Scheduling and Deploying a Distribution Package

From LANDesk, go to Tools - Distribution - Distribution Packages.
Right-click the desired package and select Create scheduled task.

This will create a new Scheduled Task under Distribution - Scheduled Tasks - My Tasks
From your scheduled tasks, right-click the task and select Properties – Delivery Method. The Schedule Task window opens.
Delivery Type – Select Policy-supported push.
Targeting Devices – Use this section to confirm that the devices you intend to target are included.
Click Save.

Delivery Types
For every package you create you want to specify a delivery method to determine how the package gets deployed and installed. By default, the scheduled task gets created using “policy-supposed push distribution” as the delivery method. You may leave this alone or you can choose to change the delivery type or create your own delivery method. This is outside the scope of the course however I wanted to explain that there are three major delivery types and methods one can use
• Policy - This delivers the application as a policy to the specified clients. The next time the computer scans for new policies (typically one a day depending on the LANDesk agent). It will pull down a new policy and can be installed depending on the delivery method used. This method is also used for the LANDesk self-service software portal.
• Push - This delivery type immediately pushes the distribution package down to the client. This is the fastest method. The client must be online and reachable in order for this delivery type to work. Any clients that are offline will fail on this delivery method. You can use this delivery method for clients that you know are currently online.
• Policy-supported push -This delivery method combines policy and push into one delivery option. It is the best of both worlds. It will look for any clients that are currently online and try to push the distribution package down and install it immediately. If clients are unavailable and offline then it will assign the distribution package as a policy to get installed the next time the client comes online. Using this method will push out the distribution package immediately to all machines that are online and will continue installing the distribution package to other machines as they come online.