Capturing a Computer's Personality
Deployment Solution lets you capture a computer's personality. A computer personality includes user data and application settings.
Starting from Deployment Solution 8.5 RU4, a Windows personality image that you have captured with Deployment Solution 8.5 RU3 or earlier is a legacy image.
To capture Windows personality images in a manageable format, ensure that you use the Deployment plug-in 8.5 RU4 or later.
If you have legacy images and want to benefit from the enhanced image management that Deployment Solution provides, you need to convert a legacy image to a manageable format on the
Image Management
page.Personality Packages are stored in the
(install_directory)\Altiris\NSCap\bin\Deployment\Packages\PCTPackages
directory.This directory contains several folders that are named with GUIDs. After you create a personality, the package is located in one of these folders. You can capture a computer’s personality by executing the
Capture Personality
task.You must use a template to specify the details that are to be captured in a computer's personality. Deployment Solution includes templates for many common applications and provides the tools that help you create and modify templates for new and custom applications.
- To capture user settings
- In the Symantec Management Console, navigate to either of the following:
- From theActionsmenu, selectDeployment > Capture Personality.
- Select theManage > Jobs and TasksmenuIn the left pane do either of the following:
- Right-clickSystem Jobs and Tasksfolder and selectNew > Task.
- Expand theSystem Jobs and Tasksfolder and right-clickDeploymentfolder to selectNew > Task.
- In theCreate New Taskdialog box, from the left pane selectDeployment > Capture Personalitytask.
- The fields and the descriptions are as follows:Task nameiconDisplays the default task name as Capture Personality. You can edit the default task name to specify a relevant task name. For example, Personality_WinXP.Personality nameLets you specify a unique personality name.You can specify a description for the personality that you capture. If you capture multiple personalities, you can use the %COMPNAME% token as the personality name. This token creates a unique name for each personality based on managed client computer name .Select templateLets you browse and select a template for the personality that you want to capture.Select theCreate Vista compatible file (pkg)check box if you want to distribute personality to a computer with Windows Vista and above operating system.Personality CredentialsLets you specify the credentials to secure the personality.
- ClickOK.
- Schedule the task.