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Package Destination Location on Package Servers

Enter the desired package destination location on the Package
Servers if you do not want the default.
The default package delivery location on Package Servers is install path\altiris\Application Control agent\package delivery{package guid}\cache).

Assign package to

Select the destination Package Server from one of the following:

• All Package Servers - Assign the package to all Package Servers.
• Package Servers Individually - Assign the package to selected Package Servers.
• Package Servers by site - Manually assign sites to packages from a list of sites configured in the Site Maintenance page. When a site is assigned to a package, all Package Servers within the selected site will host the package.
• Package Servers automatically with manual prestaging - Sites are automatically assigned to packages according to the clients and Package Servers requirement for that package.
  Example: An administrator creates a task, associates it with a package assigned to Package Servers automatically with manual prestaging, and also assigns a collection to the task. Now, all members of this collection require the package and need to download it.
  The next time Package Refresh runs, or the Update Distribution Points button is clicked, the package is assigned to sites according to the collection members.
  So, if ClientA is a member of the collection assigned to the task, and ClientA is a member of SiteA, then SiteA will get assigned to the package.
  When SiteA is assigned to the package all Package Servers in SiteA will host the package. So, when ClientA needs to download the package, all the Package Servers within its own site will have already downloaded and prepared the package, or be in the process of doing it.
  This option also lets you manually assign packages to sites as desired. So, if a site has not been automatically assigned to the package, the user can potentially assign it to a number of other sites manually.

Apply

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Cancel

Click to discard changes.

Update Distribution Points

Click to update this package information as soon as possible on all enabled Package Servers.