Configuring the Default Settings for Managed Software Delivery

Configuration settings control the behavior of new Managed Software Delivery policies. Rather than configuring these settings individually for each policy, you can configure the default settings that apply to all new Managed Software Delivery policies. Then you can change the settings for a specific policy only when needed.
The default settings speed up the creation of Managed Software Delivery policies and promote consistency among them.
You can override the default settings for Managed Software Delivery as follows:
  • When you create a Managed Software Delivery policy manually
  • When you edit an existing Managed Software Delivery policy
Changing the default settings does not change the settings in the Managed Software Delivery policies that were created earlier.
Software Management Solution settings control the behavior of the software-related policies and tasks. The default settings let administrators create policies and tasks without having to enter the details that they are not familiar with. Instead, a more experienced administrator can configure the default settings that apply to all the new policies and tasks that are created. When necessary, the administrator who runs the specific policies and tasks can change the settings.
Sources of default settings for Software Management policies and tasks
Policy or task
Source of default settings
Managed Software Delivery
All new managed software delivery policies inherit the default settings that are defined on the
Managed Delivery Settings
page. You can override the default settings for specific Managed Software Delivery policies.
Changing the default managed software delivery settings does not affect the execution of the managed software delivery policies that were created earlier.
Package Delivery
Quick Delivery
Source Path Update
Software Virtualization
Windows Installer Repair
Some of the task settings are predefined. Other settings for these tasks are obtained from the Task Management settings or the Symantec Management Agent settings. You can override the settings for specific tasks.
  1. To configure default settings for Managed Software Delivery
  2. In the Symantec Management Console, on the
    Settings
    menu, click
    All Settings
    .
  3. In the left pane, expand
    Software
    , and then click
    Managed Delivery Settings
    .
  4. On the
    Managed Delivery Settings
    page, configure the settings on the following tabs:
    Schedule
    Lets you define the schedule on which a Managed Software Delivery policy runs.
    Download
    Lets you define how a Managed Software Delivery policy’s downloads are handled.
    Run
    Lets you define how a Managed Software Delivery policy runs on the client computer.
  5. Click
    Save changes
    .