Kansas City Altiris User Group Presentation Wise Script

Kansas City Altiris User Group Presentation: Wise Script Ziggy Jarczyk March 2010

Agenda § WPS vs. WSE § Architecture § Requirements § Design § Develop/Test § Example § Questions © Cerner Corporation All Rights Reserved 1

WPS vs. WS Wise Packaging Studio Versions Features Legacy Conversion; SMS(. IPF), Novell ZENWorks(. AXT) Packaging and repackaging (transfoms. mst) Msiexec. exe package. msi Setup. Capture (Virtual clean OS, Snapshot comparison) Files, Registry keys Rrequirements Packages for Windows 2008, 32 vs. 64 bit, Linux Wise Script Editor Part of WPS Simple, powerful editor Customized actions Package customization; gui placement, progress bar, password protect, install log © Cerner Corporation All Rights Reserved 2

Architecture Single User Client Database Shared Environment Multiple clients Database © Cerner Corporation All Rights Reserved 3

Requirements Ask Questions What are you trying to accomplish New package Transform old package Inventory Research Internet User group contacts Vendor Example Olympus Determine application version Not in file properties In a config file Same as jar version in specific folder © Cerner Corporation All Rights Reserved 4

1. Altiris architecture upgrade; separating NS servers into each data center to serve each set of computers independently of each other NS Design Experience Yours Others. vbs or. bat/. cmd or other Examples Other people internet, friends, user group Example If sentinel. config file exists in location Parse each line looking for string “sentinel. classpath. 1=“ Parse off version of management-boostrap. jar (any numeric value) Does the jar of that same version exists in location (Y/N) Report inventory in an NSI to Altiris database. © Cerner Corporation All Rights Reserved 5

1. Altiris architecture upgrade; separating NS servers into each data center to serve each set of computers independently of each other NS Develop and Test K. I. S. S Start small Build it in pieces Save as you go (VCS: CVS, SVN, Git, other) Safe test system Identify and verify Back out plan Trial and error Test as you go. Familiar with custom actions Iterate Development and testing is cyclical Review PR © Cerner Corporation All Rights Reserved 6

1. Altiris architecture upgrade; separating NS servers into each data center to serve each set of computers independently of each other NS Example Inventory WAS version Multiple file locations File parsing Return Altiris Inventory Olympus Version File exists matching jar version in text file Return Altiris Inventory Patrol FQDN Service manipulation Running vbs Renaming files WWID Find BDA file © Cerner Corporation All Rights Reserved 7

1. Altiris architecture upgrade; separating NS servers into each data center to serve each set of computers independently of each other NS Resources Wise Package Studio http: //www. wise. com/Products/Packaging/Overview. aspx http: //www. symantec. com/connect/endpoint-managementvirtualization/forums/wise-application-packaging http: //www. altiris. com/upload/workbench. pdf Wise Script http: //www. altiris. com/upload/express. pdf http: //www. scribd. com/doc/361750/Wise-Script-Editor http: //www. appdeploy. com/messageboards/ © Cerner Corporation All Rights Reserved 8

Questions? © Cerner Corporation All Rights Reserved 9