Performing an Advanced Software Delivery

You can perform advanced software deliveries and manage the software that is installed on the managed computers.
Process for performing advanced software deliveries
Step
Action
Description
Step 1
Create a Managed Software Delivery policy.
The options for creating a Managed Software Delivery policy are as follows:
  • Use the
    Managed Software Delivery
    wizard.
    The
    Managed Software Delivery
    wizard provides a quick way to deliver the software that is already defined as a software resource in the Software Catalog.
    You can create and schedule a policy for a single software resource and its dependency software. Symantec recommends that you use the wizard because it can include any dependency software and warn you of software associations automatically.
  • Create the policy manually.
    This method delivers the software that is already defined as a software resource in the Software Catalog.
    Use this method to create a Managed Software Delivery policy when you need to add multiple software resources and tasks or override the default settings. You also can publish the policy to the Software Portal. However, you must add any dependency software or determine software associations yourself.
    You can also edit the policy that you created with the wizard.
  • Perform software import and managed delivery.
    Use this method if the software that you want to deliver is not yet defined as a software resource in the Software Catalog. This method lets you import the software installation package and create a Managed Software Delivery policy at once.
Step 2
(Optional) Edit the Managed Software Delivery policy.
You can edit the Managed Software Delivery policy to change or add functionality as follows:
  • Add software resources or tasks and arrange the order in which they run.
  • Change the settings of the entire policy.
  • Change the settings of specific software resources and tasks.
  • Edit the schedule or the destinations.
Step 3
Choose the delivery destinations.
Choose the computers that you want to deliver the software to.
When you use the
Managed Software Delivery
wizard to create the policy, you select the destinations in the wizard.
Step 4
Schedule the policy.
Define the schedule on which a Managed Software Delivery policy runs. You schedule the compliance check and the remediation check separately.
When you use the
Managed Software Delivery
wizard to create the policy, you can define the schedule during the wizard.
Step 5
After the policy runs, view reports.
The Software Management reports let you monitor the software deliveries.
The delivery reports provide information about the status of the software downloads and executions. For example, the software downloads for each computer, including the status and the download date. The compliance reports provide information about the compliance actions and the remediation actions.