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How to add the SMP site code as an ITA report filter?
If your ITA Server is configured to use its Multi-CMDB functionality, you may wish to have the ability to run ITA reports that can display data for a single or multiple SMP's instead of just all of...
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止まらないサイバー攻撃による被害閲覧したWebサイトでの感染や、メールの添付ファイルを開いた際にマルウェアが仕込まれてしまう等、サイバー攻撃による被害が後を絶ちません。被害を受けた結果、大切なお客様情報が漏洩したり、企業イメージが低下する等、様々な経営リスクが発生している状況はご存知の通りです。...
View ArticleMulticasting white paper
Ever wondered how multicasting works? This document is an in-depth guide to how multicasting is implemented in the SMP.ContentExecutive Summary...
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How to add custom data to existing processes like Incident Management, Change...
Step1. Create an Integration Library with User Defined Type with DB Mapping (ORM). Step2. Add Process Data Class to the IMExtendedDemoORM Step3. Add Properties as needed. For this example I have added...
View ArticleHow to Protect PXE Boot Menu for Redeployment (Managed) Computer in...
How to protect with password PXE boot menu for Redeployment (Managed) Computer in Deployment 7.5.Create PXE Linux Preboot environment with name “LinuxPXEWinPE”.Create PXE Windows PE Preboot...
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Imaging Windows Embedded standard and Windows 7 Embedded through Altiris 7.1
Why this Document? Altiris 7.x are not supporting imaging for“Windows Embedded standard and Windows 7 Embedded”(http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO9965)...
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Windows PE 4.0, PXE and Ghost
After performing the steps in this walk through you will have a working PXE and TFTP set up delivering a Win PE 4.0 package with the latest Ghost executables and 2 optional default Win PE 2.0 Ghost...
View ArticleWindows Operating System Key Inventory
The following article will guide you through the steps of creating a Windows Operating System Key Inventory, Importing Operating System Key Data, Creating SQL Tables and Creating Compliance Reports....
View Articleaila2: Version 1 Full Package with Installation and Execution Scripts
Introduction:The aila2 collection of tools comes with quite a few articles and downloads (see references [1-6]. But how can we benefit from this tool without having to read the full documentation? In...
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Displaying the Organizational View Structure via SQL
When you go to "Manage > Organizational Views and Groups" and select either a Org View or an Org Group, if one or more Org Groups contain resources, the Organizational Group column will display the...
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SMP 7.5 New Package Delivery Features: File Hashing and Snapshot Signing!
Table of ContentIntroductionSnapshot creationSnapshot deliveryPackage Download testsDefine and create the test packageCreate the test Software ReleaseCreate the test Managed DeliveryBase...
View ArticleAutomated Software Management
I recently had these questions posed to me, and I thought I would share my ideas on the topic.Question 1:Can a deployment database be tied into Altiris which would enable software to be delivered or...
View ArticlePatching in Low Bandwidth Environments
Question:Do we have a whitepaper/write-up on how to deploy a successful patch deployment solution in a low bandwidth environment?No, but it sounds like a good idea for one.In the interim, though:There...
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Patch Trending: Creating a Gauge Chart to Show Global Compliance on the Console
IntroductionCreating the controlHtml codeJavascript codeProcessingOptionsVerifying the resultsIntegrating on the SMPCreating the web partAdding the web part to a portal...
View ArticleHow to Report on Available Disk Space on All Computers as Well as Only on...
The first query targets all computer resources and allows you to specify the byte size range as well as the percentage of available disk space.The second query only targets site servers. It provide...
View ArticleHow to Add the Useful 7.5 vSiteServices View to a 7.1.x System?
SMP 7.5 includes a view called vSiteServices which maps the actual site servers computer guid to the site servers site services guid, allowing you to easily join this view to other database objects to...
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Patch Trending - Linking Gauge Controls to Create a Dashboard with Aggregate...
IntroductionDesignImplementationConclusionReferencesIntroductionIn a previous article [1] we learnt how to create a gauge-control to quickly review the patch compliance level for a server. How can we...
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Setting the Troubleshooting Password & Decrypting Agent Files on Unix, Linux...
Certain Unix, Linux and Mac (ULM) agent data that was in clear text in previous versions has been encrypted in 7.5. Among the data that is now encrypted are the package codebase and policy xml files,...
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SWD Trending - some interesting samples
Introduction:I recently release the first version of a Software Delivery trending tool for SMP [1]. With a few weeks of operations in production it is time to share some interesting result that are...
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How to Reinstall the SMP Agent for Unix, Linux and Mac Without Uninstalling
In some cases, it is helpful to reinstall the SMP Agent for Unix, Linux and Mac without uninstalling the currently installed agent. Following is a description of two methods for overwriting the...
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