VMM Host Report for ESX
I have completed ESX Discovery and Inventory tasks, but default report did not display data I was expeting:VMM > Host Summary Report I checked that these data are available in Resource Manager,...
View ArticleHow to configure peer-to-peer downloading in IT Management Suite?
About peer-to-peer downloading featureThe peer-to-peer downloading feature is available starting from IT Management Suite version 8.0 HF5.The peer-to-peer downloading feature lets you download and...
View ArticleRandomization Technique for Risk Mitigation in Software Deployments
Reasons for RandomizationI am an Altiris administrator in a very large organization with over 50k managed endpoints. When our team is tasked with a software deployment, there could be some unknown...
View ArticleCreating a Win10 image with VMWare Workstation
When I went to create a win10 base image, I couldn't find a writeup to follow on Connect, so I wanted to share my process in case it helped others. I also point out some potentially wrong/outdated...
View ArticleSMA installation on Debian or Ubuntu
Installation of SMA (Symantec Management Agent) on LINUX is not very complicated, once you understand how LINUX works.Altiris (in version 7.6) is officially supported on Red Hat Linux (RHEL) and SUSE...
View ArticleImaging Best Practices
These guidelines are not intended to be exhaustive, step-by-step instructions, but provide some helpful hints that may prevent some common issues that occur during imaging. Your situation may vary, you...
View ArticleWorkflow - REST Generator
I've written a number of Articles on the Workflow REST Generator, here is a list:Some examples are using Mobility but any REST API could be used.Make sure to download POSTMAN or another client to help...
View ArticleWorkflow - Component - Developer Guide - Inputs - Checkbox
In this Article I'm going to explain how to add a Input of a Checkbox to gather more configuration from the User.Table of ContentsListSetupSimple ComponentDeployHelp FileLoggingInputs Checkbox...
View ArticleWorkflow - Component - Developer Guide - Inputs - DropDown
In this Article I'm going to explain how to add a Input of a Dropdown / Combo to gather more configuration from the User.ListSetupSimple ComponentDeployHelp FileLoggingInputs CheckboxDropdown / Combo...
View ArticleWorkflow - Component - Developer Guide - Inspecting
In this Article I'm going to explain how to inspect other Components.Table of ContentsListSetupSimple ComponentDeployHelp FileLoggingInputs CheckboxDropdown / ComboInspecting other Components...
View ArticleWorkflow - Component - Developer Guide - Globals
In this Article I'm going to explain how to create a Global variable and add it to the Project when a Component is added into Workflow.ListSetupSimple ComponentDeployHelp FileLoggingInputs...
View ArticleWorkflow - Component - Developer Guide - Project Properties
In this Article I'm going to explain how to create a Project Property and add it to the Project when a Component is added into Workflow.ListSetupSimple ComponentDeployHelp FileLoggingInputs...
View ArticleWorkflow - Component - Developer Guide - SQL
In this Article I'm going to explain how to talk to SQL.ListSetupSimple ComponentDeployHelp FileLoggingInputs CheckboxDropdown / ComboInspecting other ComponentsCreating GlobalsCreating Project...
View ArticleWorkflow - Component - Developer Guide - Web Service
In this Article I'm going to explain how to connect to a Web Service in your component.ListSetupSimple ComponentDeployHelp FileLoggingInputs CheckboxDropdown / ComboInspecting other ComponentsCreating...
View ArticleJoin an organizational unit (OU) in Ghost Solution Suite 3.1 configuration task
Summary:This is a quick tutorial on how to join a specific organizational unit when adding a client machine to the domain using a configuration task.Please note: In previous version of Ghost it was...
View ArticleSMP Agent for Mac 8.0 - SSL, TLS, Key Exchange & Cipher Information
The following charts show test results for various configurations of SSL, TLS, Key Exchange and Cipher settings in IIS for SMP Agent for Mac communication with the SMP server. While it would be...
View ArticleAutoPatcher
AutoPatcherSymantec End Point Management, Patch Management automation toolRequirements:Symantec Management Platform - Patch Management 8.0 or later.Run as an account with sufficient permisions for...
View ArticleServiceDesk Ticket Search by Number, Title or Description
This project is offered as an alternative to the builtin ServiceDesk Ticket Search function. The primary difference being the ability to search the Ticket Description.The following examples explain...
View ArticleCentOS or Ubuntu are displayed as „untracked“
It may happen that you install SMA on LINUX successfully, and even agent seems to be working fine, you can still see it as “UNTRACKED” in SMP Console. I noticed that behavior on some releases of CentOS...
View ArticleHow To Use Deploy Anywhere Evaluation In Ghost 3.0/3.1
Deploy Anywhere is a utility used for injecting drivers on a target OS. The below documentation references how to run an evaluation on your client machine to verify all drivers are compatible and not...
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