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December 15th, 2008 | 0 votes

We've created a package audit form which must be filled out for each package. The packager submits the package for auditing after a unit test is successful by the Application Owner.

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November 19th, 2008 | +1 (1 vote)

Here is a sample Flag File which we deploy with all packages. It's placed at the end of the script and verifies a successful install.

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July 31st, 2008 | 0 votes

Just a heads up... After installing R8 for Notification Server all seemed to go well, but after one day the console threw an error every time we opened it stating it couldn't connect to the database, and when you ran nssetup it failed.

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July 30th, 2008 | 0 votes

Schedule this Query to run at least once a week to auto merge your duplicate computers (computers with the same GUID). This automatically takes the most recent data and merges the two records together.

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July 29th, 2008 | 0 votes

Instead of viewing the 'Status' tab on a software delivery task (which is never reliable) use this query to see a list of computers which have the status of 'Not Run' - meaning they have not received the Task or have not delivered any status on

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July 29th, 2008 | 0 votes

This query is very helpful in trying to determine what collections a machine belongs to without having to go through Resource Manager.

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July 29th, 2008 | 0 votes

This will give you information on the status of Sequential Software Delivery Tasks which you can build dynamic collections in Altiris.

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July 29th, 2008 | 0 votes

Use this query to get software delivery task information. You can put in your own Where criteria.

If you use with Business Dev Studio use a report parameter so it will prompt you to choose the filter.

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