DQL: Finding paths with orphaned SIDs in file system permissions
Over the time, there are instances when permissions are assigned to unknown SIDs on file systems. These unknown or unresolved SIDs belong to deleted security groups or users and sit on the file-system...
View ArticleASDK 7.5 - Executing a Task using Powershell
I recently received a question if it is possible to schedule a job/task using PowerShell. Executing a task is one of the possibilities of the Altiris ASDK TaskManagement library, something that I...
View ArticleASDK 7.5 - Remove Package Server assignment from packages
If you want some packages no longer being replicated to any package servers you could go in and edit this package and remove all the package servers or sites to which the package is replicated to. This...
View ArticleAltiris Agent Deploy with latest version
I had two challanges when creating this script for the installation of the Altiris Agent during client staging.1. Latest version- When using images it can easily happen that you have an old Altiris...
View ArticleSFWHA 6.1 Providing Support for ApplicationHA in Hyper-V and VMware
The presentation describes the changes to how ApplicationHA works in VMware and Hyper-V environment with the release of SFHA 6.1 for Windows. Supported with two demonstrations:1. Installing...
View ArticlePerformance Tuner for Backup Exec VMware backups
Symantec Backup Exec offers the possibility to back up virtual machines from a VMware vSphere environment directly by the hypervisor. To increase the performance of these backups, it is possible to...
View ArticleFilter for pcAnywhere Host Only and QuickConnect
I wrote these little filters for separating computers with pcAnywhere Host Only and full installation.It's been written for a Client Management Suite 7.5 HF6 environment with pcAnywhere Solution 12.6.7...
View ArticleTechnical White Paper: Protect Your Cisco UCS Domain with Symantec NetBackup
This is a technical whitepaper on how to protect Cisco UCS service profiles using Symantec NetBackup. More information on the significance of protecting UCS service profiles and a technical...
View ArticleUseful SQL Queries - Vault Cache CC Download Status and ClientDiagnostics
All - Awhile back I posted a Query to pull the details and statistics for Vault Cache Content Cache (CC) download status'. I have since added details gathered by the ClientDiagnostics.aspx page...
View ArticleautofixCRL - a tool to autommatically fix the CRL issues on Internet bared...
Problem descriptionThe Symantec Management Platform and related infrastructure systems, namely the Site Servers, can fail to operate normally when the server do not have access to the Internet for...
View ArticleA tiny API to access the Symantec CMDB programmatically (7.x)
IntroductionSymantec provides an Administrator Software Development Kit (ASDK) that contains standard method to access or create some of the Symantec Management Platform and Solutions items...
View ArticleManaged Security Services Log Collection Platform
This is the source code for the open source that Symantec is required to publish for the Managed Security Services Log Collection Platform (MSS LCP):Version 2.5JoeSNMP0.3.4...
View ArticleMobile Device Management Core
Mobile Device Management (MDM) Core is used in Mobility Manager.6.4Mono Runtime Library 3.8 (unmodified)mono-mono-3.8.0.zip
View ArticleCustom Compliance By Bulletin Report - Critical and Important Severity Only
Credit to ArturoDFW for pointing me in the right direction on this one with his post on Missing report Windows Compliance by Computer - Details in NS7.I needed a way to get the "Windows Compliance by...
View ArticleMigrating to ITMS 7.5 - Best Practice Presentation
This content was delivered to the Chicago Endpoint Management User Group on Friday, November 21, 2014. Topics include:Getting StartedPlatform Migration SupportBest Practice for Planning &...
View ArticleSFHA Solutions 6.2: Symantec Storage plug-in for OEM 12c
Symantec Storage plug-in for OEM12c enables you to view and manage the Storage Foundation and VCS objects through the Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c (OEM), which has a graphical interface. It works with...
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Add Email Routines to Indent Management Survey for ServiceDesk 7.5 SP1
Out of the box, ServiceDesk did not provide me the ability to create a link with the email rulesets that took the end-user directly to the IM survey task. I decided that it was best to go back to the...
View ArticleFilter for "Devices that registered today"
I needed a filter that listed only devices that registered today, and cooked up the attached filter (based largely on the "Agents installed in the last N days" report. This filter can easily be...
View ArticleCustom IPS Signatues to detect various filetype downloads
To build on my last IR article:How to utilize SEP 12.1 for Incident Response - PART 6I'm attaching a custom IPS policy which will detect the download of various filetypes via HTTP and HTTPS.The...
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SharePoint Configuration Troubleshooter.
Hey Guys,I am back with a new tool that helps in troubleshooting Netbackup SharePoint Agent Configurations.SharePoint Configuration Troubleshooter (SPCT.exe ) is a GUI based tool that will help the...
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