22 September 2008

HP SoftPaq Download Manager

HP SoftPaq Download Manager provides a simple, powerful way to download software updates for the HP client PC models in your environment. HP SDM can significantly reduce the amount of time it takes to locate and download updates. SoftPaqs can be downloaded in as few as three easy steps from a single user interface after initial setup.
Easy to use
Locating files is a snap using HP SoftPaq Download Manager. Simply select the desired models, operating systems and languages, then click Find Available SoftPaqs. All available softpaqs matching the selected criteria will be displayed in a friendly interface. Next, check the updates you wish to download, then click the Download button.

Download here : HP Download Manager

15 September 2008

Collections cannot be deleted because Notification Server believes they are being referenced by an item


Collections cannot be deleted because the Notification Server believes that they are being referenced by at least one item; however, when the dependency page is opened there are no items listed.


Cause

The collections were being referenced by orphaned polices. These items were not being displayed in the dependency page, as they were not visible within the Altiris Console even though they did not have the hidden attribute assigned to them.


Resolution

  1. Enter the collection guid into following query, as it will find all ParentItemGuid's associated with that collection.
    SELECT ParentItemGuid FROM ItemReference WHERE ChildItemGuid = 'CollectionGuid'
  2. Enter all ParentItemGuid's (normally just two) into the following query, as this will tell you their names and descriptions. One should be a folder and the other a policy.
    SELECT [Guid],[Name],[Description] FROM Item WHERE [Guid] IN ('parentitemguid',parentitemguid')
  3. Grab the GUID of the policy and use it with the findtreeitem.exe (attached) as this will tell you where in the console that item can be found. These orphan items will most likely not be visible in the console when you check, confirming that you can delete them.
  4. Enter policy GUID into delete script creation query and run it.
  5. Copy the created delete script to new window and run it.
  6. Run the creation query again. If it returns a "delete from" row, then perform step 5 again, and then step 6. If no "delete from" row is displayed, the item has been deleted and you should be able to delete the collection now.