LANDesk 9.6 deployment
I am a newbie to LANDesk. I set up a core server and that part went pretty well. Then I started using the wizards to begin making configurations, and then deployed some agents. As soon as the agents...
View ArticlePrompting or presenting a dialog box to the end user during a batch distribution
Hello! My organization is currently in the process of migrating our numerous installation bundles from our ZCM environment into our new and growing LDMS 9.6 SP2 environment. This migration includes a...
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Agent policy update, installed application evaluation and more
Hi, 1. I want my Landesk clients to update policy and check if their is a application to download and install every hour.I think i have found this setting under (Distribution and Patch) -> Policy...
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How to remotely Unprovision vPro Devices
Purpose Method for remote unprovisioning of vPro clients, for troubleshooting and correcting issues that may require the client to be unprovisioned.The Intel(R) AMT Unprovision Utility is a simple...
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Software Distribution general questions
1. A preferred server can be any machine with a share (read only) correct?2. Does it needs to have an agent?4. Which account should be used for this share? Since we need to enter the credentials in the...
View ArticlePerformace issue with LDMS 9.5 SP1 and Oracle. Too many open sessions in Oracle
Hi there, We are suffering some performance issues when working with the LDMS 9.5 SP1 console in the core server. We have only two consoles including the Core Server LDMS console, and during working...
View ArticleCorrupt local database?
I've been doing a lot of software distribution testing with our new Landesk 9.0 SP2 server. I have a couple of machines I use for testing the new tasks but lately all software pushes to those computers...
View ArticleTrying to push a Bat file but it is not working
I am trying to distribute a Bat file as a distribution package but it does not appear to work. I need it to run as administrator so I changed the Account options in the package properties to a Service...
View ArticleHow to delete precached software
I can see that when a task is deleted, the portal items disappear as well, but the pre-cached software is still there.Is a script the only way to delete it? Regards
View ArticleIssue: File transfer script fails with the error: An invalid parameter was...
Issue:When deploying a file transfer script it fails with the following error:“An invalid parameter was passed”The return code is 16408. File transfer script task reports success but does not copy the...
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How to Troubleshoot Agent Discovery
Issue Agents fails to discover during a task.Status: FailedResult: Cannot Find AgentReturn code: 1110 IssueAgent Discovery ProcessLogsIs the machine online?Yes - Device is onlineNo - Device is not...
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How To: Get the most out of Package Bundles
Environment:9.5 and newerReview Date:Last reviewed November 9th, 2014How to:This document will outline the best known methods of stting up and configuring a software distribution package bundle. The...
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How to troubleshoot when package is not shown on portal manager
Symptoms The client machine deploy agent with portal manager. The package cannot be shown on the portal manager when you click the 'refresh' button. There is no error happened but the package is not...
View ArticlePolicySync.exe Switches
Environment : LDMS 9.6 : SwitchDescriptionNo switchSync policies with core and run runnow policies (reqired policies)./taskidGet the policy based on task id and run the policy if is runnow...
View ArticleRemote System refused the network connection
Problem/Symptoms When running a scheduled script to a LANDESK Management Suite client, the following error occurs:Remote System refused the network connection and is recorded in the log file: Error...
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Issue: SDMCache now being saved under the ProgramData path
Reviewed: November 2014Versions Effected: LDMS 9.6 and newerProblem/ Scenario/ Question:In LDMS 9.6 Software Packages will be downloaded on managed nodes in folder...
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How to: Deploy a Distribution Package on a different Http ports than 80/443...
Environment:LDMS 9.5+ Question: For security or monitoring reasons, you need to download the Packages on a specific port other than the default Http port 80 or Https port 443 from a preferred server....
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How to Manually Kick Off a Policy Sync
Platform:LDMS 9.6 (this will work with any 9.5 and 9.0 platform as well) Problem:How do I kick of a policy sync manually on a device? Scenario:I have scheduled a required policy, and do not want to...
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What's New in LDMS 9.6 Software Distribution
Purpose This is the purpose of the document is to provide a high level overview of the changes to Software Distribution in LDMS 9.6. Links will be embedded to other documents for further...
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How to enable XTrace Diagnostic logging in LANDESK 9.6 Core and Clients
Purpose This document outlines how to enable xTrace logging for LDMS 9.6. Enabling xTrace on the device will make the original log files more verbose allow for better troubleshooting. Steps Open...
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