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Resons for Avoiding Self Registration

maratha — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:12:03 -0500

The following is a list of reasons for not using Self Registration Routines:

Application Packaging

Customizations Using Properties

maratha — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:21:42 -0500

Properties can be used to select functionality you want to install in MSI.

There are many applications which provide multiple functionalities and we want to choose among those functionalities which are to be installed. So if you are purely packaging an MSI from scratch you can provide deployer with options.

Application Packaging

WinPE 2.1 Bootable DVD with Rdeploy

Nelo — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:56:17 -0500

Create a bootable WinPE 2.1 DVD with a self-contained restoration image. This was addressed for Linux in a precious Juice Article. I have asked permission from the creator of that article and I modified it for WinPE 2.1

Altiris® Deployment Solution™ software provides a number of tools to remotely image computers. On occasion, you might encounter situations where you need to image a computer without network connectivity or you want the image and tools available locally.

Dell | Altiris

Pause Batch Script for a Number of Seconds

CondorMan — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:17:24 -0500

There are a few ways to have a batch script wait for a number of seconds. The simplest and most widely available without any additional programs is to use the ping command.

Dell | Altiris

Improving PXE Download Throughput

Nelo — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:40:16 -0500

There are times where PXE booting seems to take a long time especially with WinPE. After making some changes to the MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) I was able to download WinPE 1.6 and 2.1 under 20 seconds.

Dell | Altiris

Enable AClient Remote Control in WinPE 1.6

CondorMan — Fri, 23 May 2008 10:00:56 -0500

If you are using WinPE 1.6, you will probably be interested to know that you can enable AClient Remote Control. This allows you to right-click any computer that is running a job in automation so that you can view the progress and troubleshoot any problems that may arise. If you notice that a computer has been stuck in automation for a long time, you can simply remote control the computer to fix the problem.

Dell | Altiris

Faster PXE WinPE 2.1 Boot

Nelo — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:24:00 -0500

The size of the WinPE boot file looks scary when multiple clients are downloading it in a PXE boot. I have found a way to reduce the size of the boot.wim file to 33% less in size than the boot file that Boot Disk Creator creates and of course it downloads 33% faster. The end result should have a 110 Meg size WinPE boot file.

Dell | Altiris

Run PowerShell Scripts through Deployment Server

CondorMan — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:34:16 -0500

PowerShell is the new powerful scripting language created by Microsoft. You can install it to Windows XP and above and it is included in Windows Server 2008.

Here is how to run a PowerShell Script through Deployment Server.

Dell | Altiris

Want to Know What Assets Are Under Warranty?

neil_rogers — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:22:04 -0600

I recently received request for a report that would show which of our computers are covered by a warranty. I looked around and didn't see a report off hand (that was not tied to the expiration of the warranty) but I did see a lot of similar reports for expiring leases.

Hopefully my solution to this reporting problem will come in handy for someone else.

Asset & CMDB

Upgrade IPMIutil for 1855 Blade Support and Other New Features

eorme — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:37:26 -0500

Deployment Solution for Dell Servers leverages the IPMIutil project for interaction with Dell servers via their Base Management Controllers. The supplemental file available for download with Deployment Solution for Dell Servers contains a copy of IPMIutil 1.9.8.

Recently, IPMIutil version 2.0 has been released with several enhancements and bug fixes. The most significant of these changes is a bugfix that fixes a problem that existed when trying to discover or perform remote power control commands with Dell 1855 blades.

Dell | Altiris