Migrate with Altiris.
Migrating to a new operating system may
seem like a daunting task. You want to take
advantage of the improved security and
reliability of Windows Vista, but how do you
get from point A to point B in a way that is
effi cient, cost-effective, and doesn’t disrupt
end-user productivity?
While the migration task may be a challenge,
it also presents an opportunity. A migration
is the perfect time to wipe the slate clean;
to implement standard confi gurations and
structured change management procedures
that will help ensure the long-term rewards
that come from a manageable, sustainable
environment.
ARE YOUPREPARED?
The Cost of Moving to Point BWindows Vista promises business value through improved ease of use,
security, and reliability. However, organizations also need to consider
the other side of the ROI equation. What will Vista migration cost in
terms of hardware and software investment, IT efforts, and end-user
productivity loss?
Gartner estimates the total cost of manual PC deployment at $298
per PC.1 Multiply that by the hundreds or thousands of PCs in your
enterprise, and it quickly becomes diffi cult to justify the investment.
In order to achieve an acceptable ROI, these deployment costs must
be dramatically reduced through processes and automated tools.
Migration ChallengesAs you consider the best approach for Vista migration, a number
of specifi c challenges may come to mind.
Hardware readiness. If the Vista migration plan involves the upgrade
of existing PCs, how can you be sure those PCs are “Vista-ready”?
Which PCs have suffi cient memory, processor performance, and
graphics adapters for achieving the optimal Vista experience? Should
you upgrade existing computers that don’t meet the requirements,
or wait for a hardware refresh cycle to deploy Vista to these users?
Deploying a new operating system to more than 9,000 desktops is an enormous task by any stretch of the imagination. Doing it without the right automated tool was simply not an option. We found the right tool in Altiris.”
—MARK BARRETT, Air Force Pentagon Communications Agency contractor
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Application readiness. Will your existing applications—both
commercial off-the-shelf and internally developed—work correctly on
Vista? Is there an opportunity to rationalize your application portfolio?
How can you package and deploy applications to ensure manageability
and conformance to standards?
Image management. With so many different departments and many
different hardware platforms, how can you minimize the number of
standard images that need to be created and maintained? Which
applications should be part of the standard image and which should
be installed post-deployment?
End-user issues. How can you minimize end-user downtime during
the migration process without your IT staff working weekends and
midnights? Can you ensure that user data and settings are maintained
in order to minimize help desk calls and lost productivity due to users
“re-personalizing” their computers?
IT resource issues. Your IT staff is already stretched too thin. Can you
take on a major migration project with existing staff, or will you need
to outsource? How will you handle remote offi ces?
Ongoing manageability. Your company is making a signifi cant
investment in Vista. How can you make the most of it by implementing
solid processes and standards? How can you keep what is needed from
the old environment while losing the “bad habits,” including lack of
standards, lack of control over the IT environment, and a lack of
processes for ongoing change management?
Our users don’t like change. They want to open up their computer and see what they have always seen. Altiris helped us accomplish exactly that. We were able to transfer all the settings without users noticing any difference. The background was the same, the desktop the same, their fi les looked the same. And they could fi nd their data in the default directories they were used to. They loved it.”
—MICHAEL DIMAGGIO, global fi eld and technology team, DaimlerChrysler
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As the experts in OS migration, Altiris
is able to offer so much more than a set
of tools. By leveraging our years of OS
migration experience, Altiris can provide
the resources, knowledge and expertise
to help with planning, along with the
most advanced, integrated solution for
fl awless execution of your migration plan.
THE ALTIRIS SOLUTION
With Altiris, we did a virtually hands free migration across the network. It took less than one hour per machine, one-fourth the manual time, and that included upgrading other software at the same time. The same standard process is used to migrate each machine, which provides consistency and predictability across the network.”
—JIM HARINGS, global administration analyst, Rockwell Automation
Automate the Migration ProcessBy automating the key processes involved in a migration, including
personality capture, imaging, application deployment, and personality
restoration, Altiris signifi cantly reduces the IT effort, time and overall
cost of migration. Gartner estimates that IT will typically spend 4.2 hours
deploying a PC manually and only 1.28 hours using automated tools such
as Altiris.2 For an organization with 1,000 PCs, that equates to a savings
of 2,920 person-hours. In addition to automating manual migration tasks,
Altiris also helps to streamline project management through the entire
process, from pre-migration readiness and cost assessment to status
tracking and comprehensive, Web-based reporting.
Integration is the key that allows Altiris to automate more of the
migration process than any other solution. By providing a cohesive,
integrated solution with a built-in workfl ow engine, Altiris can
effectively streamline the migration process from start to fi nish.
Eliminate End-User DowntimeEnd users experience downtime during an OS migration due to
a number of factors, including time spent waiting for re-imaging,
time for deploying applications, time to customize the PC to a user’s
specifi c preferences, and also downtime due to issues that weren’t
caught during testing. By automating the personality migration and
software delivery process, Altiris signifi cantly reduces the time end
users spend confi guring their own computers.
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Gartner estimates that an end user will typically lose 5.25 hours of
productivity during a manual migration (1.25 hours confi guring their
computer and another 4 hours of downtime).3 This can be reduced
to 1.25 hours by automating the migration with tools like Altiris. For
an organization with 1,000 end users, the result is 4,000 hours of
productivity that can be saved.
Standardize SystemsAn OS migration is the perfect time to standardize desktop PCs
and systems management processes. By wiping the slate clean,
organizations can start from a solid, accurate inventory and put in
place the tools needed to keep inventories and PCs up-to-date and
in compliance with standards.
Altiris® Client Management Suite™ software provides all of the
capabilities needed to build and maintain standardized systems, and
to implement and enforce a structured change management approach.
Included are tools such as Wise Package Studio®, which can be used to
automate the installation of software according to corporate standards.
Policy-based software delivery and patch management are used to
maintain the desired state confi guration of computers. And Deployment
Solution™ software can be used to create and manage standard images
that can be used across a variety of hardware platforms.
Altiris made our deployment a reality. Best of all, we’ve only scratched the surface of Altiris’ capabilities...with a reliable systems management client like Altiris on each of our systems, we can press forward with changing the way we manage all aspects of our standardized desktop environment.”
—MARK BARRETT, Air Force Pentagon Communications Agency contractor
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Whether you need help with one
specifi c aspect of your migration, the
entire migration process, or you’re ready
to adopt a comprehensive systems
management approach, Altiris has a
solution that is right for you. Altiris not
only provides best-of-breed product
offerings, but also invaluable resources
and information based on years of
experience helping thousands of
companies migrate.
ALTIRISMIGRATIONPRODUCTS
• AUTOMATED
• INTEGRATED
• COMMON CMDB
ONGOING
MANAGEMENT
WITH ALTIRIS CMS
• XP• 2000
• VISTA
• NT• 98
PRE-MIGRATION
READINESS
ASSESSMENT
DATA & SETTINGS
PRESERVATION
IMAGE BUILD
PROCESS
SOFTWARE
PACKAGING SOFTWARE
DELIVERY
POST-MIGRATION
REPORTING
Altiris: Integrated SolutionsAltiris will help you manage your IT environment through
migration and beyond.
Altiris CapabilitiesAltiris provides a broad array of capabilities to help manage desktops
and notebooks through the migration process and beyond.
Pre-migration readiness assessment. Migration starts with knowing
what is in your environment. Altiris provides customizable hardware and
software inventory and usage tracking to understand which computers
meet Vista hardware requirements, which computers need to be
updated or replaced, and which applications are required for
deployment.
Data and settings preservation. Migrating a computer with its unique
computer name, IP address (or DHCP settings), user profi le account,
network and sharing rights, printer drivers, and personalities is an
involved process. Plus, you don’t have time to help each user re-create
their once-familiar desktop. Altiris simplifi es these issues, allowing you
to migrate one, 10, 100s, or even 1,000s of computers while retaining
their unique personalities.
Image build and deployment. Imaging can be the most effi cient way
to confi gure PCs during a rollout or migration. However, deploying a
computer image without properly preparing it can cause problems and
even failure if the source computer does not match the destination
hardware. Altiris provides hardware-independent imaging capabilities
to overcome the major obstacles in creating a standard image.
Software packaging. Preparing and testing applications for the new
operating system is one of the most commonly overlooked tasks in
the migration process. Applications must be thoroughly validated in the
new operating environment and packaged for automated deployment.
Altiris provides complete enterprise software packaging to guide your
organization through this process, from capturing legacy applications,
automating and customizing the installation, through to validation,
testing, and confl ict resolution, ensuring reliable, error-free deployment.
Software delivery. OS deployment is only part of the battle. Once a
computer has been provisioned with Vista, you also need to deploy
applications not included in the base image, drivers and software
updates. Altiris allows you to easily install and confi gure department-
specifi c software as part of the migration process, and also provides
policy-based software delivery capabilities for ongoing software
management.
Post-migration reporting. Visibility into your organization’s migration
is key, not only during the migration process but also after the migration
is complete for cost tracking, executive reporting, and organizational
learning. Altiris provides executive-ready, post-migration reports to help
monitor the status of upgrades, detect missed computers, and highlight
actual costs.
Altiris not only provides products and services to help with your migration, it also provides a central location for knowledge and information on Vista deployment and migration. To view a collection of the best Vista migration white papers, best practice guides, webcasts and more, both from Altiris and external sources, visit the resource center at www.easyvistamigration.com.
VISTA MIGRATION RESOURCE CENTER
Beyond MigrationMigration represents just the beginning of the PC lifecycle. To minimize
the total cost of owning PCs, you need to enforce standards through the
implementation of structured change control and desktop management
processes. Altiris provides a complete solution for client systems
management from initial deployment through to retirement, including:• Policy-based software delivery and application state management
• Automated patch management to keep operating environments
secure and up-to-date
• Automatic backup and recovery of data, either to a local hidden
partition or across the network
• Application usage monitoring and software license management tools
to ensure compliance and reduced license costs
• Security vulnerability assessment and remediation capabilities to
ensure a safe, reliable computing environment
• Powerful incident management capabilities to ensure availability and
improved service levels while reducing overall IT costs.
Integration is the KeyYou have several alternatives for tools to help with various aspects of
your migration, some of which are even “free.” The problem is that these
solutions lack integration and require signifi cant manual efforts. Altiris
migration solutions are all built on a common, integrated architecture and
work from a common confi guration management database (CMDB). This
makes it possible to automate across the entire migration process,
minimizing deskside visits and ineffi cient data redundancy.
Need assistance with your migration? Altiris Global Services puts the power of Altiris technologies and the expertise of professionals to work for you, optimizing, empowering and protecting your business to address your unique challenges. See what each area of Altiris Global Services can do for you.
CONSULTING SERVICESConsulting Services will optimize your infrastructure to deploy the best possible Altiris solutions in the most effi cient manner.
EDUCATION SERVICESEducation Services will empower your staff to hit the ground running once a solution is deployed and successfully manage the solution in the future.
SUPPORT SERVICESSupport Services will protect your Altiris investment against unexpected technical issues and help you reduce downtime.
ALTIRIS GLOBAL SERVICES
Flexible SolutionsBy utilizing industry-standard technologies for storing, processing, and
presenting data across distributed networks and the Internet, the Altiris
extensible management architecture provides the ultimate in fl exibility.
Whether you need a tool to solve a specifi c problem, a solution for your
migration needs, or a complete systems management solution for the
enterprise, Altiris makes it easy with modular solutions that snap in to
the underlying architecture.
• Imaging & deployment
• Data & settings migration
• Software packaging & testing
• Inventory
• Policy-based software delivery
• Application management
• Software virtualization
• Patch management
• Backup & recovery
• Security vulnerability audit
• Application usage monitoring
• Remote control
Altiris
MIGRATIONSuite
Altiris
CLIENT MANAGEMENTSuite
Altiris
TOTAL MANAGEMENTSuite
• Server & infrastructure management
• Asset management & CMDB
• Security & compliance management
• Service desk
Altiris Migration ProductsAltiris offers a variety of point solutions and suites to help with Vista
migration as well as ongoing management of your IT environment.
Be Prepared with AltirisWhether your Vista migration plans call for a major project or a gradual
hardware refresh effort, making the move can seem like a daunting and
expensive prospect. With proper planning, resources and automated
migration tools from Altiris, migration can be a seamless process. Altiris
can help you minimize IT costs and effort, reduce end-user downtime,
and implement standard systems and processes that reduce the total
cost of owning desktops and notebooks throughout their entire lifecycle.
• Cohesive, integrated solution for start-to-fi nish migration based on a common CMDB
• Completely automated, zero-touch migration
• Industry-leading software packaging, personality migration, and imaging capabilities
• Hardware-independent imaging for greater standardization and simplifi ed management
• Extended solution for complete client systems management
• Years of expertise helping thousands of companies migrate
ALTIRIS ADVANTAGES
1 Gartner, Saving Money on PC Deployment, Michael A. Silver, 8 Dec. 2005.
2 Gartner, Saving Money on PC Deployment, Michael A. Silver, 8 Dec. 2005.
The 4.2 hour number includes all IT-related variable costs from Table 2
(Traditional “Fat” Image, Manual PC Deployment Costs). The 1.27 hour
number includes all IT-related variable costs from Table 3 (Automated “Thin”
Image PC Deployment Costs).
3 Gartner, Saving Money on PC Deployment, Michael A. Silver, 8 Dec. 2005.
The 5.25 hour number includes all end user-related variable costs from
Table 2 (Traditional “Fat” Image, Manual PC Deployment Costs). The 1.25
hour number includes all end user-related variable costs from Table 3
(Automated “Thin” Image PC Deployment Costs).
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