Deploy Agent for Windows Dialog Box

To access this dialog for a found computer:  In the Scope pane right-click Find Computers and select Find Unmanaged Computers.  Enter search criteria. When the search is finished, click the IP Range or Domain item to display the found computers in the Result pane. Right-click a computer and select Deploy Agent for Windows.

To access this dialog for a computer added in Cooperative Mode: In the Scope pane, expand the All Computers item. Right-click a computer that has been added in Cooperative Mode and has not had the Agent for Windows deployed to it. Select Deploy Agent for Windows.

Deploys the default Agent for Windows to a computer.

You must have administrator rights on the computer to which you want to deploy the agent.

Checkbox

Information

Reboot the computer....

The computer must reboot for the agent to finish installing.

If you leave this box unchecked, the agent finishes the installation process after the computer is rebooted manually.

After the computer reboots, the computer is added to the Configuration Database of the Symantec LiveState Configuration Server to which you are connected, The computer is listed in the Command Center, if it has not been added manually. In the computer's Boot and Security properties, the May be reset checkbox is unchecked.

 

Note: If you check this Reboot.. box, but leave the Try to discover... box unchecked, the default Agent for Windows package is listed under the computer.

 

Try to discover the software that is installed...

Determines what software is installed on the computer, based on a predefined list of packages.   

To use this feature, you must meet several prerequisites.

Packages that correspond to the operating system and applications are listed as installed jobs on the computer. The specific Agent for Windows package, rather than the default package, is also listed.