Enable/Disable Patches Web Page
Ahhh! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! How many times has the helpdesk accused patches of "breaking" something and you need to be able to quickly view what collections you have applied the patch to and also quickly disable/enable the patch?
(Seems to have happened to me on a regular basis at the last two companies I worked at.) So here's a Web page that let's you select from all patches with a task and quickly do all those things without winding your way through the console.
If you haven't ever done any Web programming, don't be intimidated. If you've done batch or VB scripting, you can muddle your way through it.
You'll need the following to use it:
- ASDK
- Server with IIS
- Basic programming knowledge. Preferably in C#.
If you haven't created any Web pages using the ASDK yet then follow the instructions found in the help file under "Creating and Using Proxy Classes" before you start using this Web page. That will set up the interface from the IIS server to the NS server. It will create some class files that you need to put in a APP_CODE folder where you house these files.
Also there may be one line in the code that you will change for your environment.
Verify that your Patch Management Folder Guid -- The one labeled Microsoft -- is the same as the one below. If not, modify the Altiris_PatchMgmt.aspx.cs file with your guid.
Guid guidPatchFolder = new Guid("{21c32410-ed2c-4bf4-80fb-b1a72a0e5aba}");
I tried adding a function to allow you to add and remove collections, but currently the ASDK does not support changing collections on Patch tasks. I'm hoping there will be a Patch Management ASDK piece released soon. I'll be posting more. If you have ideas be sure to post a comment on what you would like to see.
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Enable/disable
Can you provide an example of the Web page?
It could be very helpfull to see the code.
Regards
Erik
Regards Erik www.DinamiQs.com Dinamiqs is the home of VirtualStorm (www.virtualstorm.org)
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Code and example
When I originally posted it I forgot to put a screenshot in there. I submitted one later that afternoon and it looks like it is there now. The zip file has all the code in it in the aspx.cs file. That should help!
Screenbert
Screenbert
Thnxssssss
Thnxssss for adding the code.
Regards
Erik
Regards Erik www.DinamiQs.com Dinamiqs is the home of VirtualStorm (www.virtualstorm.org)
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Collection Manipulation in Patch Management
Hi,
First, a big thanks for all your work on the ASDK. Without it, it would take me months to decipher my way through the kit. Thankyou.
I've been hitting my head against a wall on the Patch Management side, trying to remove the default collections on patch tasks.
I keep getting fails with the error "The Input String was not in the correct format" when trying to use the RemoveCollectionFromSoftwareUpdateTask method,
NSServer="testserver" BulletinName="MS08-036" '--------------------------------------- ' Setup management objects '--------------------------------------- set SoftwareBulletins = CreateObject("Altiris.ASDK.PatchManagement.SoftwareBulletins") SoftwareBulletins.TargetServer = NSServer SoftwareBulletins.Authenticate() set SoftwareUpdateTasks = CreateObject("Altiris.ASDK.PatchManagement.SoftwareUpdateTasks") SoftwareUpdateTasks.TargetServer = NSServer SoftwareUpdateTasks.Authenticate() set itemManagement = CreateObject("Altiris.ASDK.NS.ItemManagement") itemManagement.TargetServer = NSServer itemManagement.Authenticate() '------------------------------------------------------------- ' Get the list of Guids that match the collection and bulletin name '------------------------------------------------------------- CollName="All Windows Computers with Software Update Agent Installed" Collectionguid = itemManagement.GetItemsByNameAndType( CollName, "collection" ) SoftwareBulletinPolicy = itemManagement.GetItemsByNameAndType(BulletinName,"Altiris.PatchManagementCore.Policies.SoftwareBulletinPolicy") msgbox SoftwareBulletinPolicy(0) & "," & Collectionguid(0) result = SoftwareUpdateTasks.RemoveCollectionFromSoftwareUpdateTask(SoftwareBulletinPolicy(0),Collectionguid(0))I've tried dozen's of variants, but can't seem to get this working.
At the time you wrote this article, these functions weren't available. Now they are, do you have any idea of what i'm doing wrong??!
Kind Regards,
Ian./
Ian Atkin, Senior Developer for the ICT Support Team, Oxford University, UK
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Set default collection
Seems like it would be easier to just set the default task collection for patch under the configuration. Is that what you are looking to do?
Neil
Yes, but...
... my end-goal here is to is automate staging of patches to the pilot groups, and then on to the wider environment.
If I can't manipulate the collections in the software bulletin tasks, i'm pretty stuffed...
Kind Regards,
Ian./
Ian Atkin, Senior Developer for the ICT Support Team, Oxford University, UK
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PM on tree NS
HI
How do you use your code on tree NS's, from a single website.
I have tree NS servers that i would like to control from a single web site. How do you access each NS with your code?
Kind Regards
Steen
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