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How to fecth info of all users who are using a single computer.

mickeyteg@hotmail.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:06:42 GMT

Hi,

In our enviroment we have shared machines and we have a requirement to map all the users with their respective machines. Is there a way to fetch information of all the users who logs on to a single machines with the last time they logged on to that machine.

I have some ideas which may help.

we can get a 'DIR' output of 'Document & Settings' with 'last modified date' into a TXT file which will list all the users which have local profile stored.

The problem we have here is how to fetch the info from TXT file. I do not to copy that file to a central location.

Is there a way we can write it in regsitry and run the registry scanner to fetch the details ?

Please suggest.

Rdgs,

Guru.

OS Management - MARIMBA

angadi.s@tcs.com — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:07:43 GMT

Hi,

Is anybody having how to setup OS Management ( Bare Metal Provisioning and migration from one OS to other OS) document for Marimba?

Could you please share with me?

Thanks and Regards

Angadi

Duplicate Tuner IDs

thesele.letsie@gijima.com — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:34:08 GMT

how excatly do i use -anonymize to get rid of tuners duplication, where do i do the changes?

regards

Deployment Manager Error

forums@developer.bmc.com — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:11:50 GMT

Hi,

I am facing this issue since last two days, after sometime of starting the deployment Control and Monitoring page shows <!-- lookup table to convert starterType to text. C.

Deployment Manager's version is 7.2.02.006.

Please see the screenshot attached.

Subscription Service Reset

tim.jones2@amec.com — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:49:18 GMT

Hello,

Does anybody know if there is a command which will reset the Subscription Service on an endpoint?

Regards,

Tim.

New URL Updater channel?

tim.jones2@amec.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:01:27 GMT

Hello,

I rememeber a while ago Paul mentioned that there might be a new FSRK URL Updater channel which eliminated the issue of Running channels not being changed.

Does anyone know if this has been released?

Regards,

Tim.

Marimba Patch reporting

forums@developer.bmc.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:49:33 GMT

Hi all,

I have a quesiton about Marimba.

I am using Marimba but one of the limitations we have found while using it is its ability to provide overview reports on the patch status of the estate. I understand we can produce detailed reports on individual patches that have been deployed by Marimba, but ideally we need to produce a quick snap shot overview.

is there perhaps a version of Marimba that we are not using that provides this feature, or alternatively is it on the development roadmap?

Thanks.

Ryan

The Tuner installation creates a Group Folder on Start Menu called "newfolder1"

rodolfomonge@yahoo.com — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:29:43 GMT

The Tuner installation creates a Group Folder on Start Menu called "newfolder1"

BCAC 8.0

Installer's configuration:

Create Installer: Edit Setting
Profile: XP-Client
Platform: Windows

File Name: XP-Client.exe

Advanced Tab

Windows Start Menu Tab

[x] Add Tuner to Start Menu

Start Menu group:    Configuration Automation for Clients
Create a:            Common group
Start menu shortcut: Tuner
Icon Type:           Default BCAC icon

I'm installing the tuner on Windows XP Proffesional SP3 (Spanish) and creates this path in start Menu:

Inicio -> Todos los Programas -> newfolder1 -> BMC CM -> BMC CM Tuner

(Start Menu -> All Programs -> newfolder1 -> BMC CM -> BMC CM Tuner)

Some idea why??

Always install package to same channel number

forums@developer.bmc.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:16:12 GMT

Marimba Version = V6.0.3

Is it possible to force a package to always install to the same channel number, or custom name the channel folder instead of it being ch.'X'.

For example, if a machine is at locationa and gets the following package:

http://transmitter:5282/LocationA/InstalledPackage

If I then move the machine to locationb and want to the machine to get 'InstalledPackage' from a different URL:

http://transmitter:5282/LocationB/InstalledPackage

Could the package be created in some way that it either always installs in say:

....\tuner\.marimba\endpoint\ch.65

....\tuner\.marimba\endpoint\InstalledPackage

This way, the original 'InstalledPackage' would get overwritten instead of having 2 installations of 'InstalledPackage'. I know it seems odd, but we do have reasons for wanting this ability.

Thanks.

Need to secure tuner client side.

forums@developer.bmc.com — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:00:02 GMT

Hello,

Is it possible to lock down the tuner client side so that my users cannot open it and browse to install any application they like? Additionally I would like to know if it is possible to stop browsing via the tuner if my team decides we do not want to lock it down with a password?

Thank you

Endpoints won't update via policy

forums@developer.bmc.com — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:23:04 GMT

I am in the process of creating a new environment using Active Directory and V6.0.3. Without going into a great explanation, we are unable to use version 7 or 8. Our current infrastructure uses V6.0.2.1 and ADAM. I am unable to get my 2 test endpoints to update via policy. Our normal set up is to have a repeater in each office that services the endpoints and we do not allow the Master transmitter to service requests directly.

If I have my repeater connected to the network (transmitter not allowed to service requests), I get the following errors on the subscription channel log on the endpoint. If I then unplug my repeater from the network and allow the transmitter to service requests (thinking perhaps my repeater setup was incorrect), the endpoint still will not update, but I get the following in the log:

#Setting machine name 'MYMACHINENAME' for subscription update
[21/Oct/2009:21:15:02 +0000] - audit SYSTEM 8552 Setting machine name: MYMACHINENAME
[21/Oct/2009:21:15:02 +0000] - major SYSTEM 8625 Config.xml not received from the plugin. Please check the plugin's log on the Transmitter for errors.
[21/Oct/2009:21:15:02 +0000] - audit SYSTEM 8501 Subscription service stopped
[21/Oct/2009:21:15:02 +0000] - audit SYSTEM 1152 Channel instance stopped
[21/Oct/2009:21:20:01 +0000] - audit SYSTEM 1101 Channel update started
[21/Oct/2009:21:20:01 +0000] - audit SYSTEM 1102 Channel update finished: MYREPEATERNAME:5282: [No changes]
[21/Oct/2009:21:20:01 +0000] - audit SYSTEM 1123 result[0] time[60]
[21/Oct/2009:21:20:01 +0000] - audit SYSTEM 1110 Channel checkpoint created: signed
[21/Oct/2009:21:20:01 +0000] - audit SYSTEM 1150 Channel instance started
[21/Oct/2009:21:20:02 +0000] - audit SYSTEM 1123 result[0] time[50]
[21/Oct/2009:21:20:02 +0000] - audit SYSTEM 1110 Channel checkpoint created: signed
[21/Oct/2009:21:20:02 +0000] - audit SYSTEM 1150 Channel instance started
[21/Oct/2009:21:20:02 +0000] - audit SYSTEM 8500 Subscription service started

If I then unplug my repeater from the network and allow the transmitter to service requests (thinking perhaps my repeater setup was incorrect), the endpoint still will not update, but I get the following in the log:

#Setting machine name 'MYMACHINENAME' for subscription update
[21/Oct/2009:15:53:25 -0400] - audit Administrator 8552 Setting machine name: MYMACHINENAME
[21/Oct/2009:15:53:25 -0400] - audit Administrator 8534 Process this channel as ASAP channel according to schedule: INIT SCHEDULE: http://MYTRANSMITTERNAME:5282/FOLDER/FOLDER1/FOLDER2/FOLDER3/FOLDER4/FOLDER5/PACKAGE
[21/Oct/2009:15:53:25 -0400] - audit Administrator 8535 The channels next running time is: http://MYTRANSMITTERNAME:5282/FOLDER/PACKAGE Dec 31, 1969 6:59:59 PM
[21/Oct/2009:15:53:25 -0400] - audit Administrator 8524 Setting channel/tuner property: marimba.schedule.filter=anytime on sun+mon+tue+wed+thu+fri+sat
[21/Oct/2009:15:53:25 -0400] - audit Administrator 8524 Setting channel/tuner property: marimba.subscription.targets=null
[21/Oct/2009:15:53:25 -0400] - audit Administrator 8524 Setting channel/tuner property: update.schedule=every 1 days update every 15 minutes
[21/Oct/2009:15:53:25 -0400] - audit Administrator 8524 Setting channel/tuner property: marimba.schedule.filter=anytime on sun+mon+tue+wed+thu+fri+sat
[21/Oct/2009:15:53:25 -0400] - audit Administrator 8524 Setting channel/tuner property: marimba.subscription.targets=null
[21/Oct/2009:15:53:25 -0400] - audit Administrator 8524 Setting channel/tuner property: update.schedule=every 1 days update every 15 minutes
[21/Oct/2009:15:53:25 -0400] - audit Administrator 8512 Setting channel state: http://MYTRANSMITTERNAME:5282/FOLDER/PACKAGE=subscribe
[21/Oct/2009:15:53:25 -0400] - audit Administrator 8511 Marking channel as subscriber: http://MYTRANSMITTERNAME:5282/FOLDER/PACKAGE
[21/Oct/2009:15:53:25 -0400] - audit Administrator 8615 cannot update because channel does not have an update schedule: http://MYTRANSMITTERNAME:5282/FOLDER/PACKAGE
[21/Oct/2009:15:53:25 -0400] - audit Administrator 8618 cannot verify because channel does not have a verify schedule: http://MYTRANSMITTERNAME:5282/FOLDER/PACKAGE
[21/Oct/2009:15:53:25 -0400] - audit Administrator 8531 Service no longer manage channel's verify/repair, restore previous schedule: start.schedule = NEVER
[21/Oct/2009:15:53:25 -0400] - audit Administrator 8524 Setting channel/tuner property: marimba.schedule.filter=anytime on sun+mon+tue+wed+thu+fri+sat
[21/Oct/2009:15:53:25 -0400] - audit Administrator 8524 Setting channel/tuner property: marimba.subscription.targets=null
[21/Oct/2009:15:53:25 -0400] - audit Administrator 8524 Setting channel/tuner property: update.schedule=every 1 days update every 15 minutes
[21/Oct/2009:15:53:25 -0400] - audit Administrator 8598 Service successfully installed the policies
[21/Oct/2009:15:53:25 -0400] - audit Administrator 8501 Subscription service stopped
[21/Oct/2009:15:53:25 -0400] - audit Administrator 1152 Channel instance stopped

The package is basically an adaptation of one that is currently used on our current infrastructure, so I do not believe it to be the issue.

On the subscription service log of the transmitter, it says:

....audit - 8104 Processed subscription request successfully. Following seven numbers indicate the time required in (ms)......

Which, to me, says the plug-in is set up properly.

Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks.