CMS 7 SP1 has Been Released
Updated: 21 May 2010 | 21 comments
No release notes that I see, but according to the Altiris Beta site 2 of the biggest new features are patching for Mac OS X and Adobe products (Flash, Reader, and Acrobat IIRC). I am taking the plunge with our dev system as we speak and will post anything interesting I see.
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I was looking for release
I was looking for release notes as well. There are 16 updates available and I don't know what they do. I am installing them anyway but it would be nice to find a list.
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I found
I found this:
https://kb.altiris.com/display/1/articleDirect/index.asp?aid=47826&r=0.636593
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That link is the randomly
generated link, however if it is article 47826, that is for Hotfix 2 of the Symantec Management Platform. I doubt CMS will have it's own release notes, more likely each related solution would.
(I could be wrong).
Jim Harings
HP Enterprise Services
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WTF
OK...this is just bad.
Releasing a whole service pack (I've got 20 updates in SIM) without any kind of release notes is just plain unacceptable.
Agreed. No release notes =
Agreed. No release notes = bad
Highlights from the
Highlights from the beta:
Adobe Patching via the Patch Remdiation Center
Mac patching through tasks to use the software update
The software catalog we've all probmised: Last I saw it was up to 50K software resources
A couple of other improvements
But don't remember it all, bummer on no release notes
Jonathan Jesse Practice Principal ITS Partners
Release Notes
Here is Altiris Client Management Suite "Generic" Release Notes page (I would recommend bookmarking this page):
https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=40929&p=1
Here is the direct link to the CMS 7.0 SP1 Release Notes:
https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=48420&p=1
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Principal SQA Engineer
Symantec
I get a permissions error
I get a permissions error when I try to access one of the SP1 release notes links for the various solutions.
-Geo
ditto. Inventory Solution
ditto.
Inventory Solution 7.0 SP1
Inventory for Network Devices 7.0 SP1
Patch Management Solution 7.0 SP1
Software Management Solution 7.0 SP1
Anyone Else?
Both links work for me - is anyone else having any issues?
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Principal SQA Engineer
Symantec
When clicking on the Release
When clicking on the Release Notes links for Inventory Solution 7.0 SP1 (https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=48423&p=1), here's what I get:
Error: You do not have permissions to view article 48423. Please return to the Customer Portal.
-Geo
Got it...
Yup, I see the problem now. Let me see if I can get it fixed.
Thanks!
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Principal SQA Engineer
Symantec
In Progress
Apparently, all the documentation wasn't supposed to go live until 12:00 PM MDT so that is why some of the links aren't functional yet. Give it 30 minutes or so and everything should be available.
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Principal SQA Engineer
Symantec
cool thx Andrew
cool thx Andrew
-Geo
Other than me being wrong (again)
both links work for me. When did you start posting RL for an entire suite? I can blame any stupity on my part on post-concussion syndrome. :)
Jim Harings
HP Enterprise Services
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Where's the mac patch
Where's the mac patch management?
I see reports available, but no agents or settings :\ It was supposed to be in this
UPDATE: I see the tasks. Kinda disappointing, but I guess I can make it work.
Mac Patching
Yes, managing available Mac software updates is very task-based in this release. We'll look at making it available as "policy-based" as well for subsequent releases.
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Principal SQA Engineer
Symantec
Just a thought on why I
Just a thought on why I dislike the utilization of Apple's Software Update mechanism:
no way to guarantee users won't log in during an update, and since there's no lights-out-management for Mac desktops, one is dependent on the user to power on the machine
Apple gets a lot of things right, patch management isn't one of them
Found this for CMS SP1:
Found this for CMS SP1: https://kb.altiris.com/display/1/articleDirect/index.asp?aid=48420&r=0.3592646
After installing the updates I went to Help->Documentation Library from the console and the release notes are linked in there.
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Individual Solution links still give permission error
When you click the link to the release notes of each individual solution, it still generates a permission issue. Some work, some don't.
Inventory 7.0 SL1 - Error: You do not have permissions to view article 48423. Please return to the Customer Portal.
Inventory for Network Devices 7.0 SP1 - Error: You do not have permissions to view article 48422. Please return to the Customer Portal.
Patch for Windows 7.0 SP1 - Error: You do not have permissions to view article 48255. Please return to the Customer Portal.
Software Management Solution 7.0 SP1 - Error: You do not have permissions to view article 46575. Please return to the Customer Portal.
The rest seem to work ok. Of course, these are the most used ones though... :-(
It's Alive!
OK, I've verified that all release notes are available - study away!!
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Symantec
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