Synchronize Symantec Management Platform Resource Collections

Arellia can integrate with 7.1 and 7.5 Symantec Management Platforms and pull in existing resource filters to be used for Arellia Policy targets.

Steps:

1. Navigate to Configuration > Foreign Software Systems > User Credentials 
2. Select the  Default User Credential and verify that those user credentials that have access to the Symantec Management Platform Server
3. Navigate to Foreign Software Systems > Foreign Software System Types > Symantec Management Platform 
4. Select New > Symantec Management Platform instance 
5. Name the Symantec Management Platform and provide the URL of the Altiris console and click OK 
6. Navigate to Tasks > Server Tasks > Foreign Systems 
7. Right-click and select New > SMP Synchronize Collections Task 
8. Select the SMP Instance to Synchronize with
   
9. After the task has been created you can create a schedule for it or run it now
10. After the task has run, navigate to Resources > Resource Filters (blue button in the bottom left) 
11. Right-click Symantec Management Platform and select New > SMP Collection 
12. Change the SMP instance in the New SMP Collection resource filter to use the recently created SMP Instance
13. Then use the Foreign Collection parameter to choose an existing filter from the remote SMP server.
    
14. After the new SMP Collection filter has been saved, it can be used for targeting Arellia Policies to the same computers defined on the Symantec Management Platform.