One possible option is the following Microsoft KB.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=821268
31 January 2007
30 January 2007
X64 Support Statement (Q4 2007 in NS7.0)
Compatibility Mode
Altiris has tested its products on systems running Windows 2003 Server x64 editions and leveraging AMD 64 and Intel Xeon EM64T/Itanium hardware. These processors that provide native, backward compatible 32-bit processing capabilities are currently supported in 32-bit compatibility modes.
Native Mode
The core Altiris Agent supports x64 platforms as of Notification Server 6.0 SP3.
Roadmap
The following sections contain an outline of Altiris’ plan for supporting 64-bit platforms. This is not a commitment, only an indication of current timeline estimates and strategies.
Currently Altiris Solutions are built on .NET 1.1 which does not support the x64 platform. However, the Notification Server will be moving to .NET 2.0 for the “Bennelong” release so that Altiris Solutions can be run on native x64 server platforms (Q1 2007). All Altiris Solutions will be updated to support this new version of Notification Server and subsequently the x64 platform unless otherwise noted below.
Deployment Solution—In the “Asgard” release, Altiris will facilitate automated imaging and configuration of x64 and Itanium based systems on the Windows and Linux platforms. (Q3 2006)
Additional Altiris Solutions and infrastructure may be updated to natively support 64-bit platforms in this timeframe, based on market need and customer demand.
More info can be found here
Altiris has tested its products on systems running Windows 2003 Server x64 editions and leveraging AMD 64 and Intel Xeon EM64T/Itanium hardware. These processors that provide native, backward compatible 32-bit processing capabilities are currently supported in 32-bit compatibility modes.
Native Mode
The core Altiris Agent supports x64 platforms as of Notification Server 6.0 SP3.
Roadmap
The following sections contain an outline of Altiris’ plan for supporting 64-bit platforms. This is not a commitment, only an indication of current timeline estimates and strategies.
Currently Altiris Solutions are built on .NET 1.1 which does not support the x64 platform. However, the Notification Server will be moving to .NET 2.0 for the “Bennelong” release so that Altiris Solutions can be run on native x64 server platforms (Q1 2007). All Altiris Solutions will be updated to support this new version of Notification Server and subsequently the x64 platform unless otherwise noted below.
Deployment Solution—In the “Asgard” release, Altiris will facilitate automated imaging and configuration of x64 and Itanium based systems on the Windows and Linux platforms. (Q3 2006)
Additional Altiris Solutions and infrastructure may be updated to natively support 64-bit platforms in this timeframe, based on market need and customer demand.
More info can be found here
29 January 2007
Inventory Pack For Servers
The Server Inventory task collects the inventory for the following server components:
Microsoft IIS Server
Microsoft SQL Server
System DSNs
VMWare GSX Server
Exchange Server and Active Directory
SCSI Controller
Windows Components
Network Configuration
DHCP Server
DNS Server
Microsoft IIS Server
Microsoft SQL Server
System DSNs
VMWare GSX Server
Exchange Server and Active Directory
SCSI Controller
Windows Components
Network Configuration
DHCP Server
DNS Server
24 January 2007
SATA drive and Deployment
Hey,
Since SATA is becoming a standard for laptops and PC's we face some problems with how to deploy them since no standard XP CD support those drivers.
HP came up with an article on how to add the(re) drivers to a XP unattend or sysprep or new Installation CD or even WINPE.
That WINPE you need to get an image of latops with a SATA drive
Here you can find the document : Link to HP
This white paper provides instructions on how to successfully incorporate SATA drivers into a Windows XP installation on HP Compaq Notebook PC models. The following guidelines provide procedures for adding SATA drivers to RIS installation points; adding SATA drivers to installation CDs; building an image and switching to SATA AHCI mode; using Sysprep with SATA in AHCI or NATIVE mode; and adding SATA drivers using WinPE.
It goes for:
HP Compaq 6310, 6320 and 6330 Notebook PC models
HP Compaq 9420 and 9440 Notebook PC models
HP Compaq 6400 Notebook PC models
HP Compaq 7400 Notebook PC models
HP Compaq 4400 Notebook PC models
HP Compaq 8400 Notebook PC models
Thx Frank ;-)
Since SATA is becoming a standard for laptops and PC's we face some problems with how to deploy them since no standard XP CD support those drivers.
HP came up with an article on how to add the(re) drivers to a XP unattend or sysprep or new Installation CD or even WINPE.
That WINPE you need to get an image of latops with a SATA drive
Here you can find the document : Link to HP
This white paper provides instructions on how to successfully incorporate SATA drivers into a Windows XP installation on HP Compaq Notebook PC models. The following guidelines provide procedures for adding SATA drivers to RIS installation points; adding SATA drivers to installation CDs; building an image and switching to SATA AHCI mode; using Sysprep with SATA in AHCI or NATIVE mode; and adding SATA drivers using WinPE.
It goes for:
HP Compaq 6310, 6320 and 6330 Notebook PC models
HP Compaq 9420 and 9440 Notebook PC models
HP Compaq 6400 Notebook PC models
HP Compaq 7400 Notebook PC models
HP Compaq 4400 Notebook PC models
HP Compaq 8400 Notebook PC models
Thx Frank ;-)
17 January 2007
Asset Control & Contract Management Solution 6.5 Beta Now Available
Highlights of this release include:
- Receiving Enhancements
- Supports workflows between PR auto-fill selector
- New summary screens
- New Reports & Notification Policies
- Cost Management
- Multi-currency
- Depreciation allocations
- Additional reporting for rollup cost/depreciation
- Receiving Enhancements
- Supports workflows between PR auto-fill selector
- New summary screens
- New Reports & Notification Policies
- Cost Management
- Multi-currency
- Depreciation allocations
- Additional reporting for rollup cost/depreciation
12 January 2007
AexMachINV.exe process does not stop on servers
AexMachINV.exe process does not stop on servers; rows and rows of calls to gethostbyaddr() using what appears to be a garbage address
A fix is available in KB : http://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=22442&p=3
The official fix will be shipped with the SP2 version of IS 6.1. |
02 January 2007
How to determine when the Altiris agent last requested an update from the Notification server
Question
How to determine when the last time a specific PC requested (or checked for) a policy update from the NS, without checking the agent on the client PC itself.
Answer
You can check a single asset by just right clicking on it in NS and selecting Resource Manager. In the Summaries tab you can then drill down to Resource Manager, Resource Summary, and then in the right pane under "Altiris Agent Details" you will see when the agent was First discovered, Last Configuration Requested, Last Inventory Received and Last Event Received times.
For a fleet wide inventory report, go to the "Reports" tab in NS and under Notification Server Infrastructure, Agent, Altiris Agent Inventory you will see a number of reports, notably "Altiris Agent basic inventory (no update N days)" and "Altiris Agent basic inventory (sorted by last update)".
For a fleet wide "Configuration Request" report, a few items below you will see Configuration Request node. In there you will see a number of other reports, notably "Clients with no configuration in last N days".
Another report that may be useful is the "Configuration request statistics by time" which may be useful in analysing the peak times and traffic due to your current policy configurations
Link : KB Article
How to determine when the last time a specific PC requested (or checked for) a policy update from the NS, without checking the agent on the client PC itself.
Answer
You can check a single asset by just right clicking on it in NS and selecting Resource Manager. In the Summaries tab you can then drill down to Resource Manager, Resource Summary, and then in the right pane under "Altiris Agent Details" you will see when the agent was First discovered, Last Configuration Requested, Last Inventory Received and Last Event Received times.
For a fleet wide inventory report, go to the "Reports" tab in NS and under Notification Server Infrastructure, Agent, Altiris Agent Inventory you will see a number of reports, notably "Altiris Agent basic inventory (no update N days)" and "Altiris Agent basic inventory (sorted by last update)".
For a fleet wide "Configuration Request" report, a few items below you will see Configuration Request node. In there you will see a number of other reports, notably "Clients with no configuration in last N days".
Another report that may be useful is the "Configuration request statistics by time" which may be useful in analysing the peak times and traffic due to your current policy configurations
Link : KB Article
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