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Specify Deployment Target Criteria

Use the Deployment Targets wizard page to specify deployment target criteria—such as computers, domain, subnet, directory, target credentials file, or query.

Note: In order to use Infrastructure Deployment in an IPv6 environment, the following conditions must be met first:

1. The two hotfix updates listed below must be applied to the DSM manager:
   • http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947369/en-us
   • http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950092/en-us
2. The hostname of the target machine must resolve to a global IPv6 address.
3. The Infrastructure Deployment configuration policy option, Use host names, must be set to True.
4. The following registry key needs to be set to 1 on the DSM manager:

   HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\smb\Parameters\IPv6EnableOutboundGlobal (REG_DWORD)

If these conditions are not met in an IPv6 only network, then the DMPrimer package must be manually installed. For more information, see the Manual Installation of the Infrastructure Deployment Primer Software section in the Implementation Guide.

To select a target computer for deployment

1. From the Deployment Type drop-down list, select one of the following options:
   • Deploy to specific computers

     This is the default setting.

   • Deploy to all computers in a specific domain
   • Deploy to computers within an IPv4 address range

     Note: An additional option is available in which you can enter a Windows domain, restricting the targets to only those that are both in the specified IP range and in Windows domain.

   • Deploy to computers within a directory
   • Deploy to computers specified in a target credentials file
   • Deploy to computers specified by a query

   Various fields display depending on your selection.

2. If you select to deploy to specific computers, enter the host names or specify IPv4 or IPv6 addresses.
3. If you select to deploy to all computers in a specific domain, enter the name of the Windows domain in the Computers field.
4. If you select to deploy to an IPv4 address range, enter the following values:

   From

   Specifies the start point of a range of IPv4 addresses.

   To

   Specifies the end point of a range of IPv4 addresses.

   Deploy to members of this domain only

   (Optional) Restricts the targets to only those that are both in the specified IP range and in the specified domain.

   (Domain)

   Indicates the Windows domain if the Deploy to members of this domain only option is selected.

   Note: IPv4 addresses are fully supported in CA ITCM.

5. If you select to deploy to all computers in a directory, enter the URI of the directory or click Browse to invoke the Browse Directories dialog.
6. If you select to deploy using a target credentials file (*.tc), enter the file name and full path or click Browse to invoke a standard Open dialog.

   Note: For more information, see the Implementation Guide.

7. If you select to deploy to assets using a query, you can select one of the following predefined queries:
   • All Unmanaged Computers (Default)
   • Unmanaged AIX Computers
   • Unmanaged HP-UX Computers
   • Unmanaged Linux Computers
   • Unmanaged Solaris Computers
   • Unmanaged Windows Computers

   You can also use any other query that returns a list of computers as the target of a deployment job.

   Note: For more information about queries, see the Queries section of the DSM Explorer Help.

8. Click Next to go to the Scan Targets page.