Application Control Agent Package Page
Application Control Agent Package page
This page lets you create a package used by Application Control Agent installation policies as needed when performing an agent rollout or uninstallation. Generally, we recommend not changing any settings to this package.
Package tab
Use this tab to configure a package.
Item |
Description |
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Name |
Package name. |
Description |
Package description. |
Publisher |
Package Publisher details. |
Language |
Language for which the package is designed. |
Version Package |
Version details. |
Package Source |
Drop-down list with the following options, which are only availablewith Altiris® Software Delivery Solution™ software installed:
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Package Location |
Package location on the Notification Server computer. This can be a local directory, a UNC path, or a URL location depending on the package source. |
Package files will be deleted from the client computer if unused for |
Drop-down list to specify time frame for package files to be deleted from the client computer if they have been unused for any length of time. |
Save changes |
Click to save changes. |
Cancel |
Click to cancel changes. |
Update Distribution Point |
Click to update this package information as soon as possible on all enabled Package Servers. |
Programs tab
This tab is used to configure the programs associated with a package.
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Select a program from the drop-down list to view the details on that program. To add a new program to the package, click New. To delete a program from the package, select the program from the drop-down list, and then click Delete.
Item |
Description |
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Program |
Drop-down list that allows you to select the program to be associated with the selected package. |
New |
Creates a new program definition using the information currently listed in the Program Details section of the page. |
Delete |
Deletes the program definition selected in the Program drop-down list. |
Name |
(Required) Program name. |
Description |
(Optional) Program description. |
Command Line |
(Required) Command-line entry to run the program, including switches and parameters if applicable. The command-line entry must be in the same location as the package or along the same path as the package. |
Working Directory |
(Optional) Directory where files needed by the program are temporarily stored during deployment. |
Success codes |
(Optional) Enter the success codes for the program. Success codes are determined by the exit code that is returned when an application ends. Applications can define their own exit codes for success and failures, but typically a zero value is used for success and a non-zero value for failure. Multiple values can also be specified with a comma delimiter. Example: 0,3000 could be entered as success values. |
Failure codes |
(Optional) Enter the failure codes for the program. Failure codes are determined by the exit code that is returned when an application ends. Applications can define their own exit codes for success and failures, but typically a zero value is used for success and a non-zero value for failure. |
Estimated Disk Space |
Multiple values can also be specified with a comma delimiter. Example: 1,5000 could be entered as failure values. (Optional) Estimated disk space is an information field required by the installed program. It is used by the Application Control Agent to ensure at least one physical drive with the amount specified is available before executing the program. |
Estimated Run Time |
(Optional) Estimated time in minutes required to complete the deployment. This is only an information field. |
Terminate After |
Terminates running of the program after the specified number of minutes. If this is set to 0 or left blank, the program will automatically terminate after 360 minutes. |
After Running |
(Optional) Specifies the action to take after running the program.
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Starting Window |
Specifies the status of the program window when the program is run.
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Run With Rights |
Specifies whether the program is run with the System Account, Logged in User, or Specified User account. If you select the Specified User, you must specify the user domain in the field below this one. |
Program can run |
Specifies the conditions in which the program can run.
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Minimum Connection Speed |
Select the minimum connection speed for Software Delivery programs to be executed. Before the program is run, the connection speed from the Application Control Agent to the Notification Server is tested. If the connection speed is below the selected speed, the program will not be run. The default is no network connection required. This means there is no default minimum connection speed for Software Delivery programs to run. If a _ kByte/sec speed is chosen, before the Application Control Agent executes a Software Delivery program, it checks the connection speed between the Application Control Agent and the Notification Server. If the connection speed is faster than this speed, then the program gets executed. This only applies to program execution, not package download. The package must already be downloaded. |
Save changes |
Click to save changes. |
Cancel |
Click to discard changes. |
Update Distribution Point |
Click to update this package information as soon as possible on all enabled Package Servers. |
Package Servers tab
This tab is used to specify Package Servers associated with a package.
Item |
Description |
Package Destination Location on Package Servers |
Enter the desired package destination location on the Package Servers if you do not want the default. |
Assign package to |
Select the destination Package Server from one of the following:
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Save changes |
Click to save changes. |
Cancel |
Click to discard changes. |
Update Distribution Points |
Click to update this package information as soon as possible on all enabled Package Servers. |
Advanced tab
This tab is used to specify advanced settings with a package.
Item |
Description |
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Agent display name |
The name of the package that will be displayed on the Application Control Agent. This can be different than the package name you specified on the Package tab. The purpose of this field is to supply package names to the end user that makes sense to users and to have package names that make sense to you on an administrative level. |
Agent display description |
The description of the package that will be displayed on the Application Control Agent. This can be different than the package description you specified on the Package tab. We recommend you enter a description here that will let the end user know what the package will do to the managed computer. |
Enable Verbose Reporting of Package Status Events. |
Controls whether the Application Control Agent sends package status events for this package to the Notification Server. Select the check box to enable sending package status events to the Notification Server. Disabling events for this package prevents Application Control Agents from sending AeX SWD Package events to the Notification Server. The following types of AeX SWD Package events are not sent if package events are disabled:
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Use Alternate Download Destination on Client |
Use an alternate package download destination to the managed computer besides the default. This option makes it possible to deliver package files to computers at alternate destinations. When the task executes, the package files will be copied from the internal cache location to the location specified. Copied package files will never be deleted by the Application Control Agent. They will be recopied every time the task is run; so if the task is on a recurring schedule, the files will be copied repeatedly. This can be useful to ensure the user does not delete a required file. |
Save changes |
Click to save changes. |
Cancel |
Click to discard changes. |
Update Distribution Points |
Click to update this package information as soon as possible on all enabled Package Servers. |