Chicago Endpoint Management User Group

Hello all, 

There is a post on this already but it's been some time since anyone has commented on it:

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/remove-computer-assign-policies

I wanted to re-post in hopes to get some fresh eyes on this. I am aware there was a script using ASDK in 6.9, and also in 7.1, however the idea is not to get that involved. Here is what i am looking to do. I'd like to strip a computer down to almost initial deployment keeping all asset and basic inventory, asset location and/or owner change. Basically removing all previously assigned policies (mainly software). This is done when a user has left the firm, or for a hardware swap. Currently, as you may have read from the link above, we are manually deleting such policies from the policy summary page within resource manager. I am currently in SMP 7.1 SP2 MP1.

Any ideas would be helpful, thanks in advance

So I thought I found a way to do this with the follwoing method:

1) Right Click and set the computer to 'Retired'

2) Right Click and run the Cleanup Inventory CMDB task.

Result:

Wipes out basic machine info and seems to take the machine out of the Filter Membership, but NOT the actual filter as a resource. See attached file.

Any ideas why the machine is not in the Filter membership when i perform the above tasks, BUT is still a resource in the filter?

The reason why the machine does not show up is because only computers with the status "Active" are members of filters.

If you have manually added a computer into a filter, it will still show up in the selection screen, but it is not counted as a member, until the status is active.

PeeGee Thanks, 

Any idea on how to achieve this without having to manually unassigned the machine from all its software filters?

Thanks!