K2000 Keeping Your Deployments Up-to-Date

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Dell World User Forum UFIL505: K2000 Keeping your Deployments up to Date Mike Pace, Training Lead Ian Bolton, Learning Development Dell World User Forum

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UFIL505: K2000 Keeping your Deployments up to Date

Mike Pace, Training LeadIan Bolton, Learning Development

Dell WorldUser Forum

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Agenda

• Patching Methods

• OS Configurations

• Applications

• K1000 Integrations

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Patching

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Patching Considerations & Methods

Built-In Limited Targeting Options

Good practice, but not always possible

Lots of Management Features

Label Targeted

Integration with K2000

Flexible, but can be time consuming to manage

Windows/Apple Updates

Dell KACE K1000

WSUS/ASUS

WSUS Offline

Source Media Update

Download Bandwidth

Remote Users

Target groups

Integrations

Built-In or 3rd Party

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Demo: WSUS Offline

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OS Configurations

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Just getting the OS installed is it…..Right?

• Getting the OS installed is one thing

• Getting it configured to meet your companies requirements is another thing all together.

• Use Installation Tasks to configure the OS to how you want it.

Wrong

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Post Installation Tasks

What?

Why?

Where?

What are they?• Tasks run on a system after the O/S has been installed.

Why use them?• Enables you to modify configuration settings of a system.• Install Core Applications

• From the Network or the Local Computer.• Install MS Office• Install the K1000 Agent

• Can be used with both Scripted Installs & Images

Where do they run?• Run within the O/S Environment.

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Post-Installation Tasks are your Friend

• Configure OS Settings:– Disable the Windows Firewall– Add Domain accounts (or groups) to the Local Admins Group– Set the Wireless Configuration on provisioned devices– Patch Cleanup – remove temporary files from offline patch updates

Using Post-Installation tasks on the K2000 we can:

• Set Specific Registry Keys:• Enable RDP (Remote Desktop)• Set the Computer Description

• Activate the OS

• Configuring Printer(s) details

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Demo: Modifying OS Settings

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Application Updates

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Application Updates

Built-in Applications

Does installer auto-uninstall first?

Installation Tasks

Keeping tasks up to date

Automation Tools

Ketarin

Dell KACE K1000

Drivers

nVidia/ATI

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Demo: Applications

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K1000 Integration

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• Use Breadcrumbs within your K2000Deployments for quick and easy integration ofdevices into your K1000.

• Use the K1000 to patch newly imaged devices.

• Shorten Deployment cycles by installing software from both the K1000 and K2000

What Integration Means For You

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What are Breadcrumbs?

Allows more integration of the K1000 with the K2000 installations

Breadcrumbs are an object which the K1000 will check for on the target machine to perform certain actions.

Leaving something in your image/scripted install that can be detected by K1000 is always a good practice.

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Breadcrumbs Example

Example: Using a registry value

• Post Install Task Type: Batch

• Runtime: Windows (Post KBE)

• Script:• REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\COMPANY NAME" /v Accounting /t

REG_SZ

• REG ADD KeyName [/v ValueName] [/t Type] [/d Data] [/f]

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K1000 – Building the Custom Inventory Rule• Write a Custom Inventory Rule to detect the

Breadcrumb we have left behind.

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Example: Using a registry value

• Add a new software inventory item

• Name it clearly and uniquely - this will become important when creating your smart label

• Add the Custom inventory rule to detect exactly what you wrote in your PostInstall task:

• RegistryValueEquals(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\COMPANY NAME, Accounting, 1)

Custom Inventory Rule Example

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Now Let’s Build a Smart Label• Now we build a K1000 Smart Label with criteria matching our

Custom Inventory Rule Name (or data).

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Grouping Newly Deployed DevicesUsing a Custom Inventory Field we can detect newly deployed devices.

• The K2000 leaves a hidden text file on all devices it deploys to.

• c:\programdata\dell\kace\k2000_deployment_info.conf

• This file contains details on the deployment date, time and the OS deployed.

• We can use the information in this file to group newly deployed devices on the K1000 and target them for specific tasks, such as Patching or the installation of Corporate Required Software as soon as they are online.

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Patching Newly Deployed Devices

Create dedicated Patching Jobs targeting newly deployed devices.

• These type of tasks can be set to run every hour, two hours etc.

• Device Smart Labels ensure the aggressive Patch Job will only target the newly deployed devices.

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Demo: K1000 Integration

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Thank you.

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KACE Support Portal Migrating to Dell Software Support Portal

• Starting in November, all KACE Support Portal material will be migrated to the Dell Software Support Portal

• All service requests will be submitted online or by phone

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