advanced deployment approaches

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Advanced Deployment Approaches

Mike Saladino - Sr. Sales Engineer

Phil Crosby - Sales Engineer


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Agenda

Advanced Distribution Building Blocks 4 Ways to Install Software

Labels and Filters

Custom Inventory Rules and Custom Data Fields

Understanding Event Scheduling

Use Cases

Standardize your population - custom inventory + filter

Uninstall/Install Example - MI vs. Script with multiple tasks

Alt. Download Locations - Network installs (no uploads to KBOX)

Staging

Patch Feed


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Building Blocks - Managed Installs

PayloadAdvantages

Tied to Inventory - Only run if needed

Load balanced

User interaction - prompt/snooze Simple scheduling - tied to Inventory, Deploy Window

Alternate Download Locations

Limitations

Can order, but not dependent on success

Tied to Inventory Schedule

Single Command Line

No pre-requisite verification


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Managed Install Interface


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Managed Install Interface (cont)


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Building Blocks - Scripting

Payload (Dependencies)Advantages

Pre-flight Verification

Multi-step processes

Dependent Tasks Flexible Scheduling - one off, repeating

Built in staging of payload for future execution

Limitations

Requires manual verification of need

No Alternate Download UI

Manual end-user notification - no snooze


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Scripting Interface

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Scripting Interface (cont)

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Scripting Interface (cont)

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Building Blocks - Labels and Filters

Manual vs. Filter vs. LDAP/ADCalculated at Inventory

Nesting


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Filters

Identifying groups of machines using computer inventorydetails like IP address, computer name, OS type, etc.


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Custom Software Item / inventory rule


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Custom Inventory Rule Syntax


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General use

Manually construct logic for software package detectionwithin a custom software item

FileExists(C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe)

FileVersionEquals(C:\Program Files\InternetExplorer\iexplore.exe, 6.0.2900.2180)

RegistryValueEquals(SOFTWARE\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\Version Vector,IE,6.000)


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Advanced Use

Detect ranges of software versions(or combinations) RegistryValueGreaterThan

(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\ProductVersion,LastProduct,11.0.0.0)

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RegistryValueLessThan(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\ProductVersion,LastProduct,12.0.0.0)


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Building Blocks - Scheduling

When are labels calculated Ordering of labels for nesting

When do MIs run

When do Scripts run

Online vs. Offline (Server vs. Agent time) AMP queuing vs. All at once

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Filter Orders and Nested Labels

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Use Cases - Custom Inventory Rules


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Use Cases - Custom Filter for Installs

Identify machines missing software Filter identifies and automatically labels machine based on

missing software

Create a Managed Install for that label to install software Software is installed to this label to machines within it

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Use Cases - Automated Uninstall/Install

Standardize your software population Custom inventory rule to identify outdated software

Put those machines into a label for outdated software

Assign an uninstall script to that label that removes it

Create a Managed Install for that label to install the new version

Any future outdated software found will automatically be updated

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Use Cases - Alternate Locations

Used to offload software packages from the KBOX to analternate network location on a smaller scale (configuredper MI)


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Use Cases - Staging

Use to copy large installation files out to clients ahead ofcoordinated deployment.

Deploy install file with File sync or Script

Trigger with Script or Managed install.


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Use Cases - Patch Feed

Create a patch label for installers you wish to deployAssign that patch label to a machine or group of machines

Put it on a patch schedule

Anytime a new version is available through the patch feed,

it can be deployed automatically and without the need tocreate MIs or scripts.

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