I have extended the zero day patch tool to meet my customer requirement to automate patch further more:
In this version we not only want to create policies automatically but we also want to follow a 3 step process:
Stage required bulletin and ...
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Patch ToolKit version 0.7.0 is out now ( release notes ). This new version of the toolkit includes a set of command line that help avoid the overlap issues between the Microsoft and PatchAll features ...
I have first posted [1] on Symantec Connect the idea of filling my cold winter evening with small projects that could help me and the community back in December 2009, naming the initiative with a funny reference to GSoC [2] - thus it became the Connect ...
Due to popular demand on the download tool [1] (okay, one person asked - but that's enough for me ;-) I am releasing and documenting the source code (Visual Studio 2005 solution and project) here.
We will review here the assembly references ...
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This tool will allow you to stage and distribute all bulletins that match the critical severity (or more if you use the /severity switch). I and Symantec in general do not advise to do this on test, ...
Table of content:
Introduction
File registration and upload
Accessing your results
The result viewer
Overlaying multiple graphs
Aggregating hourly graphs
Going further
Introduction
I ...
Despite my best efforts to build aila for Linux and Windows it proved not possible [1] [2].
But the good news is, Windows users can use aila on Windows at native (i.e. GNU/Linux) speed thanks to Cygwin. So here we go.
Update! Binary file ...
Patch Management uses xml to define inventory rules that are used by the Inventory Rule agent to verify whether a given update is applicable or installed (with the well named IsInstalled and IsApplicable inventory rules).
These inventory rules can be ...
The Software Update tab in the Altiris Agent displays updates status. However it is not always clear what the statuses do mean, so we'll review two of them today in details, to clarify the situation (once and for all?).
Here is an interesting ...
Patch Management Solution provides minimal hierarchy replication and thus top-level reporting data. However customers and organizations are used to running compliance reports at the top level which is not possible with the current CMS 7.0 ...