Upgrading to the Symantec Management Platform and ServiceDesk
7.0 from Altiris 6.x ................................................................. 41
Upgrading the ServiceDesk application software ............................... 44
Server requirements for the ServiceDesk installation ......................... 45
ServiceDesk requirements for the Notification Server
computer ........................................................................ 46
System requirements for the ServiceDesk server computer ............ 47
System requirements for the SQL Server computer ...................... 48
Server configuration options for the ServiceDesk installation .............. 49
Requirements for the ServiceDesk client computers ........................... 51
Adding the ServiceDesk server computer to the Administrators
group ................................................................................... 51
About installing Symantec Management Platform products ................. 52
About populating the CMDB for ServiceDesk ..................................... 53
Information to collect for the ServiceDesk installation ........................ 54
Chapter 5 Installing ServiceDesk ........................................................ 57
About installing the ServiceDesk solution software on the Notification
Server computer .................................................................... 58
Installing the ServiceDesk application software ................................. 59
Downloading the ServiceDesk installation file ................................... 60
Installing the ServiceDesk application software on the ServiceDesk
server computer .................................................................... 61
Installing Workflow Designer on a client computer ............................ 64
Installing an upgrade to the ServiceDesk application software .............. 67
Maintenance page ........................................................................ 68
Server Roles page ......................................................................... 70
Install Location page .................................................................... 72
Server Configuration page ............................................................. 73
Workflow Designer Tasks page ....................................................... 73
Notification Server Credentials page ................................................ 74
Database Connection page ............................................................. 75
Database Configuration page .......................................................... 76
Database Replication page ............................................................. 77
System Accounts Access page ......................................................... 78
Process Manager Configuration page ............................................... 78
Process Manager Authentication page ............................................. 79
Active Directory Server dialog box .................................................. 80
Active Directory Container dialog box .............................................. 82
Workflow Persistence page ............................................................ 83
Symbus ORM page ....................................................................... 83
System Check page ....................................................................... 85
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