A nice article on the known issues and Release Notes can be found here
22 April 2011
12 April 2011
BE2010R3 Releases on 2de of may
We are excited to announce that Backup Exec 2010 R3 is now GOLD!
New features include:
· Virtual Vault support for the Archive Option
· Support for protection of Enterprise Vault v10 when released
· Improved DeDuplication rates for VMware images
Supportability and customer satisfaction improvements include:
· Install enhancements based on telemetry data
· Install-integrated NPS survey
· Virtual agent updates
· DeDuplication updates, including the PDDE team’s Rock Solid efforts
Backup Exec 2010 R3 (build 5204.4) will be released into First Availability within the week. RTM is April 25, with GA following on May 2.
08 April 2011
How to create a Pre-defined Computer using only a MAC address in DS 7.1
Please read the attached document, "How to create a Pre-defined Computer using only a MAC address in DS 7.1" for details.
Attachments
this is the actual article that describes how the process is done
How to create a Predefined Computer using MAC address only in DS 7.1.docx (111 kBytes)
This is the Pectagent for DS 7.1 up to and including MR4 (32bit version of NS/DS)
PECTAgent.exe (610 kBytes)
This is the X86 Pectagent for DS 7.1 sp1 build 1374 (64bit version of NS/DS) • C:\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Agents\Deployment\Task Handler\bootwiz\oem\DS\winpe2\x86\Base\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent
PECTAgent.exe (610 kBytes)
/apps/media/inquira/resources /resources
This is the x64 Pectagent for DS 7.1 sp1 build 1374 (64bit version of NS/DS) • C:\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Agents\Deployment\Task Handler\bootwiz\oem\DS\winpe2\x64\Base\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent
PECTAgent.exe (610 kBytes)
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Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO44397
SEP 11.0, RU6 MP3 is Released
05 April 2011
ITMS 7.1 SP1
The intention is there to support WIN2008r2SP1 in ITMS7.1SP1 at the end of may, but if any issue is found it will not be in this release.
04 April 2011
Mobile Management is NOT yet available for ITMS7.1
Mobile Management is only available for ITMS7.0 and a SP4 is scheduled for Q3 2011.
When there will be a version for 7.1 is not clear yet
WIN2008r2 SP1 is NOT supported for ITMS7.1 till further notice
WIN2008r2 SP1 is not yet supported for ITMS7.1.
As soon as it changes I will make a note in the blog.
Facts About Combine License Workshop
http://www.symantec.com/connect/articles/facts-about-combine-license-workshop
The License Workshop can be used to download the licenses for all Altiris products registered to your company (or group of companies), or to combine and download licenses for a particular Altiris product.
Combining Licenses
When two or more license certificates for the same product are combines into a single certificate, the new maintenance date that is embedded in the certificate is the lesser of all the dates.
For example, if you combine 100 nodes of a product with a maintenance date ending 01-01-2007 with 100 nodes with a maintenance date ending 06-01-2007, the new certificate will be created for 200 nodes with a maintenance expiration date of 01-01-2007.
When the maintenance expires on the combined license you can use the License Management Portal to received your licenses in a new configuration, or you may contact your Sales Representative to have your maintenance dates co termed to a single date.
During the co terming process, the maintenance expiration dates on combines licenses will also be combined. All combined licenses will assume the shorted maintenance duration available from the individual licenses.
Example, if you combine two license files, one having 6 months remaining and the other having 8 months remaining, the maintenance window of the combined license files will have a maintenance duration of 6 months) At the end of the combined licenses term, you will have the opportunity to use the remaining two months of support in the example by installing the individual license key containing the remaining maintenance.
The Maintenance assigned to the license is the lesser of the Maintenance dates assigned of the licenses being combines or 7 months from the day the license is being created. When licenses are, the .txt files must have at least 7 months of Maintenance assigned or the license will timed out.
Using the License Workshop
* Option 1
Allow you to download the licenses for all your Altiris products at once. When choosing this option, the system will automatically combine licenses for products you own into as few license files as possible, placing the licenses into a single ZIP file that is downloaded to your computer.
The licenses downloaded will be for all Altiris companies associated with your Symantec account, and is not affected by the check boxes show in the Option 2 area of the page.
* Option 2 Download Selected Licenses (Combined)
When more than one Altiris company is associated with your account, a list of those companies will be displayed on the page. New license purchase with your Symantec account will be listed under the name ' New Licenses'. (There may be multiple companies listed due to grouping that was done in Altiris, and also grouping that was done when Altiris information was moved to Symantec)
Using the check boxes nest to the company names, choose the companies associated with the products to be combined (to keep things simple, you may wish to leave all companies selected) . As you change the selected companies, the list of products will change to show all combinable products for the selected companies. If there is only one company associated with your account, you will not be able to deselect it.)
Next select a product to combine from the list of products- only combinable products with active support will be listed. Please not that only individual products are combinable- suites of products are not.
Finally, combine the desired licenses using the arrows, and click on the download button to obtain a single combined license file for the selected product (the maintenance co termination rules noted above will apply.)
Remote Altiris Agent Diagnostics 2.0 (RAADv2)
How do I remotely troubleshoot an agent without logging into the machine?
"Remote Altiris Agent Diagnostics" (RAAD) version 2 expands on the diagnostic checks and remediation actions performed by RAAD version 1 (KB 45023) to allow those checks and actions against a list of machines and not just the one machine. The Health Checks in RAAD version 2 are designed to take a look at the state of the Altiris solution plug-ins such as Patch, Task, SWD and Recovery to determine if they are working properly. Version 2 also allows the ability to run a Custom Inventory XML against the set of machines and return the results immediately so you can customize your own health check. You can examine more in-depth details of the Agents using the Diagnostics tab which is essentially RAAD version 1. The biggest advantage with version 2 is that you can run remediation actions such as Configuration Request and Start Patching Cycle against as many machines as you'd like and all at once.
The process is to get a list of machines, run a health check against them, then by evaluating the results or drilling down into the diagnostics choose a remediation action to run against the machines you choose.
Features:
- Diagnostics and Health Checks
- x86 and x64 compatible for remote clients
- Ability to pass credentials used to connect to remote clients
- Multi-Threaded
- Agent, sub-agent, and customizable Health Checks
- Ability to run an action against multiple remote clients at once
- Customizable User Interface and captured
* Please see KB 45023 for application functionality
Download:
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO21449
Requirements:
- Run the executable locally, not from a share
- Host and remote machine must be Windows OS
- Do not use 'Run As' - you can pass credentials in this version
- .NET 1.1 framework installed on host and remote machine
- Altiris Agent must be installed on host
- Firewall on the remote machine will also prevent Altiris actions.
You will need to add AeXNSAgent.exe to the Firewall exclusion by running the following command on the remote machine:
netsh firewall add allowedprogram "%programfiles%\Altiris\Altiris Agent\AeXNSAgent.exe" ENABLE
Or you can simply run this command from the 'Remote Execute Option' button from the application
Usage:
To distribute desired application settings such as Remote Execute options edit the RAAD.exe.config and place it in the same folder as RAAD.exe. If user has altered application settings have them go to Settings - Change Application Settings and choose Restore All Setting to Default which will import your altered RAAD.exe.config.
pcAnywhere Diagnostic and Connect Tool v1.0013
pcAnywhere Diag Features
- Encrypts and stores connection and diagnostic credentials
- Remembers the last PC connected to
- Ability to store a favorites list
- Single click to modify, double click to set as connection PC
- Checks the client status and repairs any issues
- Eliminates the “Raising Encryption” message upon connect
- Works even if the Altiris console is unavailable
Link to the article can be found here
Deployment Solution Samples for v7.1 SP1 (on SMP/CMS 7.1) x64
Well, it was a long time coming, and it's not 100% perfect. Call this a public BETA of sorts. Support was given permission to release a set of Deployment Samples for the current shipping code. This set is an x64 installation and thus will not run on previous versions of the product. The XML files that it extracts MIGHT work on previous versions, but of course it will be use-at-your-own-risk. (Truthfully, MOST of it should work fine, but we don't have time to test it).
A link to this article can be found here
Web Page for Enabling Support to Deploy Tasks or Packages to Specific Machines in NS7
Do you ever need to push a package out to a single computer but the hassle of creating a job in the console takes too long? Wouldn't you like to give desktop support or the helpdesk this ability and still control what packages they can deploy? Then this is the answer to all you have hoped for! We've been using this page for months now on NS7 and it rocks!
Link to tis nice article can be found here
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