Determine if Workflow is running in Debug
When creating a workflow which uses Windows Authentication it is impossible to retrieve the current user (Get Current User-component) when debugging the workflow. Each time you need to debug the...
View ArticleCreating a dynamic drop down report of the membership of any filter
It can be helpful to run reports of the membership of any filter as reports offer you the ability to add in additional data as well as export them to CSV for further processing. Here is one way to do...
View ArticleSMP - Altiris Agent - Send Notification Task
In this Article I'm going to explain how to send a message to the Altiris Agent via a Task, this is possible due to a method within the Agent called DisplayBalloon.Remote onto your SMP/Altiris ServerGo...
View ArticleRecover a failing BitLocker encrypted HDD using Ghost
Background: We recently had a hard drive that was showing signs of failing. User data partition wasn’t unlocking automatically (the data could therefore not be copied off) and the recovery keys...
View ArticleHow To Add Remote Screen Sharing Options To Ghost Solution Suite 3.0/3.1
Make sure you have your screen sharing software handy. Common examples are RealVNC, TeamViewer, LogMeIn, etc... Navigate to the deployment server folder shown below and edit the RemoteControlTools.ini...
View ArticleQuick Start Guide - Installing Ghost Solution Suite 3.1
Quick Start Guide - Installing Ghost Solution Suite 3.1This document will help to explain the install process of Windows ADK and Ghost Solution Suite 3.1.Please review the installation and upgrade...
View ArticleHow To Upgrade From Ghost Solution Suite 3.0 to Ghost Solution Suite 3.1 Console
The upgrade process from Ghost Solution Suite 3.0 to 3.1 is fairly simple and Ghost Solution Suite 3.1 can be directly installed over top of Ghost Solution Suite 3.0.*This guide informs on the upgrade...
View ArticleHow To Add Drivers To Ghost Solution Suite
Boot Disk Creator:1. Navigate to Tools->Boot Disk Creator (Console Version), once the boot disk creator opens select tools -> Add Pre-Boot Device Driver2. Browse to the location where the driver...
View ArticleITMS 8.0 HF1 - What has changed in the Symantec Management Console, on the...
The IT Management Suite 8.0 HF1 release introduces a number of enhancements/improvements of the Microsoft Active Directory Import page.The following areas are changed:View statusFiltering and sorting...
View ArticleServiceDesk - Classification
In this Article I'm going to explain a way of getting the Classifications from the Process Manager db for use within your Workflows.In an Incdient in ServiceDesk you can set classification.These are...
View ArticleCreate Quick Delivery Task Component
Create Quick Delivery TaskComponent definitionThis component creates a Quick Delivery Task.Component iconDefinition of component input value or valuesThe properties on the General tab in the Create...
View ArticleWindows 10 Toast Notifications
Introducing Windows Toast NotificationsWith the introduction of Windows 8 we were given a new way of creating notifications as part of Microsoft's Action Centre. These notifications allow Windows...
View ArticleConfiguring DS 6.9 SP6 to utilise NS/SMP collections/filters
As we all know, Deployment Server only allows a computer to be a member of one computer group (I believe GSS 3.0 may well resolve this issue), which means that you may find that the computers that you...
View ArticleQuick Start Guide To Installing Ghost Solution Suite 3.0
Quick Start Guide To Installing Ghost Solution Suite 3.0This document will help to explain the install process of Windows ADK, Ghost Solution Suite 3.0 and Ghost Solution Suite HF5.Please review the...
View ArticleHow to store Package Server repository aside from SMA in SMP 8.0
Ever wondered how to install the Symantec Management Agent to the system drive but direct all Package Server’s packages to other? How to consolidate all the packages “rotated” by Package Server due to...
View ArticleHow To Import Preboot Operating Systems Into Ghost Solution Suite 3.1...
Ghost Solution Suite 3 requires a preboot operating system to perform imaging tasks. Our default preboot operating system is WinPE 5.1. This tutorial will show you how to import this into Ghost...
View ArticleHow to replicate asset status between 8.0 HF1 servers using stand-alone...
How to replicate the Asset status of child NS client computers from child NS to parent NS using the stand-alone "Resources" replication rule starting from 8.0 HF1 release?1. Open Symantec Management...
View ArticleHow To Import Preboot Operating Systems Into Ghost Solution Suite 3.1...
Ghost Solution Suite 3.1 requires a preboot operating system to perform imaging tasks. Our default preboot operating system is WinPE 10. This tutorial will show you how to import this into Ghost...
View ArticleHow to change CMDB asset owner in a Workflow project?
This seems to be a fairly frequent questions and a more thorough article would hopefully give an overview for how to do this as well as give some ideas for how to approach other similar needs.There are...
View ArticleSD.Email.Monitor adjustments required for SD 8.0 and 8.0 HF1
Currently these are Email Monitor issues that need to be fixed but I've decided to put up a summary of how to fix those until they're addressed in further releases.If SD.Email.Monitor project package...
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