RDP 6.0.

0 Release Notes And Support

Deployment Server Prerequisites

Feature List
Major Changes
Known Issues
Supported Operating Systems
Supported ProLiant Targets
Supported Integrity Targets
Supported Other Targets

Deployment Server Prerequisites

• Hardware: ProLiant server with at least 2.0 GHz processor and 2 GB of memory, or an equivalent virtual machine.
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x86 or x64 Standard or Enterprise Editions; Microsoft Windows
Server 2008 x86 or x64 Standard or Enterprise Editions; or Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Standard or
Enterprise Editions.
• Storage: 2 GB for the base installation, plus space for each distribution, and plus space for each capture disk image.
• Networking: a network adapter configured with a static IP address.
• Microsoft .NET Frameworks 1.1 and 2.0 (available at http://www.microsoft.com/net/Download.aspx).
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 Express, Standard, or Enterprise Editions; or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express,
Standard, or Enterprise Editions (installed either locally or remotely; available at
http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/default.aspx). Configured as follows:
• SQL Server Protocols TCP/IP and Named Pipes must be enabled.
• SQL Server must be configured with a static port; dynamic ports are not supported.
• The user performing the installation must be a member of the SYSADMIN SQL Server Security Role.
• For remote SQL Server installations, the user performing the installation must have Administrator permissions on
the Windows Server that is hosting the SQL Server.
NOTE: The HP Insight Software DVD SQL Server 2005 Express SP2 installation is already configured properly.
• Microsoft Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 1.1
(available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=94bb6e34-d890-4932-81a5-
5b50c657de08&displaylang=en&tm).
• To use the Deployment Web Console, Microsoft IIS with ASP.NET.
• To deploy VMware ESX or Linux, Microsoft IIS FTP. For IIS 7.5, IIS 6 compatibility mode must be enabled and
FTP Publishing must be added to the default web site with anonymous read access.
• When upgrading, disable console security and turn off agent autoupdating.

Feature List

Feature Version

Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP3

Deployment Server 6.9.3 Hotfix 1.0
Deployment Server Tools and Documentation 6.0.0
Deployment Server Automation Drivers 8.30
ProLiant Firmware 8.60
ProLiant Hardware 2.20
Integrity Hardware 3.2
Windows 2008 x64 Enterprise/Standard 8.30
Windows 2008 x86 Enterprise/Standard 8.30
Windows 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise/Standard 8.30
Windows 2008 IA64 6.20
Windows 2003 x64 Enterprise 8.30
Windows 2003 x64 Standard 8.30
Windows 2003 x86 Enterprise 8.30
Windows 2003 x86 Standard 8.30
Windows XP x86 Professional 8.30
Windows Vista x64 Business 8.30
Hyper-V Server 2008 x64 8.30
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 x64 8.30
ESX 3.5.0 U4 8.20
ESX 4.0 8.25
RHEL 4.8 x64 AS 8.30
RHEL 5.3 x64 8.30
SLES 10 SP2 x64 8.30
SLES 11 x64 8.30

Major Changes

• New RDP installation interface.

• New feature-based design. Each feature is a self-contained set of jobs and files.
• The WAIK, SQL Express and .NET frameworks are no longer included.
• Only required support pack smart components are included, not the full support pack.
• New LinuxPE kernel 2.6.27.7 based on OpenSUSE 11.1.
• Only some operating system jobs are included. Adding support for missing architectures, editions, or languages can
be found in the Knowledge Base.

Known Issues

• WinPE 3.0 from the Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
is not supported and should not be installed on the intended Deployment Server
The Deployment Server installation will fail if this WAIK is installed. Only WAIK 1.1/WinPE 2.1 (for Windows
Vista and Windows Server 2008) is supported.
• An RDP installation on Windows Server 2008 with the DHCP service installed locally, does not set the 060
DHCP option
Modify the following PXE configuration option if DHCP service is required to be installed locally on a Windows
Server 2008 Deployment Server: Open the PXE Configuration Utility, select the PXE Server tab, and for DHCP
Server discovery select the No DHCP server installed on PXE server (Use DHCP port) option. For more
information, refer to Altiris Knowledgebase (Article 45903).
• An RDP installation on Windows localized in Italian or Spanish requires the English Windows AIK
Localized Italian or Spanish Windows AIK does not have support for WinPE IA64 which is required for RDP
installation.
• An RDP installation cannot be run from a localized path
If the rdp-x.x.x.x.exe file is located and run from a path with localized characters, it will fail to extract with the
error, "Failed to extract files.". Running the installer from a non-localized path will work properly.
• The Deployment Web Console fails to open when RDP is installed on a Windows x64 operating system
The issue will be fixed in a future release.
• Jobs exported from Deployment Server versions prior to 6.9 will not import
Either an error message will be received or the import will complete, but the job will not appear in the Deployment
Console. For information on how to resolve this issue and how to obtain a conversion utility, refer to Altiris
Knowledgebase (Article 48574).
• Windows XP Sysprep capture hangs
Before executing the Sysprep capture job, for the Create Disk Image task, click on Advanced Settings and select
Enable mass storage device support using built-in drivers.
• Write ProLiant FC HBA Configuration job fails with error 255 when ran on servers with a Emulex 8Gb Fibre
Channel HBA
Use the VirtualConnect for FibreChannel or the Emulex BIOS utility to update the HBA settings.

Supported Operating Systems

Windows Server 2003 x86 and x64 Enterprise/Standard/Web

Windows Server 2008 x86 and x64 Enterprise/Standard/Datacenter
Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise/Standard/Datacenter NEW!
Windows Server 2008 IA64
Hyper-V Server 2008 x64
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 x64 NEW!
VMware ESX 3.5.0 U4
VMware ESX 4.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 x86 and x64 AS/ES NEW!
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 x86 and x64
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 SP2 x86 and x64
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 x86 and x64 NEW!
Windows XP x86 Professional
Windows Vista x64 Business

The following restrictions apply:

• Windows Server 2003 requires minimum SP2.
• Windows Server 2003 x64 deployments to virtual machines hosted by Hyper-V Server 2008 or Hyper-V Server 2008
R2 are not supported.
• Windows Vista requires minimum SP1.
• Windows client operating systems are only supported on blade PCs and Blade Workstations.
• Linux IA64 deployments are supported if RDP was upgraded from releases 3.80 through 3.83 to 6.0.0.

Supported ProLiant Targets

• Not every target platform configuration is supported by the Operating System support list. Refer to certification
matrices:
• Windows support for HP ProLiant Servers
• ProLiant server VMware support matrix
• Linux certification and support matrix - HP ProLiant servers
• Refer to support documents for additional information on how to deploy an operating system:
• Knowledge Base article Servers With Multiple Disks Deployment Support (Article 20000038)
• Knowledge Base article How To Perform a Boot From SAN Installation (Article 20000039)
 • Knowledge Base article Multipath SAN Deployment Support (Article 20000041)
• For virtual machine deployment, Windows Server 2003 x86 or x64 and Windows Server 2008 x86 or x64 may be
deployed to a virtual machine created within one of the RDP-supported virtualization hosts including VMware ESX
3i and Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V x64. For additional deployment information, refer to Knowledge Base article
Virtual Machine Deployment Support (Article 20000044).
• Boot from SAN and SAN attached hardware configuration using Emulex and QLogic Fibre Channel HBAs are
supported on all ProLiant server blades.
• ProLiant DL100 series servers and virtual machines created within the supported virtualization hosts require PXE or
Network boot first in the boot order.
• Configuration of and operating system deployment to servers with RAID enabled through the ROM-Based Setup
Utility (RBSU) is not supported.
• Red Hat Linux updates that were supported by a previous RDP version can be deployed using imaging.

BL20p G3 BL20p G4 BL25p BL25p G2 BL35p

BL45p [1] BL45p G2 BL260c G5 BL280c G6 BL2x220c G5
BL460c BL460c G5 BL460c G6 BL465c BL465c G5
BL465c G6 BL480c BL490c G6 [2] BL495c G5 BL495c G6
BL680c G5 BL685c BL685c G5 BL685c G6 DL120 G5
DL140 G2 DL140 G3 DL145 G2 DL145 G3 DL160 G5
DL160 G5p DL160 G6 DL165 G5 DL165 G5p DL165 G6 NEW!
DL170h G6 DL180 DL180 G5 DL180 G6 DL185 G5
DL320 G4 DL320 G5 DL320 G5p DL320 G6 DL320s
DL360 G4 [3] DL360 G4p [3] DL360 G5 DL360 G6 DL365
DL365 G5 DL370 G6 DL380 G4 DL380 G5 [4] DL380 G6
DL385 DL385 G2 DL385 G5 [4] DL385 G5p DL385 G6
DL580 G3 DL580 G4 DL580 G5 [4] DL585 DL585 G2
DL585 G5 DL585 G6 DL785 G5 DL785 G6 NEW! ML310 G3
ML310 G4 ML310 G5 ML310 G5p ML330 G6 ML350 G4p
ML350 G5 ML350 G6 ML370 G4 ML370 G5 ML370 G6
ML570 G3 ML570 G4 SL160z G6 SL165z G6 NEW! SL170z G6

[1] For SAN, only QLogic Fibre Channel HBA is supported.

[2] For VMware ESX 3.5.0, only Boot From SAN storage is supported.
[3] For VMware ESX, only Smart Array storage is supported.
[4] For SAN, only Boot from SAN storage is supported. Brocade FC HBA is only supported for Windows.

Supported Integrity Targets

• Refer to support documents for additional information on how to deploy an operating system:
• Knowledge Base article Integrity Server Deployment Support (Article 20000025)
• Knowledge Base article Servers With Multiple Disks Deployment Support (Article 20000038)
• Knowledge Base article How To Perform a Boot From SAN Installation (Article 20000039)
• Knowledge Base article Multipath SAN Deployment Support (Article 20000041)
• Boot from SAN and SAN attached hardware configuration using Emulex and QLogic Fibre Channel HBAs are
supported on all Integrity server blades.
• Deployments to Integrity mid-range and Superdome servers are not supported with Japanese localized operating
systems.
BL860c [5] BL870c [5] rx2660 rx3600
rx6600 rx7620 rx7640 rx8620
rx8640 Superdome sx1000 Superdome sx2000

[5] For direct attached storage (DAS), RAID 1 configuration is only supported.

Supported Other Targets

bc1500 blade PC [6] bc2000 blade PC [6] bc2200 blade PC

bc2500 blade PC [6] bc2800 blade PC WS460c G6 Workstation Blade NEW!
xw2x220c Blade Workstation xw460c Blade Workstation

[6] Only Windows XP x86 is supported.