Altiris Server Management Suite
ohzone
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November 12th, 2009
Listed below are the top 25 most visted Download pages (thru 11.11.09). Downloads are a bit more difficult to calculate because some articles have scripts attached to them as well. You may find something you've been looking for in this list. Happy browsing!
SATA ICH9 Drivers: Windows XP Driver Injection Script
Exe-To-Msi
MSI "Run as administrator" Context Menu for Vista
SATA Drivers for Intel ICH9 and ICH10
Remote Altiris Agent Diagnostics
Uninstall MSI with VBScript
Linux AHCI Driver for Dell Optiplex 760 and HP dc7900
Format Factor Multifunctional Media Converter
VBScript to Delete Old Files
Universal Silent Switch Finder
Automating Wireless Profile Config Settings for Intel PROSet/Wireless Software 11.1.1.3 for SWD/DS
Script to Copy Files/Folders to All the User Profiles on the Machine
Uninstall Windows Installer Applications Using VBScript
Backing Up User Profiles Using a VBScript
Mozilla Firefox 3.x Virtual Software Packages (US, NL, DE) (updated)
HII Tools 3.2.1 for...
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Joseph_Carson
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November 10th, 2009
Hello All,
This Monitor Pack includes the following:
Windows Desktop Monitor Policy (Agent-based) Fault Alerts Only
SEP Monitor Policy (Agent-based)
pcAnywhere Monitor Policy (Agent-based)
and
All Desktop Agent Settings (Configuration Settings for Desktops)
The Monitor Pack Monitors the following:
Disk Drive Alert
System Errors
System Errors due to Serious Failure normally resulting in Dump File creation (you could create a Task that will collect the Dump and place into central Share for troubleshooting)
Application Error
System Disk Error due to Delayed Write Failure
Windows Services Status for (Crypto, DHCP, DNS, Network Connections, Plug and Play, Print Spooler, RPC and Workstation)
To Install the Monitor Plug-in onto Desktop Computers you will need to include the following param into the MSI which is "NOWINDOWSCHECK". Please note there is an issue with using the rollout policy with this which is due to be resolved in a upcoming release of Monitor Solution....
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Joseph_Carson
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November 9th, 2009
Basic Monitor Pack for Recovery Solution:
Monitors:
Recovery Solution Windows Services - does not contain remediation
Recovery Server Disk Space
Recovery solution NT Events
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Joseph_Carson
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November 9th, 2009
Basic Monitor Pack for NetApp:
Monitors:
DSM Management
Snapdrive
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Joseph_Carson
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November 9th, 2009
Basic Monitor Pack for HP Server Management:
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Joseph_Carson
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November 9th, 2009
Basic EMC Monitor Policy to Monitor:
EMC Powerpath
Navisphere
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Dieselboi
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November 2nd, 2009
Good morning,
I have new Solaris 10 UNIX hosts and Linux Red Hat 5 hosts who are no longer able to download the Inventory package. When investigating, I attempt to force the Full Inventory weekly and get the Failed to get package snapshot error when it tries to download. I have checked my logs and the servers are trying to get the packages from our package servers (Windows hosts.) I verified those package server are working properly and have the software needed.
I can successfully do basic inventory and ping and such.
Any suggestions where to go from here?
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ohzone
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October 29th, 2009
Here is a list of the Top 25 Most Viewed articles in the Endpoint Management & Virtualization Community since Connect rolled out last March. Hope you find it as interesting as I did... (thru 29/Oct/09)
Install and Configure SQL Server 2008 Express
Understanding Error 1603: Fatal Error During Installation
Windows System Error Codes (exit codes) Description
Adding Intel Matrix Drivers to Your XP Image for AHCI SATA Support
SATA ICH9 Drivers: Windows XP Driver Injection Script
Installing Altiris Deployment Server and Altiris PXE Server in a VLAN Environment
How to Create a Generic Windows XP Image
Windows XP SP3 is Out - Time to Rebuild Those Base Images!
Chapter 6: WinPE as a PXE Automation Option
Preparing to Install Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 – Advanced Setup, Part 1: With SQL Server 2005 Express Advanced Services
Uninstall Office 2003 and Install Office 2007
Altiris Client Management Suite 7 Install
Wise Package Studio, Part 1: Installing and Configuring Wise Package...
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spn101
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October 29th, 2009
When will this crappy piece of alpha level software get to a point where you can rely on it 24/7.
It is now 18:25 european time, and I have been trying all day to download ServerManagementSuite 7 without any luck.
( A file not found error has occourred while trying download or copy
http://www.solutionsam.com/solutions/7/qa/sp2/solu................... AND SO ON)
I have a demo at a customer site tomorrow, but then again I could demo MS SCOM and WSUS4 instead :-(
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dougj
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October 29th, 2009
The attached download queries the wmi class cim_datafile for files with certain extension. The wmi class contains all data normally found in the file header information and more!
Querying this wmi class has proven to be many, many times faster than scanning a hard drive for file information.
This sample has logic to query for all 'local drives' and to skip specified directories. The query logic itself currently queries on 'Extension' but can be modified to query on any other value in the wmi class.
The NS7 custom inventory table xml file has been included.
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Janne Haatainen
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October 28th, 2009
Hi!
I'm evaluating Symantec Server Management Suite and I'm having problems getting information from my servers.
From my ESX-server, I get nothing. Or, I do get information, but it's only 0, when I view historical data, all I get is a straight line and all values are 0. Monitor Policy packs used are "ESX- Basic" and "ESX - Extended Host". I try to get values from CPU, Memory and Disk I/O but all values I get is 0.
And from Windows (w2k3 & w2k8) I get values with "Memory - Available (M)Bytes" and "Memory - Committed Bytes" by using Agent-based policy. With Agentless policy I also get CPU and Network etc values, but with agent-based policy I can't get CPU or Network values..
Any ideas why this is happening?
Regards,
Janne
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KSchroeder
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October 26th, 2009
On a recent forum thread, durkinr asked for a way to report on the "Description" found on his computer objects in Active Directory. I put together the attached custom inventory XML file and a VBScript to populate the information into the registry. To use this:
Put both files in your Inventory Solution package (\\NSServer\NSCap\Bin\Win32\X86\Inventory Solution\)
Update the AeXInvSolnAdm1.ini file (after making a backup first of course!) by adding the following two lines prior to the last line with AeXNSInvCollector.exe:
wscript.exe //B GetADDescription.vbs
aexcustinv.exe /in .\AeXADCompDesc.xml
Save the AeXInvSolnAdm1.ini file
On the next update of the Inventory package and execution of that inventory task, you will begin gathering this data. It will show up in the database in a table called "Inv_AeX_AD_Comp_Desc". For a simple report utilizing this data:
SELECT vc.[Name], vc.[Domain],...
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noodleNT
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October 23rd, 2009
I need to setup a monitor to log the exchange store last backups and alert me if the difference between the last backup is greater than 7 days. I can use a VB script to pull the info but I was wonder if Altiris Monitor Solution or Inventory Solution can do this.
Here is a sample VB script:
strTitle="Rapport for en Mailboks Store "
strServer=InputBox("Whats the name of the Exchange Server?",strTitle,"MyExchangeSVR")
SGReport strServer
WScript.Quit
Sub SGReport(strServer)
Dim iServer
Dim iSGs
Dim iMBS
Set iServer=CreateObject("CDOEXM.ExchangeServer")
Set iSGs=CreateObject("CDOEXM.StorageGroup")
Set iMBs=CreateObject("CDOEXM.MailboxStoreDB")
iServer.DataSource.Open strServer
arrSGs=iServer.StorageGroups
For i=0 To UBound(arrSGs)
strSGUrl=arrSGs(i)
'WScript.Echo strSGUrl
iSGs.DataSource.Open "LDAP://" & iServer.DirectoryServer & "/" & strSGUrl
strData=strData &...
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dougj
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October 21st, 2009
This script retrieves the apple hardware serial number from system_profiler, retrieves the warranty details for that serial number from https://selfsolve.apple.com/Warranty.do and parses various pieces of data from that warranty information. The data retrieved in this version includes:
SerialNumber
ProductDesc
PurchaseDate
WarrantyExpires
CoverageDesc
PHCoverageValue
PHCoverageDesc
ImageURL
PhoneMessage
Additional data may be available from the warranty site.
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ohzone
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October 19th, 2009
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sp1897
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October 16th, 2009
Server uptime report showing some servers as down, the servers in question have been on during this time. I checked the event viewer and there seems to be a gap in the time that the altiris monitor service was running. Is there a log in Altiris that I can check on the servers that are reporting altiris service is not responding.
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AndyN
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October 14th, 2009
The Super User Group in Cleveland on October 2, 2009 was a SUPER success!
We had approximately 100 customers in attendance from at least 5 User Groups: Cleveland, Columbus, Michigan, Pittsburgh, and Rochester. Surprisingly, there wasn't anyone there from Hawaii or Australia. Maybe next time.
Slides from the following Product Managers are attached to this blog:
Michael Grueber and Rene Kolga: Client Management Suite and Server Management Suite SP1
Miguel Perez: Deploying 7 Architecture and Migrating to 7
Also see KB Article:
https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=47816&p=1
Hugo Parra: Deployment Solution
Jeremy Carter: Workflow
Vinny Buscarnera: ServiceDesk
If you attended the Super User Group, please post your comments and questions!
By the way, the ManageThis Band did not take home the big trophy as the Best Corporate Band but they did have a great time.
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Joseph_Carson
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October 12th, 2009
The purpose of this Monitor Pack is to Monitor for Fault related alerts only. This pack does not collect any performance related data, it is light weight.
This Pack includes the HDD Monitor Pack for Hard Disk Predictive Failure Alerts which can be used together with Backup so when a disk is potentially failing you could run a backup task to ensure latest data is safe:
The Monitor Pack Monitors the following:
Disk Drive Alert
System Errors
System Errors due to Serious Failure normally resulting in Dump File creation (you could create a Task that will collect the Dump and place into central Share for troubleshooting)
Application Error
System Disk Error due to Delayed Write Failure
Windows Services Status for (Crypto, DHCP, DNS, Network Connections, Plug and Play, Print Spooler, RPC and Workstation)
I hope this pack is found useful and please feel free to add to this Monitor Pack.
Please note that this pack does not provide any remediation action, these can be added as...
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sp1897
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October 12th, 2009
Set up a few scheduled reports but have not found where I would set up the auotmatic email of reports after they have run. Any feedback would be great.
Thanks
Bruce
Basics, User Group, Altiris Server Management Suite, Endpoint Management and Virtualization, Reporting
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Patrick E. Spencer
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October 10th, 2009
Starting with the April 2009 issue, we began publishing each issue of CIO Digest to the Amazon Kindle. Readers want to consume content in a variety of different formats, and the increasingly popularity of the Amazon Kindle prompted us to begin making each issue available on it.
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Joseph_Carson
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October 9th, 2009
Please find the attached HDD Monitor Pack which detects the following Alerts based on Win32_DiskDrive and S.M.A.R.T. technologies.
Disk Drive Degraded
Disk Drive Error
Disk Drive SMART Predict Failure
Disk Drive NonRecover
Disk Drive Predict Failure - S.M.A.R.T.
Disk Drive Stressed
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ianatkin
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October 9th, 2009
If you are a LinuxPE automation user, today's article will help revolutionise how you image your computer estate with Deployment Server. Today I will show you can image both new and existing computers without ever having to touch the Deployment Console. By introducing a menu system into automation we kiss goodbye forever to the need to stage computers for initial deployment, and even remove that pesky need to set computer names up. By implementing the steps in today's article you'll extended Deployment Server's imaging capability, allowing you to initiate your day-to-day tasks directly from an automation-based client menu system. As such you'll be able to initiate Windows XP scripted installs, Hardware Independent Imaging deployments, or even a DoD Disk wipes within moments interrupting the automation boot process.
For those favouring the DOS and WinPE automation environments -watch this space. Once the LinuxPE version is ratified, work will begin to support the other automation...
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KSchroeder
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October 9th, 2009
We have an extensive SAN environment at my company, and found that the out-of-the-box Inventory Solution tasks are unable to capture NTFS mounted disk volumes we use on some of our larger file shares (i.e. a physical drive D:\, with an additional physical volume mounted to D:\Users, for example). So we came up with our own.
To implement this, unzip the .XML and .INI file to your Inventory Solution directory (\\NSServer\NSCap\Bin\Win32\X86\Inventory Solution\). Then edit the Inventory Solution default package at Resources > Resources > Defaults > Package. Add a new "Program" with the following command line:
AexInvSoln.exe /hidden /s #IS-SRV-HwVolumes.ini
Success Codes: 0
Failure codes: (blank)
Disk space: 0
Set it to:
Estimated Run time: 1 minute
Terminate after: 10 minutes
Starting window: Normal
Run with rights: System Account
Program can run: Whether or not a user is logged on
No...
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dallasr
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October 7th, 2009
I've looked for Altiris Visio stencils on the web and never came across any, so I put my own together from various sources. This is my first time creating one so hopefully it turned out OK.
See the screen shot below for an example diagram I did with the stencil. I created this using Visio 2003, so not sure how/if it will work in other versions.
To use, just unzip the stencil and place it wherever you want, then within Visio go to File > Shapes > Open Stencil and browse to where you put it.
Let me know what you guys think of it (good or bad).
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