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  • 1.  Software Delivery WinXP SP3

    Posted Sep 23, 2010 08:39 PM

    Hi,

    Easy question...

    If i have a report of 55 computers which are still on WinXP SP2, i have the option to create a static filter.

    I've created a WinXP SP3 package and have scheduled this run against the above mentioned static filter.

    I've chosen the task to repeat daily.

    The question is, to those PC's which were upgraded successfully, will they drop off the report or will the task attempt to apply it to the same PC's again the next day?

    My initial thinking is that because its a static filter, it wont change, and if this is the case, where can we have a Dynamic filter report like we did in NS 6?

     

    regards



  • 2.  RE: Software Delivery WinXP SP3

    Posted Sep 24, 2010 09:51 AM

    and then apply it to your target, and have  a normal roll-out schedule. I never liked building the filters and collections from reports, but that is just me.



  • 3.  RE: Software Delivery WinXP SP3
    Best Answer

    Posted Sep 24, 2010 10:02 AM

    Static will not change unless you update it with an automation policy.  So you have dynamic filters, static filters with no automation policy update schedule, and static filters with an automation policy update schedule.

    But really, it's better to just make a dynamic filter.

    OS Name is contained in the AeX AC Identification data class under the OS Name property, and OS Revision (e.g. Service Pack) is contained under the same data class under the OS Revision policy.  If you're ever not sure about stuff like this, just poke around in the Resource Manager for a computer until you find what you want to look at.
     
    You'll want to create a new filter using the query builder for Computer resources (query tab, click Base Query, choose Computer from the drop-down, click OK).
     
    Then, under Filter Expressions, add condition, AND, [AeX AC Identification].[OS Name] Equals Microsoft Windows XP
    Add condition, AND, [AeX AC Identification].[OS Revision] NotEqualTo Service Pack 3.
     
    Click Save Changes and you should get the proper results of Windows XP computers running a Service Pack other than SP3.
     
    Does this help?


  • 4.  RE: Software Delivery WinXP SP3

    Posted Sep 28, 2010 04:27 PM

    although I was initially hoping to use a sql query and make that dynamic rather than have to use the query builder, but suppose can achieve similar results, just takes a bit longer to go through the query builder wizard.

    Thanks!