Configuring the Initial Deployment Settings

Initial Deployment settings is a job that you use to set up the initial set of tasks or jobs for unknown computers or managed computers after they boot to the preboot environment or the automation environment. For the unknown client computers, this job executes after the computers boot in the preboot environment, while for the managed computers, the job executes after the computers boot to preboot environment or the automation environment. This
Initial Deployment
settings menu can be configured only for the Windows client computers.
For example, you have an unknown computer in the network that you want to boot in preboot environment first and then want to execute a set of tasks after the computer boots. The tasks that you want to execute on the computer are,
Deploy Image
,
Boot To
production, and then
Apply System Configuration
. You can wrap up these tasks in a job and then configure and schedule the Initial Deployment job for the unknown computers. After the unknown computers boots in the preboot environment, the Initial Deployment menu that you configured is displayed. You can choose the tasks or jobs that you want to execute from the displayed list. At this stage, you can also choose to deselect any task that you do not want to execute.
In case of configuring an Initial Deployment job to deploy an image using multicast option, ensure to add
-mp -clients=3 -threshold=2 -connectimeout=10
in the command line options of the deploy image task that you want to add in the Initial Deployment job
If you have managed computers that you want to boot in automation environment, then you can set the redeployment tasks through this
Initial Deployment
job menu. In the automation environment, after you boot the managed computer manually, the list of initial tasks that you have set in this menu are displayed.
You can configure the
Initial Deployment
job menu from the following options of the console:
  • Settings > Deployment > Initial Deployment
    menu
  • Settings > All Settings > Deployment > Initial Deployment
    option
  1. To configure the initial deployment settings
  2. In the Symantec Management Console, on the
    Settings
    menu, click
    Deployment
    >
    Initial Deployment
    .
  3. In the
    Initial Deployment Settings
    dialog box, specify the values for the fields.
  4. In the
    Initial Deployment Settings
    dialog box, click
    Add
    to add the tasks that you want to display in the job menu of the computer.
    The fields and the descriptions of the dialog box are as follows:
    Network Boot Services Settings
    Lets you browse to the
    NBS General Settings
    dialog box of the console to configure the Network Boot Service that is installed on a site server.
    Initial Deployment (Unknown Computer) Menu
    Lets you configure the job menu that must display for the unknown computer after the computer boots in the preboot environment.
    Click
    Add
    to launch the
    Add Existing Tasks/Jobs
    dialog box to add the tasks or jobs that you want to display in the job menu. By default, the first task or job is listed as the default task in the table. You can select a different task or job by selecting the corresponding radio button.
    Select any one of the following options to configure the schedule of the job:
    • Run default job immediately
      Select this option to run the default job immediately after you create.
    • Wait indefinitely for user selection
      Select this option if you want to select the job from the job menu that is displayed on the unknown computer.
    • Run default job after [] seconds
      Select this option if you want to run the default job after the time that you specify in seconds.
    • Shutdown the computer after [] seconds
      Select this option if you want the unknown computer to shut down after the time that you specify in seconds
    You can delete an already configured job by selecting the job and then click the delete icon.
    Re-Deployment (Managed Computer) Menu
    Lets you configure the job menu that displays for the Windows managed computer after the computer boots in the automation environment.
    Click
    Add
    to launch the
    Add Existing Tasks/Jobs
    dialog box to add the tasks or jobs that you want to display in the job menu. By default, the first task or job is listed as the default task in the table. You can select a different task or job by selecting the corresponding radio button. .
    Select any one of the following options to configure the schedule of the job:
    • Run default job immediately
      Select this option to run the default job immediately.
    • Wait indefinitely for user selection
      Select this option if you want to select the job from the job menu that is displayed on the managed computer.
    • Run default job after [] seconds
      Select this option if you want to run the default job after the time that you specify in seconds.
    • Shutdown the computer after [] seconds
      Select this option if you want the managed computer to shut down after the time that you specify in seconds
    You can delete an already configured job by selecting the job and then click the delete icon.
    Logging
    Use this pane to
    Enbable Logging
    , as well as sett the
    Logging Level
    . This pane also diplays the log file's location.
    Network Settings
    Lets you determine WHAT? What's the purpose of this ection
    This section contains the following opions:
    • All interface
      PLEASE DEFINE
    • Apply the following IP addresses on PXE server
      PLEASE DEFINE
    • Support DHCP option 82
      This option enables Option-82 support. Option 82 allows a DHCP Relay Agent to insert circuit−specific information into a request forwarded to a DHCP server. Selecting this option allows responses generated by the PXE/NBS to include the Option 82 information, and this information will not by dropped by the DHCP proxy.
  5. Select the default task for the initial deployment menu.
    The selected default task execution starts after the lapse of time specified. During the specified time, you can choose to run any other tasks that are displayed in the menu.
  6. Click
    Save changes
    .