When accessing the Symantec Management Console always make sure you are using a supported Browser. If not you see the following error when accessing the SMP Console ->Actions ->Agent/Plug-ins ->Push Symantec Management Agent -> Default Settings -> Push Install Settings -> provide credentials an click OK Failed to process web request: .....Invalid length for a … Weiterlesen Quick tip: Symantec ITMS 8.5 RU3 and 8.5 RU4 Agent Push
How to securely map a Drive for Deployment Server 7.x / 8.0 / 8.1 and 8.5 – Part II
Part 2: How to use loginw in a run script task There are multiple ways of using the generated .pwl File in scripts. I will show you how you could use it in two examples. The First example is a very simple one. The second example is a little bit more complex but it allows … Weiterlesen How to securely map a Drive for Deployment Server 7.x / 8.0 / 8.1 and 8.5 – Part II
How to securely map a drive for Deployment Server 7.x / 8.0 / 8.1 and 8.5 – Part I
In 2012 I wrote a Symantec Connect Aricle about: How to Securely Map a Drive in WinPE for Deployment Server 7.1. In this Article I want to renew how this works in DS 7.6, DS 8.0, DS 8.1 and DS 8.5. Introduction: Why you may need this? When you are using out-of-the-box tasks this is … Weiterlesen How to securely map a drive for Deployment Server 7.x / 8.0 / 8.1 and 8.5 – Part I
Symantec Installation Manager ADOMD.NET prerequisite missing
During the last weeks we tried to install Symantec Client Management Suite but failed because of a missing prerequisite. The ADOMD.NET 9.0 is requiered to install the Client Management Suite. When clicking on the link, the requirement usually gets you to the Microsoft download page for a File called: SQLServer2005_ADOMD_x64.msi. It seems that Microsoft decides … Weiterlesen Symantec Installation Manager ADOMD.NET prerequisite missing
Software Portal Task execution as currently logged-in User
Some customers are currently evaluating to install MSIX using Symantec ITMS Software Portal. They do not want to publish a policy - they rather want to publish a task in the Software Portal. Problem: When publishing a software task in the Software Portal, you are not able to select a Job / Task, you have … Weiterlesen Software Portal Task execution as currently logged-in User
Windows 10 Feature Update using Symantec ITMS – Lessions Learned
In this blogpost I will concentrate on how we are using Symantec ITMS 8.x to upgrade to the latest Windows 10 Feature Update using a Managed Software Delivery Policy. There are multiple methodes to run an Inplace Upgrade (IPU), for example you could also leverage Patch Management Solution to run the IPU, but in most … Weiterlesen Windows 10 Feature Update using Symantec ITMS – Lessions Learned
Deployment Solution 8.5 RU3 Lessions learned
Since the release of ITMS 8.5 RU3 we´ve upgraded a few environments. Over all, the upgrade success rate is very high and it seems to be a stable release so far. In this Blogpost I want to show which issues we found so far and the solutions for the issues. After upgrading from 8.5 RUx … Weiterlesen Deployment Solution 8.5 RU3 Lessions learned
Enhancement Request: Copy files back to the SMP when client is in CEM Mode
Currently there is no out-of-box function in SMA to copy / move files from a client machine to the SMP Server when client is in CEM mode. (Client connected via internet/gateway to SMP, not in intranet). Most of our customers requesting this kind of feature. From my point of view there is absolutely a need … Weiterlesen Enhancement Request: Copy files back to the SMP when client is in CEM Mode
Did you KNOW? Series Part 2: Using the new Install Software Updates Task in 8.5 RU2
In the coming months I will post changes and features made into ITMS that are documented but mostly unknown or overseen. This will be a multi part series. In this series I will show what changes are made in the different RUs and how to make “real-world” usage of the newly introduced features. Starting with … Weiterlesen Did you KNOW? Series Part 2: Using the new Install Software Updates Task in 8.5 RU2
Did you KNOW? Series Part 3: What´s new in ITMS 8.5 RU3
In the coming months I will post changes and features made into ITMS that are documented but mostly unknown or overseen. This will be a multi part series. In this series I will show what changes are made in the different RUs and how to make “real-world” usage of the newly introduced features. Starting with … Weiterlesen Did you KNOW? Series Part 3: What´s new in ITMS 8.5 RU3
