Remotely update Client Config for Notification Server 5.5 client or Altiris Agent 6.0 using Visual Basic scripts

Products

• Management Platform (Formerly known as Notification Server)

Issue/Introduction

 

Resolution

Question

Are there any scripts to remotely update the Client Config for Notification Server 5.5 client or Altiris Agent 6.0?

Answer

With the Deployment Solution 5.6 to 6.x ability, to run Visual Basic scripts through AClient, Deployment Server jobs can be created that will have AClient do the VB script to manage the Notification Server client.

In Deployment server, when creating the Run Script event when embedded in Windows, use this command as the first line:

'vbscript (see the first scripted example for format)

VB script to force NSclient 5.5 and Altiris Agent 6.0 to Update Config:

'vbscript (only if run from Deployment Server as an embedded Windows script)

This will cause the client or agent to request config; it works for 5.5 and 6.0:

dim client
set client = wscript.createobject ( "Altiris.AeXNSClient" )
dim policymgr
set policymgr = client.ClientPolicyMgr
policymgr.Refresh

Altiris Agent Update config request with ignore Blockouts: This will cause the 6.0 agent to request config and provides the ability to override network blockouts.

If the variable <ignoreBlockouts> is set to 1, config is requested during a total blockout. If it is set to 0 the config request will be performed once the total blockout ends.

dim client
set client = wscript.createobject ( "Altiris.AeXNSClient" )
ignoreBlockouts = 1
client.UpdatePolicies ignoreBlockouts

This will force Notification Server client 5.5 and Altiris Agent 6.x to send Basic Inventory:

dim client
set client = wscript.createobject ( "Altiris.AeXNSClient" )
client.ClientPolicyMgr.SendBasicInventory

This will cause the Altiris Agent 6.x to Send Basic Inventory and ingnore blockout.

The <ignoreBlockouts> variable works the same way as for config requests. The <sendIfUnchanged> variable controls whether basic inv is sent even when it has not changed. If <sendIfUnchanged> is 1 basic inv will be sent whether it has changed or not. If it is 0 basic inv will be sent only if it has changed since the last time it was sent.

dim client
set client = wscript.createobject ( "Altiris.AeXNSClient" )
ignoreBlockouts = 1
sendIfUnchanged = 1
client.SendBasicInventory sendIfUnchanged, ignoreBlockouts