Deployment and Imaging Group

I can't get the task server configured correctly.  I don't think I have the correct switches for it:

"\W7PKG\SOFTWARE\Altiris\NSClient\aexnsc.exe" -s -a ns="server" nsweb="server/Altiris" NOSTARTMENU /s

The ns client configuration works correctly, but it seems like without the task server configured correctly, we can not do inventory. 

And when I reset the agent, it doens't point to the correct task server. 

I am at a loss. 

Proper format for ns= is the FQDN server name, and proper format for the nsweb= is http://FQDN/Altiris

You'd want to use a command line like:
aexnsc.exe -s -a ns="server.yourdomain.com" nsweb=http://server.yourdomain.com/Altiris NOSTARTMENU /s

Can you resolve the hostname FQDN (e.g. server.yourdomain.com) from the client?

Do you mean that you want the client to be a Site Server running task service?  This would be an entirely different, additional procedure.

Thanks for the reply. 

The FQDN server name is correct and I can resolve this from a client system. 

I don't want the client to be a Site Server running task services, sorry, that part was a bit confusing. 

The initial inventory task that runs fails.  The exact Result: Failure - return code -1.

Does the task server need to be the same as the Altiris server or can they be different?  I am also thinking maybe the task server is out of licenses, but I don't have access to determine this. 

The most likely cause for failure of that task is that the inventory agent is not installed.  Is the policy to install the inventory plug-in enabled?  Is it installed on the client?

The task server will be assigned by the NS.  The task server isn't going to be out of licenses.. it's not really a licensed component.

Yes, we do have the policy enabled to install the inventory plug-in.  Under settings we have Arellia File Inventory Agent 7.0.1407 is listed. 

That's not an Altiris-based agent, it's an Arellia-based agent.  It gathers file inventory data for Arellia solutions -- you must be an Application Control Suite customer.

You should be seeing something like 'Inventory Plug-in for Windows.'

Here are all the agents we're running:

Looks fine from a client perspective.  What happens if you run an inventory task now?  Does it still fail?

On the Task Server tab, does it resolve to a task server?  or is that blank?

Is this supposed to BE a task server, or is that just a "name of the thread" thing?  If it's supposed to BE a task server, then it's missing the TS client installations.

Let us know that and it'll help us get to where it's failing.

I was monitoring the system yesterday and working with a coworker.  Inventorying was successful. 

Thomas - It does resolve to a task server.