The default view under Manage->Computers is 'All Computers'. This includes, literally, all computers, including those with an asset status other than 'Active'. At this time, there is no way to filter computers based on their asset status. So, I have created a Saved Search that can be imported into the Silverlight UI to list only active computers.
1. Download the attached 'Active Computers.xml' file 2. Save it to a convenient location (e.g. Desktop) 3. Open a command prompt and 'dir' to <installPath>\Altiris\Notification Server\Bin\Tools 4. There you will see ImportExportUtil.exe 5. Run the following command: 'ImportExportUtil.exe /import <path>\ActiveComputers.xml' 6. Open the Symantec Management Console and navigate to Manage->Computers 7. You should now see a new Saved Search 'Active Computers'
Interesting approach. Since I use organizational groups a lot, I ended up using Automation Policies and SQL queries to split Active and Retired computers into different Org Views.
Hey Ben,
1. Yes, currently the only way to import these is to use ImportExportUtil.exe. We are looking to add the ability to import saved searches through the UI.
2. Saved Searches on based on SQL that is built using XML - confusing enough? :-) So, you would need to clone a saved search, export it, and modify the XML directly. For example, to get only active computers, I did a JOIN on vComputer. To get Retired computers, you will have to JOIN on either ResourceAssociation or vAsset, I think it is, and add a check for 'Retired' in the WHERE clause. Again, we are looking into how we can add Asset Status to the search filter criteria. As for the IP address, I realized after posting this article that I was using ITMS 7.1 SP1, which introduces a new SQL view to get IP Address...:-). Once SP1 is installed it should work just fine.
Andrew
Thanks for turning this around so quickly. It is very usable in the console and provides the necessray view required.
Now onto the questions...
1. Is using the ImportExportUti.exe the proper way to import a Saved Search? Saved Searches can only be exported and there is no right-click menu option for importing a new one say from a Dev to Prod server.
2. Is there an article on how to create similar Saved Searches based upon Asset Status since there may be a need to see Retired assets or a combination of Active Virtual Computers.
BTW, this version of the saved search does not show IP addresses for the filtered computer list when selected in the UI. All other "searches" will show computer name & IP address.