Packages
& Products
> Assign packages or products to a computer
Assigning packages or products to a computer
You can assign one or more packages to individual computers, or a group
of computers. For example, you might want to assign several required packages
to a new staff member's laptop, or a product update to all the computers
which have previously installed that product.
When you assign a package or product to a ,
it is installed on the selected computer in the background.
After you have selected the package(s) or product(s) to be assigned,
you can also use the Assign Packages window to add further packages to
the assignment list, or remove packages from the list. When the 'Automatically
manage...' box is clear, you can re-order the list.
Before you assign a package to a large number of computers, and especially
before assigning an MS-DOS or 16-bit program, we recommend that you assign and test it first on a single computer to check for compatibility and ensure there are no problems
before assigning it to other computers.
To select packages or products for assignment
From the left-hand pane, expand 
Software, then expand 
Packages & Products.
Choose All Packages, or All Products.
From the right-hand pane, right-click the package
or product and from the menu, choose Assign.
If you want to add more packages or products to
the assignment list:
Under Packages and Products, click the Add
button.
In the 'Select items to add' tree view, choose
Software, Packages & Products, All Packages or All Products.
From the 'Available items' list, select the
packages or products you want to assign.
Click OK.
To remove a package or product from the Packages
and Products list, select the package or product and click the Remove
button.
To select target computers for the packages or products
Under 'Target computers', click the Add button.
In the 'Select items to add' tree view, choose
Computers, All Computers.
From the 'Available items' list, select the computers
you want to assign the package to.
When you have selected all required computers,
click the OK button.
Click OK.
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Notes
You can assign
packages to computers from the RM Management Console Start page. Click
the Software icon  and from the list of tasks, select 'Assign
a package to computers'. You can also
assign selected packages from the Tasks menu by choosing Package, Assign.
After you have
assigned a package to a computer, you can create a program set to make
the program shortcuts available to users. For more information, see Program
Sets Help for more information. If a user intends
to use their computer off the network, they will need to run assigned
programs for the first time while they are connected to the network in
order to set up user-specific information. If a user attempts to run a
program for the first time while disconnected, they may experience problems. |
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