control tabs on the Altiris Client Settings dialog.
z Enter the password in the Password field and re-enter the password for
confirmation in the Confirm password field.
Hide client tray icon. Select to hide the Altiris Client icon in the system tray of the managed computer. If you hide the icon, you must run AClient.exe with the -admin switch to view and modify the complete administrative properties from the managed client computer.
Log file
The Log File page controls how data is logged and saved in a Deployment Server system, letting you save different types and levels of information to the log files. You can save a text file with log errors, informational errors, and debug data using this dialog.
If the log exceeds the specified size, the older data is dropped from the files. You can maximize the size of the log file to save all selected data.
Save log information to a text file. Select this option to save information to a log file. By default, this option is cleared. Selecting this option enables the File name and
File name. Enter the name and path of the log file. The default path is \Program Files\Altiris\AClient\AClient.log file.
Maximum size. Enter the maximum number of bytes for each log file.
Log errors. Select this option to save only the errors returned when running a job or operation between the Deployment Server and the Deployment Agent.
Log informational messages. Select this option to save a list of procedural steps run on the client computer.
Log debugging information. Select this option to list comprehensive debugging information in the text file.
Note
If the log exceeds the specified size, the older data is dropped from the files, so it is recommended to provide maximum file size.
Proxy
Typically, remote networks on the other side of a router or switch cannot receive multicast or Wake-On-LAN packets from the Deployment Server. Setting the managed computer as a proxy client computer forwards or re-creates the multicast packets. A managed client computer setup as a multicast proxy simply acts as a Deployment Server and advertises the server’s name and IP address through multicasting. You can also set the managed computer as a proxy to send Wake-On-LAN packets.
Set these options to control how the managed computer acts as a proxy agent, identifying the type of traffic this managed computer forwards from the server. Forward Wake-On-LAN packets. Select if you want the managed computer to forward Wake-on-LAN packets.
Forward Deployment Server discovery multicast packets. Select if you want to advertise the Deployment Server to client computers on another LAN segment or if the client computer is on the other side of the router.
Send multicast advertisement every. Set the time in seconds, minutes, or hours for managed computers to send a multicast advertisement.