Questions tagged [altiris]

Altiris platform is an ITSM to manage computers and assets, owned by Symantec

The Platform is Dotnet with ASDK and SDK, based on single MS-SQL instance. Inventory, Software management, patch multi-vendors, networks discovering, agentless inventory, multi-vendors client computers management.

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How to stop a running process during an MSI based un-install?

I'm using Wise Package Studio 7.0 SP2 on Windows XP. I've got an MSI Wrapped EXE installation that goes about happily installing some files and then running one of the files from the installation which we can refer to as app.exe. So on the "Execute…
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MSI Installation Issues

I've got an MSI based install that I've wrapped in an EXE file as per my installation packaging software (which is Wise Package Studio 7.0 SP2). I've made many changes to the install, and every time I've tested them, they've worked just fine... up…
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SQL multi level joins

I need to join at least 4 tables. Table A is an Association table that contains a guid for Table B and C, Parentguid (B), Childguid (C). Table D contains information just for table C. I need the results to look like this. B - C - …
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Linux - Kickstart stops with dialog about which networking device - how to avoid

Using a kickstart file that stops with a dialog "You have multiple network devices on this system. Which one do you want to install through?" The machine being configured with PXEboot has two Ethernet interfaces. What's missing from the network…
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How can I write a WHERE statement that looks for a variable OR Null?

I am attempting to write a query for an Altiris report. This query is looking for machine information. The query works fine, however the problem I am running into is with my parameters. I have set up multiple parameters within Altiris to allow me to…
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symantec altiris - how to deploy

I am curious about the product. ( symantec - altiris ) I know that this product has a deployment function for software or OS upgrade. I would like to know more about OS upgrade. For example, the same behavior as uploading a version on Windows…
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SQL count with decimal percentage breakdown - how do you limit to 4 decimal places?

I would like to alter the decimal places to 4 but can't figure it out, help! --Query select CASE v2.[ie version] When '11' Then 'Internet Explorer 11' When '9' Then 'Internet Explorer 9' When '8' Then 'Internet Explorer 8' …
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SQL Server JDBC integration - query failing because of column name

I'm currently working on pulling some data from a SQL Server database into ServiceNow via JDBC. The problem I'm having is that the query is bringing back null values for some of the columns. The query I'm running from SNOW is select [Capacity…
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Script to Run as Admin

I would like to create a script that will open a cmd prompt as admin and then run my exe, msi, or bat file. my current scripted cmd is msiexec.exe /i c:\temp\Cisco_Agent\CiscoAgentDesktop.msi /qn
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Parsing pseudo-HTML/XML logfiles into a data frame (Symantec Altiris) [R]

I've been asked to help parse some log files for a Symantec application (Altiris) and they were delivered to me in a pseudo-HTML/XML format. I've managed to use readLines() and grepl() to get the logs into a decent character vector format and clean…
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Silent MSI Popup

I am running a silent install of an msi driver install, at the end it has a popup that requires the user to hit "OK". I am unable to see this during silent mode or passive mode, is there a way in powershell that I can execute this and force it to…
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Creating Back up image of Linux using Altiris DS 6.9 SP5

I am using Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP5. I want to create a back up image of Linux OS/CentOS. I have created the job using the following tasks: Reboot to automation Create Disk Image Reboot The jobs is stuck at step 2 as the machine goes on…
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C# Error with working SQL Query - The variable name has already been declared

The below query works fine in SQL Management Studio and in Altiris. When we try to add the code to our custom reporting tool written in C#, we receive the error above. Declare @AcroPro int Declare @AcroStan int set @AcroPro = (select…
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This query takes forever to run, how can I write it so it runs quicker?

select distinct v1.name 'Machine Name', v1.[user] 'Primary User', CASE When v1.Guid in (select distinct v1.guid from vComputer v1 inner join Inv_AddRemoveProgram t1 on v1.Guid = t1._ResourceGuid inner join Inv_OfficeSuiteVersions3 t2 on v1.guid…
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