Agent Modifications & Deployment

Automate, propogate, customize, and twiddle your agents

Add Targeted Multicast to Server Manager agents — by denny — last modified 2006-12-02 11:58

Server Manager agents do not have TMC by default; add it like this

Advance Agent to the Field — by Jack Coates — last modified 2007-02-16 09:34

Deploy agents to machines you rarely see

Advance Agents Impact — by jhysell — last modified 2008-05-02 14:32

This is a T3 at headquarters during advance agent deployment to 2500 nodes at 752 sites. The agent deployment was seeded the day before.

Deploy XDD Outside of an Update — by Jack Coates — last modified 2006-12-01 12:11

Just deploy Extended Device Discovery, not a whole new agent

Hide the client directory — by elswickj — last modified 2007-11-05 09:56

This document will help you hide the client directory from inquisitive end users.

Is XDD installed? — by Jack Coates — last modified 2007-11-05 09:56

Query for it

Landesk Automated Agent — by RKirkland — last modified 2008-05-19 05:35

Automation for deploying LD agent to unmanaged devices. This is written in VB.Net and requires 2.0 Runtime (included). Instructions are included and a README; the 'Help' button opens a walk-thru from starting a scheduled Unmanged Device Discovery Scan to running the application.

Push Agents when "Simple File Sharing" is turned on — by Jack Coates — last modified 2007-11-05 09:57

Thanks to Peter Choi for this tip

Running Tasks before Login — by Jack Coates — last modified 2008-12-04 13:42

Using Actions.ini

Use AgentWatcher to Watch other Services — by ian — last modified 2008-07-15 13:25

Restart services on clients

Use Software Portal with Firefox — by Jack Coates — last modified 2007-09-18 10:55

Changing the default browser to Firefox breaks the software distribution portal, but it doesn't have to be that way.

Deploying the RC Time Out Value with the agent — by mcompton — last modified 2008-12-05 08:49

Advance Edit of the Agent