Automated Collection Cloner Tool

What it Does

The ACCT allows you to clone collections from one computer to another, filtering out any collections not in the assigned folders.

• You enter the the original and target computer names.
• Collection information is pulled from NS.
• It adds the target computer to those collections.
• Detailed logging for troubleshooting purposes is in the %temp%\ACCT.LOG file with timestamps.

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The first time you run it you will need to create the ACCT.CFG file. To create the ACCT.CFG file, run the command as follows:

ACCT.exe -c "SERVER.DOMAIN.COM" "SEARCH_TERM" "DOMAIN" "EXIT_COMMAND" "GUID_OF_FOLDERS_SEPARATED_BY_PIPE_SYMBOL" 

This will create the cfg file, that you can then reuse. You cannot un-encrypt the file once created.

If you do not have a search term or exit command you will need to just put double quotes "" for that spot as shown below.

ACCT.exe -c "SERVER.DOMAIN.COM" "" "DOMAIN" "" "GUID_OF_FOLDERS_SEPARATED_BY_PIPE_SYMBOL"

If the search term is included ANYWHERE in the collection name, that collection is returned. Leave blank for ALL collections in the specified folders.

For the domain, you will need to enter the netbios name that shows under the domain column in Altiris reports. For instance:

• the DNS domain name may be altiris.com, but the netbios domain name is AltirisNet.

You can specify a non-default domain name by putting computer.domain in the textbox for the target or original PC name.

The command variable will execute the specified exe, vbs or batch file. The command it executes must be in the same directory as the ACCT executable. It will execute the command and pass these variables:

1 = Original Computer Name
2 = Target Computer Name
3 = "Collection cloned"

If the command variable is blank nothing happens. Otherwise it executes the command for each collection cloned.

This tool is only designed for static collections.