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Symantec recommends that you create a dedicated Deployment Server to manage your product updates.
A Deployment Server is useful for doing the following tasks:
Storing release images for the latest upgrades and updates from Symantec in a central repository directory.
Installing and updating systems directly by accessing the release images that are stored within a central repository.
Defining or modifying Install Bundles for deploying a bundle of two or more releases.
Discovering installed components on a system that you want to replicate to another system.
Installing Symantec products from the Deployment Server to systems running any supported platform.
Creating a file share on the repository directory provides a convenient, central location from which systems running any supported platform can install the latest Symantec products and updates.
Create a central repository on the Deployment Server to store and manage the following types of Symantec releases:
Base releases. These major releases and minor releases are available for all Symantec products. They contain new features, and you can download them from FileConnect.
Maintenance releases. These releases are available for all Symantec products. They contain bug fixes and a limited number of new features, and you can download them from the Symantec Operations Readiness Tools (SORT) website.
Patches. These releases contain fixes for specific products, and you can download them from the SORT website.
You can set up a Deployment Server with or without Internet access.
If you set up a Deployment Server that has Internet access, you can download maintenance releases and patches from Symantec directly. Then, you can deploy them to your systems.
If you set up a Deployment Server that does not have Internet access, you can download maintenance releases and patches from Symantec on another system that has Internet access. Then, you can load the images onto the Deployment Server separately.
Setting up a Deployment Server that does not have Internet access
Figure: Example Deployment Server that has Internet access shows a Deployment Server that can download product images directly from Symantec using the Deployment Server.
Figure: Example Deployment Server that does not have Internet access shows a Deployment Server that does not have Internet access. In this scenario, release images and metadata updates are downloaded from another system. Then, they are copied to a file location available to the Deployment Server, and loaded.
Release image files for base releases must be manually downloaded from FileConnect and loaded in a similar manner.
