HP 2133 Management and Printing User Guide - Windows XP and Windows Vista - Page 9

When HP Client Manager (installed on a client computer) is used with Altiris Solutions software (installed on an administrator computer), HP Client Manager provides increased management functionality and centralized hardware management of HP client devices for the following IT life-cycle areas: ● Inventory and asset management ◦ Software license compliance ◦ Computer tracking and reporting ◦ Computer lease contract information and fixed asset tracking ● System software deployment and migration ◦ Windows® migration ◦ System deployment ◦ Personality (personal user settings) migration ● Help desk and problem resolution ◦ Management of help desk tickets ◦ Remote troubleshooting ◦ Remote problem resolution ◦ Client disaster recovery ● Software and operations management ◦ Ongoing client management ◦ HP system software deployment ◦ Application self-healing (the ability to identify and repair certain application problems) Altiris Solutions software provides easy-to-use software distribution capabilities. HP Client Manager enables communication with the Altiris Solutions software, which can be used to complete new hardware deployment or personality migration to a new operating system using easy-to-follow wizards. HP Client Manager is available for download from the HP Web site. When Altiris Solutions software is used in conjunction with System Software Manager or HP Client Manager, administrators can also update the system BIOS and device driver software from a central console. Managing and updating software 3