Symantec Management Platform (Notification Server)

Is anyway I can send out update configuration task right away to all my Altiris Client?

everytime if I have task, sometime it won't run right away, then I have to remote desktop to the machine then click on the Update configuration, then the task will run right away.

Did NS server has this kind of capitability?


Thanks.


Lillian

Hello Lillian,
There are a number of options for you to use. You can use the Wake On Lan functionality built into DS. This must be enabled on the advanced tab of the Altiris Agent config, and multicasting needs to be allowed on your network. Also, the Task Server solution that is freely available on NS also has a script that you can execute to do this.
A final option is to run the same script in Deployment Server.

Cheers,

Jim

Jim,

So far I use DS server, but take to long to drag this job to each department.
here is script look like in DS

vbscript to force the Altiris Agent to update config and check for new policies
' Cause the 6.0 agent to request config, we now have the ability to override network blockouts
' If the variable <ignoreBlockouts> is set to 1 config is requested during a total blockout
' If it is set to 0 the config request will be performed once the total blockout ends

dim client
set client = wscript.createobject ( "Altiris.AeXNSClient" )
ignoreBlockouts = 1
client.UpdatePolicies ignoreBlockouts

can I have this same thing in NS without task server, because there is a lots of agents need to run before task server.

Thanks for all the help

Lillian

Unfortunately no, nothing automated.