Download Settings in Software Management Solution
The download settings let you define how the packages and command lines are downloaded for a policy or a task in Software Management Solution.
These settings appear in the following places:
On the Managed Delivery Settings page | Lets you define the default settings for all new Managed Software Delivery policies. You can override these settings for a specific policy. |
In the Advanced Options dialog box that you can access when you edit a Managed Software Delivery policy. | Lets you change the settings for any specific software resource that the policy contains. The changes that you make for a specific policy do not change the defaults for other policies. |
In a Software Management Solution task, these settings appear in the Advanced Options dialog box, on the Download Options tab. | Lets you change the default settings for a specific Software Management Solution task. You cannot change the default settings in a Software Virtualization task. |
Option | Description |
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Destination download location | Lets you define the directory on the client computer in which to place the package file. The package downloads to and runs from this location. Options for the download location are as follows:
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Use the default Symantec Management Agent settings to download | Lets you download and run the package with the default Download and Execute settings that are defined in the targeted Symantec Management Agent settings. These settings determine whether the package runs from the server or on the client computer.The Software Management Solution tasks do not support the multicasting option, even if it is selected in the global Symantec Management Agent settings. |
Use the following settings to download and run | (Windows only) Lets you override the default download settings that are defined for the Symantec Management Agent. The download settings that you can use are as follows:
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Delete package from client computer |
Deletes the packages downloaded to the client computer if the packages are expired and not used for the amount of time you select in the If unused for drop-down list.Starting from 8.5 RU1, the package is defined as in use in the following cases:
In all other cases, the package is defined as expired. The Software Management Solution plug-in checks for the expired packages every hour or each time when the plug-in wakes up (i.e., when the plug-in receives a new or changed delivery policy). For example, you can configure a Managed Software Delivery policy to run once and delete the unused packages. If the policy fails to run, the downloaded packages are marked as expired, and then get deleted from the client computer in the specified amount of time. |