Groupe des Utilisateurs Altiris Suisses et Francophones Group

But what about the clients? We have approximately 1500 clients and we wouldn't uninstall and reinstall the agent on each computer; so I've done a little script to change the server IP on the client side:

 @echo off
REM ======================================================================
REM
REM Batch File -- Created with SAPIEN Technologies PrimalScript 2007
REM
REM NAME:
REM
REM AUTHOR: Yannick Racheter , Figeas
REM DATE  : 31.01.2011
REM
REM COMMENT:
REM
REM ======================================================================
Set AppsName=Altiris_REG_MOD
Set NetLogPath=\\SERVER\LOGS\%AppsName%
Set LocLogfile=PATH_TO_LOG\LOGS\Altiris_reg_mod_services_restart.log
Set NetLogfile=%NetLogPath%\%computername%.log
REM subst P: C:\temp
REM ======================================================================
REM Recupere date du jour et Heure
REM ======================================================================
for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=. " %%a in ('date /t') do (
  set mjour=%%a
  set mmois=%%b
  set mannee=%%c
)
set mydate=%mannee%%mmois%%mjour%

for /f "tokens=1-2 delims=: " %%a in ('time /t') do (
  set heure=%%a
  set minute=%%b
)
set mytime=%heure%%minute%
@REM if exist "C:\ASSACMDS\LOGS\Altiris_reg_mod_services_restart.log" goto :EOF

REM ======================================================================
REM Check registry value
REM ======================================================================
reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Altiris\Client Service" /v "TcpAddr" | findstr 176.30
IF %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 GOTO END_LOG
REM ======================================================================
REM verfification de la valeur de registre Version
REM ======================================================================
reg delete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Altiris\Client Service" /v "TcpAddr" /f
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Altiris\Client Service" /v "TcpAddr" /t REG_SZ /d "192.168.176.30" /f
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 @ECHO %Date% / %TIME% - "REG Modifiée ip = 176.30" >>%LocLogfile%
REM ======================================================================
REM Redémarrage du service
REM ======================================================================
net stop "Service Client Altiris"
net start "Service Client Altiris"
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 @ECHO %Date% / %TIME% - "Service Altiris Deployment Agent redémarré" >>%LocLogfile%
net stop "Altiris Deployment Agent"
net start "Altiris Deployment Agent"
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 @ECHO %Date% / %TIME% - "Service Altiris Deployment Agent redémarré" >>%LocLogfile%
net stop "Altiris Client-Dienst"
net start "Altiris Client-Dienst"
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 @ECHO %Date% / %TIME% - "Service Altiris Deployment Agent redémarré" >>%LocLogfile%
net stop "Altiris Client Service"
net start "Altiris Client Service"
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 @ECHO %Date% / %TIME% - "Service Altiris Deployment Agent redémarré" >>%LocLogfile%
GOTO LOG_COPY
REM ======================================================================
REM Logging
REM ======================================================================
:END_LOG
@ECHO %Date% / %TIME% - "La valeur du registre contient déjà le serveur 176.30" >>%LocLogfile%
:LOG_COPY
::Copy /Y %LocLogfile% %NetLogfile%
@ECHO %Date% / %TIME% - "La valeur du registre contient déjà le serveur 176.30" >>%NetLogfile%
:EOF 

We did integrate this batch at the logon script. It have been useful to retrieve all the clients on the new server in a few hours (every logon did rietrieve the client into the new server).

Here's how we did integrate it to the logon via GPO.

- On an admin computer, go to "Start Menu" => "Execute" and type "gpmc.msc"

- Once the console is open, browse to Group Policy Object (objet de stratégie de groupe); right click on it and choose "New"

- Insert the name of your strategy in the "Name:" field and let the default choice "(none)" in the "Object Starter GPO Source:" field

- Once your GPO has been created, richt click on it and choose "Modify..."

- The GPEdit (Editeur de gestion des stratégies de groupe) appears

- Browse "Computer configuration" => "Strategies" => "Windows settings" => "Scripts" and double click on "Start"

- In the new window, choose "Scripts" tab and click "Add...", then browse your computer (or server) to find the desired batch, and then click OK.

- Once done, go back on your policy and check if everything is as you wish:

• - Check if the object is active and / or linked
• - Add desired Users or Groups in the "Security Filtering" area

- Then go to the "Parameters" tab where you can check if your Policy is well configured at all.

That's all folks ;-)

If you have comments or suggestions, they are welcome!

Thanks for reading.

Hope it will help!