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UFIL505: K2000 Keeping your Deployments up to Date
Mike Pace, Training LeadIan Bolton, Learning Development
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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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