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Prdt eatres, beneits, ntinality and

installatin steps

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LANDESK WHITE PAPER: LANDESK MANAgEMENT SuITE oR THINKVANTAgE TEcHNoLogIES

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Table o Contents

overview ............................................................................................................................................. 3

Prdts ............................................................................................................................................. 3

LANDesk Manaement Site ...................................................................................................... 3

Lenv ThinkVantae Tehnlies ........................................................................................... 3

central IT ntins ............................................................................................................................ 4

Inventry Manaement ..................................................................................................................... 4Stware Distribtin ........................................................................................................................ 4

Stware Liense Mnitrin ............................................................................................................ 4

oS Deplyment and Prle Miratin ............................................................................................... 5

Remte cntrl ................................................................................................................................ 5

Handheld Manaement .................................................................................................................... 5

Heterenes IT Spprt ............................................................................................................... 5

Lenv ThinkVantae Tehnlies ................................................................................................. 6

Interatin with Advaned Hardware Dianstis rm Pc-Dtr ................................................ 7

Interatin with Leasin rm IBM glbal inanin ...................................................................... 7

Interatin with Saegard Easy rm utima ............................................................................. 7

Interatin with Display Manaement rm Enteh Taiwan stoSM Stware ............................... 8

Interatin with cmptrae rm Abslte Stware .................................................................... 8

client Sltins ................................................................................................................................... 8

ThinkVantae Rese and Revery ........................................................................................... 8

ThinkVantae Antidte Delivery Manaer ...................................................................................... 8

ThinkVantae Sere Data Dispsal............................................................................................ 8

ThinkVantae client Serity Sltin ........................................................................................... 8

ThinkVantae Imaeultra Bilder ................................................................................................ 9

ThinkVantae Ative Prtetin System ........................................................................................ 9

ThinkVantae Aess cnnetins ............................................................................................... 9

ThinkVantae Prdtivity center .................................................................................................. 9

ThinkVantae System update ....................................................................................................... 9

ThinkVantae System Miratin Assistant ..................................................................................... 9Interated Prdt Details ................................................................................................................. 10

System Manaement rm a Sinle cnsle ............................................................................... 10

Benets the Interated Sltin ..................................................................................................... 11

Derease csts .......................................................................................................................... 1

Prtet Prdtivity ..................................................................................................................... 1

Extend the Pwer LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies............... 1

LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies Installatin Steps and

Hardware and Stware Reqirements .............................................................................................. 13

Hardware reqirements ............................................................................................................... 13

Stware reqirements ................................................................................................................ 13

cre server .............................................................................................................................. 13

cre server r additinal nsle ............................................................................................. 13

cre server installatin ............................................................................................................. 14

System Reqirements and Platrm Spprt ..................................................................................... 14

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Copyright 2007, LANDesk Software Ltd. All rights reserved.

LANDesk, Targeted Multicast and Management Gateway are trademarks or registered trademarks of LANDesk Software, Ltd. and its affiliated companies in the United States and other

countries. Other brands and names may be claimed as the property of others.

Lenovo, Access Connections, Active Protection System, Embedded Security Subsystem, ImageUltra Builder, Rescue and Recovery, Secure Data Disposal, ThinkVantage Technologies, and

System Migration Assistant are trademarks of Lenovo Group Limited in the USA and other countries and are used by LANDesk Software Ltd. under license.

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Overview

LANDesk and Lenv have teamed p t reate an interated perrmane hardware and stware manaement sltin t manae yr

systems rm a sinle nsle. By mbinin the indstry-leadin LANDesk Manaement Site stware with Lenvs award-winnin

ThinkVantae Tehnlies manaement stware and ThinkPad and Thinkcentre hardware, stmers an nw have the mst

pwerl hardware and stware manaement tls available in the indstry spprtin Lenv and heterenes envirnments.

Products

LANDesk Management Suite

LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies is a mprehensive, interated sltin

that enables IT pressinals t atmate and tne ritial systems manaement tasks and pratively

ntrl, pdate and prtet desktps, servers and mbile deviesall rm a sinle nsle.

With this manaement site, y an ather detailed asset data, deply appliatins and peratin systems, maintain

nratin standards, nre and manae ThinkVantae Tehnlies, mnitr stware sae, slve ser

prblems, and develp and deply system-wide serity pliies. Extended serity, path manaement and asset

trakin eatres enable a trly mprehensive sltin whether systems are inside the rprate rewall r nt.

Lenovo ThinkVantage Technologies

ThinkVantae Tehnlies are lient-entri tls that inlde help with Pc pre-deplyment plannin thrh end--lie dispsitin.

These hardware and stware tehnlies were develped t rede IT manaement sts thrh eah phase the Pc lie

yle. Prdts inlde tls sh as Rese and Revery, Antidte Delivery Manaer, Sere Data Dispsal, client SeritySltin, Imaeultra Bilder, Ative Prtetin System, Aess cnnetins, Prdtivity center and System update.

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Central IT Functions

Inventory Management, Including Reporting

n Bilt-in inventry and reprtin apabilities help y qikly determine what hardware and stware y

need t pdate r replae as a part Vista miratin, savin y rie and lts re drills.

n Exetive Dashbard lets yr exetives and bsiness manaers aess all the key data they need, when they

need itwitht havin t phne y rst. This ntin als allws y t nre the dashbards with an

verview ntins y need t keep a lse eye n, allwin y t always be n tp ritial isses.

n Bilt-in reprtin apabilities inlde immediate aess t inventry and stats inrmatin, as well

as the ability t pblish reprts t a le share in HTML, PD, Doc, RT r XLS rmats.

n Inldes unmanaed Devie Disvery (uDD), a ntin that qikly and intelliently heks yr

netwrk and prvides a reprt whats t there, witht havin t stress the netwrk inrastrtre.

Als heks devies disvered with at disvery, stm data lletin, aentless inventry

disvery and delta inventry sans/mpressinall thrh an easy-t-se qery uI.

n Detailed hardware, stware and ThinkVantae inrmatin athered prvides sers with extensive hardware and

stware inventries and enables sers t ather and trak stm data elds, mnitr stware sae t rede

liensin sts and maintain mpliane, plan prades and maintenane, and respnd t adits mre qikly.

n Detailed asset ta and serial nmber inrmatin as well as embedded pintin

devie, xed drive and cD-RoM data ive a mplete inventry view.

n Intel vPr spprt an disver all Intel vPr-based hardware and stware assets whether asystems oS is installed r nt, ivin y sperir t--band manaement.

n Bilt-in, easy-t-se reprt eneratr helps nn-SQL sers et p and rnnin qikly.

Sotware Distribution

n A sinle, nied press allws y t reate pakaes, hse tarets, dene ptins and shedle pakae deplyment.

n A task-based distribtin mdel separates pakae bildin rm the delivery methd

t imprve verall press eieny and enable mpnent re-se.

n LANDesk Tareted Mltiast tehnly minimizes bandwidth sed when distribtin lare pakaes

t mltiple sersredin need r dediated hardware r rter renratins.

n LANDesk Peer Dwnlad tehnly leveraes lal bandwidth eieny

t aess pakaes that have been delivered t a sbnet.

n ownership delivery methds and distribtin pakaes prvides a hie any

mbinatin devies, devie rps, database r LDAP qeries r bjets.

n Pliy-based distribtin helps atmate stware availability and keep appliatins in a preerred state.

n Prereqisite hekin and pakae hainin make it easy t install mltiple pakaes in

a sinle peratin as well as atmatially install prereqisite pakaes.

n Task shedler interates with diretry servie and asset inventry databases t make taret seletin

easy; real-time stats reprtin prvides inrmatin deplyment task mpletin stats.

n Pakae-ansti distribtin enables deplyment any pakae type, inldin MSI, RPM, setp.exe and

ther installers; mlti-le MSI spprt enables rapid mltiast distribtin lare appliatin pakaes.

Sotware License Monitoring

n Extensive appliatin sae and liense mpliane reprtin, as well as liense reprtin eatres (nmber times eah

liensed appliatin is lanhed, last date sed, days sine last sed, ttal dratin sae, date prhased, Po and

reseller inrmatin) ive a mprehensive lk at stware liense se.

n Easy nratin liense parameters, inldin nmber prhased, liense type, qantity and serial nmber, as well as

trakin by rp, department and ranizatinal nit t make stware liense mnitrin easier.

n Installatin trakin and reniliatininldin the liense hlder, physial latin the mpter, disntined lienses

and mrehelp administratrs stay n tp stware lienses.

n Appliatin lanh denial keeps nathrized stware rm rnnineven n mpters nt nneted t the netwrk.

n capabilities inlde sannin r bth knwn and nknwn appliatins and a dispsitin tl t dene and trak previsly

nknwn appliatins.

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OS Deployment and Profle Migration

n Spprts Vista deplyment and miratin sin Mirst standards r lnin tls

n LANDesk Tareted Mltiast tehnly speeds deplyments t mltiple tarets while minimizin bandwidth

sed in rder t rede ttal netwrk tra witht dediated hardware r rter renratin.

n LANDesk oS Deplyment Wizard ides sers thrh the entire oS deplyment and miratin press.

n Remte imae aptre makes it easy t reate oS imaes.

n Inldes state--the-art imain (lnin) tls while simltanesly spprtin Imae ansti

distribtin that lets y deply disk imaes reated sin yr standardized imain tl.

n Atmated prle miratin aptres ser and appliatin settins, desktp settins and ser

data s the ser envirnment an be qikly restred ater imae deplyment.

n PXE prxy tehnly enables rapid prvisinin bare-metal mahines witht

dediated servers n eah sbnet, bt fppies r netwrk renratin.

n Atmated SYSPREP manaement mpletes pst-imae nratin atmatially.

n Appliatins an be atmatially deplyed t et sers p and rnnin immediately.

Remote Control

n user-based rihts administratin limits tehniian aess while interatin with

diretry servies/NoS serity ensres ntrlled aess.

n Stware aents hide when nt in se, imprvin perrmane and preventin appliatin nfits.

n Sere, n-demand ptin enables strn serity.

n optimizatin r slw bandwidth nditins and d perrmane even ver a dial-p nnetin inreases eieny.

n ll interatin with detailed asset database r extended data atherin, trbleshtin,

serity manaement and devie manaement spprt.

n Remte wake, remte rebt and remte appliatin exetin allw sers t perrm bth maintenane

and repairs at any timerm a helpdeskeven when the end mpter is sht dwn.

n Interated hat, bidiretinal le transer and atmati sessin lin enable

rapid prblem resltin and reprtin aln with a ll adit trail.

n Brwser-based apability means an IT sta an spprt anyne n the netwrk rm any mpter n the netwrk.

n Intel vPr spprt allws sers t heal Intel vPr-based systems remtely reardless the oS r system state.

Handheld Management

n cmplete inventry manaement and asset disvery, mnitrin and

hane ntrl alertin r handheld and wireless devies.

n Eient stware distribtin with hekpint restart r imprved eieny and interated

task shedlin t easily dene, shedle and atmate stware deplyments.

n Bandwidth thrttlin r mre eient, less bandwidth-intensive handheld and wireless manaement.

n Psh-and-pll le transer apabilities with LANDesk Handheld ile Exhane tehnly.

Heterogeneous IT Support

n A sinle nsle simplies the tasks manain desktps, laptps and mbile

devies rnnin Windws, Ma oS, Linx, uNIX, Java and mre.

n Interatin with mltiple databases (MS SQL, orale, MSDE); is diretry-independent r LDAP, eDiretry, ADS and NDS.

n Is als enabled r deplyment Ma, Linx and uNIX peratin systems and appliatins.

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Lenovo ThinkVantage Technologies

These manaement ntins enable the IT ranizatin t manae Lenvs alaimed ThinkVantae Tehnlies. (A separate lient

liense is reqired.) The interatin prvides the llwin ntins:

n Allws sae and inventry lletin ThinkVantae Tehnlies, helpin IT

qikly perrm remte rretins r deply a new pliy.

n Stware distribtin an be sed t simpliy deplyment ThinkVantae Tehnlies mpany-wide.

n A mltitde predened ThinkVantae reprts

n central manaement and distribtin pliies t Rese and Revery,

client Serity Sltin, Aess cnnetins, Antidte, et.

n Spei interatin pints

n Aess cnnetins (Ac)

n cllets niqe inventry inrmatin nernin whih Ac prles a lient ses and enables the helpdesk

t ativate a spei Aess cnnetins prle n the lient rm the LDMS 4 TVT nsle

n centrally nres and manaes Aess cnnetins pliy

n Antidte Delivery Manaer (ADM)

n cllets inventry inrmatin abt the lients ADM nratin

n Bilds ADM inrastrtre and manaes ADM repsitries, inldin view and remve

ntents n repsitries reated rm the LANDesk Manaement Site nsle

n can be sed t reate Antidte Distribtin pakaes

n client Serity Stware (cSS)

n cllets inventry abt cSS stware and cSS settins as well as detets TPM hip type, state, versin

(even i the driver r stware is nt installed) and iner Print reader (even i stware is nt installed)

n centrally nres and deplys cSS pliy

n Helps reate distribtin pakaes that simpliy installatin cSS

lients and nratin their initial serity pliies

n Imaeultra Bilder (IuB)

n Deplys IuB imaes as a part a standard imae deplyment

n Spprts pliy-based stware deplyment rm LANDesk Manaement Site ater IuB lays dwn base imaen System Miratin Assistant (SMA)

n uses SMA as a part the standard miratin press

n Sere Data Dispsal (SDD)

n Prvides the ability t entrally manae retirement lients

n Traks dispsal ativity n server r later aess

n Ative Prtetin System (APS)

n cllets inventry inrmatin abt the APS nratin and presene the APS hip n the lient

n centrally nres and deplys APS pliy settins

n Rese and Revery (RnR)

n cllets inventry inrmatin abt RnR and its sae

n centrally nres and deplys RnR pliy settins

n LANDesk Manaement Site nsle task t mve lal bakps t netwrk

n chek antidte mailbx nwMahine riht lik men ptin n a sinle mahine r rp mahines

n Spprts RnR restre ptins rm LANDesk Manaement Site nsle (ll, oS and Appliatins r Rejvenate)

n ThinkVantae System update

n centrally nres and deplys ThinkVantae system pdate pliy settins

n can be sed t deply ThinkVantae system pdate pakaes t lal repsitries

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n Prdtivity center

n cllet Prdtivity center settins and nratins

n cstmize Prdtivity center lk and eel, and men items rm the LDMS 4 TVT nsle

n central nratin and priritizatin tasks rnnin in AWAY mde

n Send tareted LANDesk Manaement Site messaes thrh Messae center

Integration with Advanced Hardware Diagnostics rom PC-Doctor

Advaned Pc hardware dianstis rm Pc-Dtr (http://www.p-dtr.m) mes preladed with eah Lenv system. Pc-

Dtr prvides diansti and system inrmatin sltins that rede spprt alls and ensre that new and replaement systems

have lly ntinal hardware and rret nratins prir t deplyment.

Pc-Dtr enhanements added t the LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies nsle inlde:

n Aess t spei lient dianstis diretly rm the LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies nsle

n client-server appliatin that is exeted silently n end-sers lient

n central reprtin n ritial isses by aptrin the stats the remte dianstis perrmed

n Advaned Remte Dianstis available in the llwin erins

n LANDesk Inventry Manaer r ThinkVantae Tehnlies

n LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies

Spprt r preladed Pc-Dtr dianstis r Lenv systems is available thrh ThinkVantae System update. The remtePc-Dtr nsle is available thrh the LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies tlkit and needs t be

installed n eah nsle.

Integration with Leasing rom IBM Global Financing

IBM glbal inanin hardware leasin inrmatin an nw be made available rm the LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae

Tehnlies nsle. I y are leasin yr Lenv hardware, leasin rm IBM glbal inanin (http://www-03.ibm.m/nanin/s/

hardware/) prvides a fexible way t nane the hardware as well as aess t the Lenv systems y need riht nw.

The IBM glbal inanin enhanements added t the LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies nsle inlde:

n capability t easily imprt leasin inrmatin rm the IBM glbal inanin cstmer center

n Speial leasin rp added t lient inventry inrmatin. The inrmatin inldes:

n cntrat nmber, prhase rder nmber, amnt naned, st enter, payment reqeny, peridi payment,

rreny, terms, end lease date, start date, installed latin (ity, state, ntry) and prdt type

n Lease retrn ntin

n Predened reprts desined t help manae leased asset retrns

n The reprts inlded are: Lease End Reprt, Lease Mahines Retrned, Lease Mahines unmanaed

(nt yet installed)

Integration with SaeGuard Easy rom Utimaco

Saegard Easy is a ll hardware-enryptin stware sltin rm utima (http://www.tima.m/lenv). The jint sltin ll

hardware enryptin in mbinatin with ThinkVantae data revery apability (Rese and Revery), and ThinkVantae Embedded

Serity Sbsystem reates a niqe lient serity sltin.

The Saegard Easy enhanements added t the LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies nsle inlde:

n central pliy nratin and manaement Saegard Easy lient; (an utima Saegard Easy liense is reqired n

the lient)

n Revery rrpted utima Saegard Easy bt kernel

n Saegard Easy bt kernel r eah lient is baked p saely and atmatially

The inrmatin reqired t set p and nre interatin utima Saegard Easy with LANDesk Manaement Site r

ThinkVantae Tehnlies is available rm the utima Web site. A standard spprt areement rm LANDesk and utima is reqired

r spprt.

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Integration with Display Management rom Entech Taiwan sotOSM Sotware

Enteh Taiwan stoSM stware (http://www.entehtaiwan.net/lib/stsd.shtm) is an eient, hst-based oSD replaement appliatin

that enables displays t be sel-nred, at-rtated and tned qikly and preisely. Display hipset vendr genesis Mirhip In. has

seleted EnTehs stoSM t bndle with its next-eneratin Phenix LcD mnitr ntrllers.

The Enteh Taiwan stoSM stware enhanements added t the LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies nsle

inlde:

n

cmmn mnitr ntrl ntins added t lients let-lik menn Additinal mnitr inrmatin added t lient inventry san, sh as manatrer, manatrin week and year, mdel,

serial nmber, size, vendr ID and pwer-n hrs

Integration with Computrace rom Absolute Sotware

cmptrae rm Abslte Stware (www.abslte.m) is a laptp serity and trakin tehnly that deters laptp thet and

revers stlen mpters. IT administratrs an eiently mnitr wh is sin the ranizatins mpters, what hardware and

stware hanes are made t them, and where laptps are lated. (Separate cmptrae sbsriptin and ativatin is reqired.)

cmptrae enhanements t the LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies nsle inlde:

n Ability t detet i a LANDesk aent is installed n the same mahine as the cmptrae

lient and reprt key LANDesk aent data bak t the cmptrae server

n update the Inventry sanner t detet presene a cmptrae aent and ather seleted inrmatin

n Prde cmptrae aent stats reprts

Client Solutions

The ThinkVantae tls desribed in the llwin setins are liensed prdts and are available separately rm LANDesk

Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies. They wrk standalne r in njntin with the manaement sltins t prvide

entrally manaed apabilities in a distribted envirnment and allw the lients t perrm lient-ritial ntins. The lienses t

se these prdts are shipped with Lenv systems and mst them are available r prhase r nn-Lenv systems.

ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery

This ne-bttn rever and restre sltin ers emereny diansti and revery tls. usin an alternate envirnment alled

Pre-Desktp based n WinPE, Rese and Revery reates a mirrr imae the hard disk drive and restres it qikly and easily

shld the main stware imae beme rrpted. This sltin an be lated n a lal hard drive, send hard drive, uSB

devie, cD, DVD, r n a mapped netwrk drive. Expanded ntinality inldes key system inrmatin and l viewer, brwser

aess and the ability t rese les that havent been baked pall in an easy-t-se Pre-Desktp raphial interae. Rese

media allws y t restre the system even when yr Master Bt Rerd (MBR) is rrpted. Inremental bakp and restreensres y have the latest les and lders in yr bakp imae allwin y t rever qikly t yr entire system, inldin yr

latest data hanes. Bakps an be atmatially shedled, exeted n demand, and even lanhed rm a remte nsle.

ThinkVantage Antidote Delivery Manager

As a new eatre Rese and Revery, ThinkVantae Antidte Delivery Manaer allws IT sta t deliver xes

and pdates t sers wherever they are, even i their systems are dwn de t a wrm r virs. This ntin is a

ritial add-n t LANDesk standard path manaement and virs prtetin tehnly, prvidin IT a mplete

sltin with remte apabilities t rever a system, even i the system ant bt t Windws.

ThinkVantage Secure Data Disposal

Like a paper shredder r yr hard drive data, this dwnladable tl enables sere deletin data stred n a systems hard disk

drive. The Sere Data Dispsal tl emplys aster and mre thrh tehniqes than typial methds, resltin in mre sere

dispsal hard drives as well as reded IT labr sts. This tl an l all ativity and prvide an adit trail dispsed hard drives.

ThinkVantage Client Security Solution

This mbinatin hardware and dwnladable stware prtets data rm nathrized viewin and/r aess. lexible

athentiatin tehniqeslike pass phrases, nerprints and smart ardshelp sere ln predres ardin t yr

spei serity pliy reqirements. Password Manager lets sers replae mltiple passwrds with athentiatin thrh a sinle

pass phrase, r when sed with ptinal bimetris r readers, thrh a nerprint r smart ard. With Passwrd Reset, ln

passwrds an be reset by sers wh answer three simple qestins. Jst lik I rt my passwrd, answer the qestins

and the system serely resets the passwrd, prmptin the ser t set a new passwrd at rst se. The reset eatre wrks r

BIoS PoP (Pwer n Passwrd), hard disk drive and Mirst Windws passwrdsall witht a all t the help desk.

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client Serity wrks in njntin with an embedded serity hip t manae enryptin keys and presses. The TPM (Trsted

Platrm Mdle) itsel is islated rm the peratin system sin patented tamper-resistant tehnly. Wireless sltins n the

ThinkPad sh as cis Liht Extensible Athentiatin Prtl (LEAP) and SerID RAS keys are bilt int the ThinkVantae

client Serity Sltin, allwin mbile sers t emply st-eient stware tkens and arry ne less piee eqipment n

the rad. Enryptin and deryptin les and lders happens atmatially in the mst sere way pssible in the indstry. With

the ptinal utima Sae gard Easy interatin, sers an benet rm ll hard drive enryptin and deryptin as well.

ThinkVantage ImageUltra Builder

cnslidate mltiple lanaes, hardware platrms, wrkrp appliatins and peratin systems int a sinle masterimae with Imaeultra Bilder. This niqe mdle apprah t imain allws r maximm fexibility in imae maintenane

and deplyment. Spprt r prtable, semi-prtable (sysprep) and lned imaes as well as ntebk and desktp

hardware nratins in a sinle imae helps rede the nmber imaes that IT ranizatins mst manae. Based

n the Mirst WinPE envirnment, Imaeultra Bilder allws r even mre eienies and ease se eatres r

the administratr. or, hse Imaeultra Servies prvided by Lenv r expert help reatin yr master imae.

ThinkVantage Active Protection System

The Ative Prtetin System (APS), available n many ThinkPad ntebks, emplys airba-like tehnly t prtet the hard drive.

The system has an interated mtin sensr that ntinsly mnitrs the mvement the ntebk, and, i a sdden hane

in mtin is deteted, the APS temprarily stps the hard drive t prtet it rm a ptential rash. This ThinkVantae Tehnly

prvides p t r times reater impat prtetin than systems witht it and helps rede dwntime and spprt sts. When a all

is deteted, the drive head is parked within 500 millisends ntil the system is stabilized. When repetitive vibratin is deteted, whih

may be the ase when travelin n an airplane r train, the APS atmatially adjsts sensitivity s y an wrk ninterrpted.

ThinkVantage Access Connections

create latin prles with nearly all the settins y need t nnet virtally anywhere netwrk nnetivity is available. one

prles are set, Aess cnnetins lets y easily swith between them. Prles an be set r atmati swithin between

wireless and wired nnetins based n the hihest available mpatible nnetin speed. They an be set t hane yr

dealt printer, trn n a VPN r lanh appliatins by latin. Pls, Aess cnnetins helps manae wireless serity,

inldin Wi-i Prteted Aess, WEP, 80.1x and cis LEAP. Prles an als be entrally manaed t simpliy deplyment.

ThinkVantage Productivity Center

With Prdtivity center, sers an et the inrmatin they need, inldin detailed inrmatin abt eatres and apabilities, pls

imprtant tls like Rese and Revery, System Miratin Assistant, Aess cnnetins and mre. They an even link t stware

pdates, nline spprt and atmated help.

ThinkVantage System Update

Stayin p t the minte has never been easier, r taken less time. System update allws y t atmate the dwnlad

hardware-spei drivers, BIoS and stware pdates diretly r an individal system r r every sinle system in yr mpany.

Dwnlad and install enterprise pdates rm a lally manaed repsitry, set spei pdate times, and shedle rerrin

atmati pdates r the Pc. Lare les an be dwnladed aster thanks t dwnlad rid tehnly sed by System update.

ThinkVantage System Migration Assistant

System Miratin Assistant (SMA) makes miratin yr ld mpters data and settins t a new mpter r peratin

system a simple task with a rih set miratin ptins, inldin Peer t Peer (ver Ethernet cable); mmand-line

bath press (rnne); and netwrk-based r external strae sh as uSB drive, cD, and/r DVD. gettin sers bak

t wrk qikly and eiently, witht lsin their data, appliatins settins, and lk and eel their ld envirnment

is made easy with ThinkVantae SMA. Whats mre, SMA an be sed as a part the LANDesk miratin press, as

well as help perrm mass miratin ser les, lders, persnal preerenes, ser prles, Mirst and nn-Mirst

appliatin settins, printer drivers and oDBc database sres drin an atmated rprate rllt new Pcs.

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Integrated Product Details

LANDesk Management Suite or ThinkVantage Technologies

Main Console View

System Management rom a Single Console

LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies ses a Windws 3-bit nsle t allw IT administratrs

t manae their mplete netwrk envirnment. The sites guI has been extended t inlde the manaement tls r

Lenvs ThinkVantae Tehnlies (TVT) prdt line. This interatin appears seamlessly in the manaement site guI

and inldes the TVT t be rped in their wn atery and listed nder the sites tlbx. TVT an be lanhed rm

the tlbx, rm the pll-dwn men n the tlbar, r rm a riht mse lik n the systems that have been added

int the LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies database and that are manaed by the site.

The TVT tls are rped and shwn in the LANDesk tlbx nder ThinkVantae. These inlde Aess cnnetin PrleManaer, Ative Prtetin System Manaer, Antidte Delivery Pakae Manaer, client Serity Sltin Manaer, Imaeultra

Bilder, Prdtivity center Manaer, Rese and Revery Pliy Manaer, Sere Data Dispsal, and System Miratin Assistant.

Three dealt qeries are added t the Qeries atery the Netwrk View n the LANDesk manaement nsle. These qeries

inlde Repsitry Hsts, Thinkcentre and ThinkPad. These qeries shw all systems that are nd n the netwrk and all int

these ateries. This enables rp peratins t be dne t the ThinkVantae systems simpliyin the manaement press.

cstmized TVT reprts are added t the reprts men. These reprts inlde:

n Ative Prtetin System Stware Smmary

n All Mahines Deplyed with Imaeultra Bilder

n All Mahines Dispsed with Sere Data Dispsal

n All Mahines with Aess cnnetins

n All Mahines with Ative Prtetin System Hardware witht Stware installed

n All Mahines with Imaeultra Bilder cnsle

n All Mahines with Rese and Revery

n All Mahines with System Miratin Assistant

n Antidte Repsitries

n Installed ThinkVantae Tehnly Appliatins

n Lenv client Serity Sltin Stats Reprt

n Lenv Serity Hardware Stats Reprt

n Rese and Revery Stats

n cmptrae Enabled Mahines

Help les inlde ThinkVantae Tehnlies, aln with links t ThinkVantae Hme Pae and spprt site inrmatin.

Dediated dispsal rp

Interated, nsle-spei

ThinkVantae ntins

Dediated

tl bar

ThinkVantae

related reprts

Predened

ThinkVantae

qeries

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In additin, vlnerability sans prvided in the Serity and Path Manaement tl inlde lkin r thse Lenv systems

that d nt have Antidte r Rese and Revery tls installed, and reprtin thse systems as bein vlnerable. In

the inventry database, the ThinkVantae systems and tls shw p as their wn atery and an be searhed and

qeried jst like any ther eld in the manaement database. All ther LANDesk Manaement Site ntinality an

be perrmed n the ThinkVantae systems, inldin remte ntrl, stware liense mnitrin, serity and path

manaement, stware distribtin, and inventry when the sites aents are installed n the Lenv systems.

Thrh LANDesk Manaement Sites Stware Distribtin tehnly, TVT an easily be deplyed

and installed t thse systems that d nt have TVT installed. The TVT tls me pre-pakaed andready t be deplyed t the Lenv systems thrh stware distribtin deplyment.

The ThinkVantae Tehnlies are added int LANDesk Manaement Site via an installatin that is rn atmatially

ater the standard LANDesk Manaement Site is installed. This installatin re-brands the sites nsle, adds all

the tls and ntinality the TVT, and lly interates the tw prdts rm LANDesk and Lenv.

Benefts o the Integrated Solution

usin LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies enables y t:

n Inrease eieny and save time with a mplete hardware and stware manaement

sltin r all sers in a mplex netwrk envirnment.

n Rede sts and demands n helpdesk resres with tls that allw helpdesk persnnel

t serely and easily spprt sers in any netwrked envirnment, inldin sers tside

the rprate rewall that were previsly t reah, witht needin a VPN.

n Prtet ser prdtivity and rede resre needs by easily keepin p with

pathes and pdates in rder t maintain system-level serity.

n Save time and netwrk bandwidth with patented, ltra-eient stware distribtin tehnlies.

n Derease stware liensin sts and qikly respnd t adits with mprehensive stware liense mnitrin apabilities.

n Inrease eieny and save time by miratin sers and their prles t new peratin systems.

n Rede inrastrtre sts and nratin headahes.

n Bak p and restre system stware and data.

n Deply, manae and prvide aess nnetin t lients r wired r wireless netwrks.

n Serely dispse data n hard drives t prevent serity isses.

The prdt leveraes the existin investments in database, appliatin and diretry servie tehnlies. It wrks

arss heterenes IT envirnments r minimal impat n netwrk, server and persnnel resres.

n Manaement arss the Internet allws systems t be manaed in any netwrked envirnment as thh the

systems existed inside the rprate rewall, inreasin the satisatin sers wh are nrmally nreahable.

n Patent-pendin tehnly prvides a sere transprt rm the laptp t a rprate

envirnmentwitht a dediated leased line r VPN sltin.

With LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies, sers an disver atmatially what mpter assets they have,

hw theyre nred and where they are n a netwrkeven previsly nreahable mpters, sh as thse tside a rprate

rewall and at eraphially distribted sites. All that is needed is an Internet nnetin. LANDesk Manaement gateway, Intel

vPr spprt, easy taret seletin, stware distribtin, pliy-based nratin manaement and extensive bsiness intelliene

reprts prvide the tls needed t take ntrl eah systems nratin, standardize it and maintain it atmatially.

The sites lly stmizable nsle allws sers t easily reate task-ptimized views and limit aess t nsle

eatres based n eah sers rle. r example, y ld enable antin sta t aess nly inventry trakin

and analysis eatres, helpdesk sta t aess nly remte ntrl eatres, and remte IT sta t aess t alleatres, bt nly r the mpters in their e. The prdt interates with Ative Diretry t assin rles based

pn administrative tasks. When sers an et riht t what they need, they save time and imprve eieny.

Exlsive tehnlies, sh as LANDesk Tareted Mltiast tehnly and LANDesk Peer Dwnlad tehnly, empwer

y t deply stware and peratin systems qikly and eiently. These tehnlies spprt pliy-based maintenane

with minimal netwrk impat t reate eienies while eliminatin mh the need r dediated hardware r speialized

nratins. And pakae dependeny hainin atmatially installs prereqisite pakaes t simpliy stware deplyment.

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Decrease Costs

Inreasin eieny and redin sts is easier when rtine tasks an be atmated and perrmed with minimal impat n bth

hman and IT resres. Mre an be amplished in less time and with less ert and inrastrtreand therere, less st.

LANDesk Manaement gateway allws sers t manae and sere systems tside the rewall as thh they were manain

systems inside and with nly an Internet nnetin. This avids the st a dediated leased line r VPN inrastrtre.

Protect Productivity

LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies easily identies system vlnerabilities and qikly deplysappliatins r tilities t prtet eah mpterand the prdtivity its ser. users an be mirated t new peratin

systems with atmated oS deplyment and prle miratin tls, reate pliies t atmatially install r remve

stware, and qikly perpetate thse pliies thrht the envirnment t maintain nratin standards.

Eient, atmated ntrl ver an IT envirnment helps mpanies mre easily adapt t new tehnlies and appliatins and

respnd mre qikly t prblems and threats. Knwin what IT assets they have and ntrllin hw they are nred remves

nertainty and eases the pain systems manaement. And task-ptimized wizards simpliy IT presses and speed wrkfw.

Inrmed deisins an be made n stware prhases and prade and hardware replaement needs with pwerl qery tls

that allw qik analysis and nderstandin an IT envirnment. Extensive bsiness reprts and a reprt desiner make it easy t

shw prress tward rprate bjetives, demnstrate mpliane with IT standards, and plan r tre enhanements. Asset and

diretry servie inrmatin is leveraed t simpliy IT plannin, reprtin, nratin manaement and serity maintenane tasks.

Witht qestin, the interated LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies sltin

mbines t prtet sers prdtivity, inrease eieny, save time and rede sts by prvidin

anytime, anywhere ntrl ver the mpters in any netwrked envirnment.

Extend the Power o LANDesk Management Suite or ThinkVantage

Technologies by Adding the Following Solutions

n LANDesk Security Suite extends serity manaement at the endpint with qarantine apabilities, ative

threat analysis, spyware detetin and remval, aess ntrl, nratin serity tls and mre.

n LANDesk Antivirus delivers enterprise-ready virs prtetin and rtkit detetin sin the sinle nsle

simpliity nd nly with LANDesk sltins. Y extend wrld-lass virs prtetin t yr enterprise.

n LANDesk Patch Manager sbsriptin servie atmates vlnerability assessment,

remediatin and nin serity path manaement arss yr enterprise.

n LANDesk Asset Manager lets y see and trak nn-mpter resres thrh the

same sinle nsle y se r systems, serity and inventry manaement.

n LANDesk Server Manager ives yr enterprise a mprehensive server

manaement sltin that helps y better ensre ptime.

n LANDesk System Manager adds real-time, mpnent-level perrmane

mnitrin and health maintenane r yr individal systems.

n LANDesk Process Manager lets yr enterprise qikly desin, mdel, dment, atmate and ptimize yr bsiness

presses. use it t spprt hane and nratin manaement and bride the ap between IT and bsiness servies.

n LANDesk Service Desk is a next-eneratin nslidated servie desk (cSD) sltin. It empwers yr

enterprise t easily and eetively deliver tstandin spprt servies t bth emplyees and stmers.

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LANDesk Management Suite or ThinkVantage Technologies

Installation Steps and Hardware and Sotware Requirements

Hardware requirements

In rder t manae TVT sin the LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies nsle, the reqired TVT appliatins

mst be installed n thse lients that have a valid stware liense.

Sotware requirementsThe LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies installatin has a prereqisite heker that determines i the mpter

meets the hardware and stware reqirements. The prereqisite heker als heks r TVT appliatins, and is available r the re and

additinal nsle installatins. ThinkVantae Tehnlies reqires Mirst Windws 000, Windws XP r later versin.

Core server

LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies reqires an Interatin Tlkit t set p the niqe TVT interatin. The

installatin annt preed i the tlkit is nt present n the re server at time installatin.

Core server or additional console

n Aess cnnetins versin 3.71 r later, (v4.1 remmended)

n Rese and Revery 3.0 r later

n Rese and Revery and client Serity Sltin Tlkit (t reate Antidte pakaes)

n Sere Data Dispsal versin 1. r later (inlded in the Interatin Tlkit)

n Imaeultra Bilder versin .01 r later

n Aess cnnetins Enabler r Admin Prle Deplyment (nly i Aess cnnetins 3.x is sed n the lients)

Ater IBM Aess cnnetins Enabler r Admin Prle Deplyment install, rn AdmEnblr.exe rm c:\Prram iles\

ThinkPad\cnnetutilities and selet the Enable Admin eatre bttn.

TVT appliatins an be dwnladed r Lenv Systems at http://www.p.ibm.m/s/think/thinkvantaeteh.html. They are available r

prhase r nn-Lenv systems.

LANDesk Management

Suite for ThinkVantage

Technologies (TVTS)

Supported Versions

LDMS 8.6 for TVTS LDMS 8.7 for TVTS LDMS 8.7 SP2 for TVTS

Aess cnnetins v3.71, v3.8 v3.71, v3.8, v4.11, v4.1, (v4.0is nt spprted, mst prade)

4.1

Messae center Nt spprted v.10b Same

Ative Prtetin System (APS) Nt spprted v1.40 Same

Antidte RR3Admin1.0.exe r

Rese and Revery v3.0

tvtadmin0.exe r Rese

and Revery v3.1

Same

Away Manaer Nt spprted v.0.6.0 Same

client Serity Sltin (cSS) Nt spprted v7.0 7.00.0030

inerprint Reader (PR) Nt spprted v5.5 r hiher Same

ImaeultraBilder (IuB) v.01, v3.0 ll Versin v3.0 ll Versin, v3.1 uprrade Same

Prdtivity center r

Thinkcenter Desktps

Nt spprted v1.03 Same

Prdtivity center r

Thinkpad Laptps

Nt spprted v1.11 1.11

Rese and Revery (RnR) v3.0 v3.0, v3.1 3.10.0030

Sere Data Dispsal (SDD) v1. v1., v1.3 (atmatially

installs with LDMS 8.7

r TVTS n the re)

Same

System Miratin

Assistant (SMA)

v4., v5.0 v5.1 (atmatially installs with

LDMS 8.7 r TVTS n the re)

5.1.043

ThinkVantae System

update (TVSu)

Nt spprted v.0 .00.0084

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The LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies installatin is available at http://www.landesk.m. The dierenes

between LANDesk Manaement Site and LANDesk Manaement Site r ThinkVantae Tehnlies installatins enmpass: 1) the

prdt brandin, ) the inlsin the ThinkVantae pl-ins and interatin, and 3) the prereqisite heker that lks t determine i

ThinkVantae tls are installed.

Ater the installatin is mplete, ativate the re within the 45-day evalatin liense.

System Requirements and Platorm Supportr a mplete list re server and nsle reqirements, as well as peratin systems, spprted databases, diretries, Web servers and

reprtin enines, and r the mst rrent lanae and lient platrm spprt, visit the LANDesk Web site at http://www.landesk.m.

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