About installing Deployment Solution

Deployment Solution is installed on the Symantec Management Platform that has its own set of functionalities, which you can extend.

After Deployment Solution is installed on Symantec Management Platform, you have to enable different predefined policies to complete Deployment Solution installation. These predefined policies are specific to the Windows, Linux, and Mac operating systems and lets you install, uninstall, and upgrade the Deployment components. The Deployment components are, Deployment Plug-in, Deployment Automation folder, Deployment Package Server Components, Deployment Task Server Components and so on.

A predefined policy uses a filter that specifies the client computers that the policy impacts. Policies update the targeted computers after the computers request for policy updates. The policies run on the specified client computers only when the policies are enabled. You can access a predefined policy by clicking the Settings menu and then expanding the Agents/Plug-ins and the Deployment and Migration folders.

See What you can do with Deployment Solution.

Table: Deployment Solution plug-ins and predefined policies

Plug-in Name

Architecture

Description

Deployment plug-in for Windows

x86

x64

You must install this plug-in on a Windows client computer to execute the deployment-related tasks.

Following predefined plug-ins are associated for windows:

Deployment plug-in for Linux

x86

You must install this plug-in on a Linux client computer to execute the deployment-related tasks.

Following predefined plug-ins are associated for Linux:

Deployment plug-in for Mac

-

You must install this plug-in on a Mac client computer to execute the deployment-related tasks.

Following predefined plug-ins are associated with Mac:

Deployment Automation folder for Windows

x86

x64

You must install this plug-in on a Windows client computer to boot the computer in the automation environment.

This plug-in creates an automation folder with WinPE environment on the client computer, which is also known as the automation environment.

Following predefined policies are associated with Windows:

Deployment Automation folder for Linux

x86

You must install this plug-in on a Linux client computer to boot the computer in the automation environment.

This plug-in creates the LinuxPE environment on the client computer, which is also known as the automation environment.

Following predefined policies are associated with Linux:

Deployment Automation folder for Mac

-

You must install this plug-in on a Mac client computer to boot the computer in the automation environment.

Following predefined policies are associated with Mac:

Deployment Package Server Component

-

You must install this component on a site server on which the Package Service is installed.

Following predefined policies are associated with Package Server component:

Deployment Task Server Component

x86

x64

You must install this component on a site server on which the Task Service is installed.

Following predefined policies are associated with Task Server component:

Deployment Site Server Component

x86

x64

You can only upgrade the Deployment Site Server Components of any previous versions. By default, when the upgrade policy for the site servers is rolled out, this Deployment Site Server component is automatically upgraded.

See Upgrading Deployment Solution components.

Extract SSL Certificate

x86

x64

You must install this plug-in on a x86 or a x64 Windows computer such as the SMP computer, Task Server, computer, or a Package Server computer communicates using SSL.

Following default policies are associated with SSL certificate:

See Preinstallation requirements for Deployment Solution

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