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Table Of Contents
- Symantec pcAnywhere™ Administrator's Guide
- Technical Support
- Contents
- 1. Planning a migration and upgrade strategy
- 2. Creating custom installation packages
- 3. Deploying Symantec pcAnywhere custom installations
- 4. Performing centralized management
- About centralized management
- Managing pcAnywhere hosts remotely
- Installing the pcAnywhere Host Administrator tool
- Adding the Host Administrator snap-in to MMC
- Creating a configuration group
- Adding computers to a configuration group
- Configuring administrator host and remote connection items
- Configuring a host item in pcAnywhere Host Administrator
- Distributing pcAnywhere configuration files
- Managing hosts in a configuration group
- Integrating with Microsoft Systems Management Server
- About the Microsoft Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM)
- About centralized logging
- 5. Integrating pcAnywhere with directory services
- 6. Managing security in Symantec pcAnywhere
- Index
Preparing the Package Definition File
A default Package Definition File (pcAnywhere.pdf) is provided with pcAnywhere.
This file can be modified to accommodate any package created with Symantec
Packager.
To use the supplied Package Definition File without modification, do one of the
following:
■ For .exe-based packages, rename the pcAnywhere package that you want to
use to Package.exe.
■ For .msi-based packages, rename the pcAnywhere package that you want to
use to Package.msi.
For information on customizing the Package Definition File, see your SMS
documentation.
The following values must not be removed or changed in the supplied Package
Definition File:
■ AfterRunning=ProgramRestart
■ CanRunWhen=UserLoggedOn
■ AdminRightsRequired=TRUE
Creating an SMS deployment package
You must create an SMS Package and configure a distribution for each type of
pcAnywhere installation that you want to perform on the client computers.
To create an SMS deployment package
1
Use Symantec Packager to create a product installation .msi file or package
installation .exe file, as appropriate, or use one of the supplied, preconfigured
pcAnywhere packages.
2
In the SMS Administrator console, right-click Packages, and then click New
> Package From Definition.
3
In the Create Package from Definition Wizard, when prompted for the name
of a package file, click Browse to locate the pcAnywhere.pdf file.
The default location is C:\Program Files\Symantec\pcAnywhere\CMS.
4
Click Open.
The Create Package from Definition Wizard displays the pcAnywhere Package
definition.
5
Click Next.
Deploying Symantec pcAnywhere custom installations
Deploying pcAnywhere using SMS 2.0
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