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Randomization 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...
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Creating 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 I also point out some potentially wrong/outdated...
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SMA 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...
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Workflow - 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 ArticleFrequently used commands for the SMP Agent for Unix, Linux and Mac
ULM Agent client.conf & Frequently Used Agent CommandsFollowing are frequently Used sections and name/value pairs in the client.conf file, which is the main agent configuration file. This file is...
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Upgrade Experience: ITMS 7.5SP1 to 8.0
We just recently here executed a major upgrade from ITMS7.5SP1 to ITMS 8.0. The upgrade was ultimately a success, and both the major and minor issues we experienced were resolved in the 48hrs that...
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How to create and deploy a custom icon to access the Software Portal?
Hi everybody.By default, Altiris doesn’t allow the administrators to deploy a Software Portal Custom Icon to the user’s desktops. We are obligated to use the default Altiris icon and default name and...
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How to use Deploy Anywhere from a deployment task in GSS 3.1
Open Deploy Anywhere Driver Database Management from the GSS 3.1 console. Select "Add Driver" to add your driver to the DA database Browse to the driver files (.inf) that you would like to add. After...
View ArticleUsing Junction Points with Windows 2016 LTSB
So quite a few of us will have older packages from the XP days still lying about in use, or ones where the software's been updated but the tweaks around shortcuts etc. have just been kept the same....
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How to add default switches to Ghost Solution Suite 3.1
This article documents how to permanately add switches to Ghost Solution Suite 3.1 so that manual entry can be avoided. Stop all Altiris Services Navigate to "C:\Program Files...
View ArticleHow to Inventory a Specific File Type Using Altiris Custom Inventory - VB Script
This article presents a sample custom inventory script and custom report that displays the collected custom inventory data. This example looks for Access Database files with an extension of MDB. You...
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Grid component customization, colours, images etc., Workflow 8.0+
Hello all - I received a request a few months ago asking about options for customizing the new (8.0+) Kendo grid components. Here was the original request (paraphrased):I am not sure how much we can...
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SMA Installation on SUSE
We have installed SMA on broad variety of Linux releases, but when I installed SMA 7.6 recently on SUSE 13.2 it failed to start.Installation completed pretty smoothly, but agent reported error "INTEGER...
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Using the ImportExportUtil to automate the Migration of Products, Components...
Hi,The article below provides an automated way of performing an off box import / export (migration) of Software Products, Software Components, Software Purchases and Software Licenses using the Import...
View ArticleKansas City EPM Presentation for Feb. 9, 2017 Meeting - Ziggy Jarczyk
Presentation given by Ziggy Jarczyk at Feb. 9, 2017 Kansas City EPM User Group meetingKCEPM JCCC Presentation.pptx
View ArticleENGL
About ENGLBased in Oxfordshire, UK, ENGL (Expert Networking Group Ltd) is a software solutions provider specialising in Windows deployment. Our suite of Windows management and deployment tools are...
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ENGL Deployment Monitor
What is Deployment Monitor?Deployment Monitor 2.0 can track the progress of any task-based Windows deployment process.Benefits:Compatibily with any Symantec task-based deployment process (i.e. DS, GSS,...
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ENGL Driver Manager
What is Driver Manager?ENGL Driver Manager™ is an enterprise driver management solution for Ghost Solution Suite (GSS) 3.x that reduces costs by simplifying and automating the process of finding...
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Creating a report for vulnerable Webex IE ActiveX plugin
I recently realized some of our PCs were running a vulnerable version of the Cisco Webex IE ActiveX plugin. More information on the vulnerability can be found here.Support worked with me to set up a...
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