I have collected Symantec.pl.xml files since the beta in February 2009 and have a repository of 2.5 GiB of XML here at home. I am not devoting much time to the task to be completely honnest, as a shell script take care of verifying if a new file is available every 5 minutes.

I have also crafted a few (Linux) utilities to get some information out of the xml files. The first one was just a file cleaner that hanlded the task of clearing the pl.xml from any localisation. I never made much use of it, however it was of great help when I discussed with the product team improvments that later came to the prioduct listing and how the Symantec Install Manager handles it (first a compressed version of the file and then a langaue agnostic version). The second utility is still in use scrapes package related data from the xml, and crafts a mirror tree of the SolutionSam site. It even has the feature to copy MSI files to the correct location if they are in the same folder as the tool....

It's slightly under 2 weeks since I posted my first blog entry [1] on the aila-web portal [2].

Today I am proud to announce that the portal is now at version 0.4 and brings in some visual features that will make a difference to all users: the statistics from aila are no longer displayed in text, but rather as line and bar charts.

This means you will get this:

Instead of this:

I will boldly call thiese changes a huge progress :D.

[1] {CWoC} Back at work on aila, adding a self-service portal

[2]...

I just correct the script gived from Gilles, to add the NS server name (to change yours).

Notice: not tested yet this one. Notice also: best to install a data partition, if available, instead a system partition !! :)

You should put, the msi file (from <\\SMPserver\NSCap\bin\Win32\X86\NS Client Installation>) and this script into NETLOGON domain folder, and add a GPO to run it at machine startup.

I would like to test if the system is a server with a data partition, or a workstation a single C drive, to deploy different path according the system type.

@echo off

set MYALTIRISPATH=%programfiles%\Altiris
if exist "%MYALTIRISPATH%\Altiris7agent.log" exit 183

rem remove all plug-in et agent altiris
if exist "%MYALTIRISPATH%\Altiris Agent\AeXNSAgent.exe" start "" /b /wait "%MYALTIRISPATH%\Altiris Agent\aexagentutil.exe" /uninstallagents /clean

rem cleanup Setup folder
if exist "%...

The May 23rd Twin Cities User Group meeting is cancelled for this week.

Sorry for the late notice!

We hope to have an event in June. Please check back for further info.