http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2013/04/20/configmgr-inventory-who-is-using-outlook-pst-files-where-are-they-and-how-big-are-they/
but... that was written a few years ago. Depending upon your version of
Outlook, the method used to detect PSTs for the logged in user might not work.
Basically, TEST TEST TEST. No guarantees, etc. etc.
On Tuesday, November 3, 2015 6:28 AM, David McSpadden <[email protected]>
wrote:
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{}-->Someone mentioned Sherry’s script but I can’t find it. Can anyone point me
in the right direction. From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Lindenfeld, Ivan
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 11:18 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [mssms] SCCM 2007 R2 - Software Inventory is Incredibly slow
Have you? We have. Our experience is that it would take us 8-10 years to
ingest all of our PST’s and it is not a free service. That article says
nothing about $. It’s possible it was another service from Microsoft we were
using, but it sure smells the same reading that. We are doing a POC onPST
FlightDeck from QuadroTech. No feedback to offer yet. Ivan Lindenfeld
From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Jerousek, Jeff
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 11:01 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [mssms] SCCM 2007 R2 - Software Inventory is Incredibly slow
Have you tried Microsoft’s tool?
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh781036(v=exchg.141).aspx
Thanks, Jeff Jerousek From:[email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Marcum, John
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 9:37 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [mssms] SCCM 2007 R2 - Software Inventory is Incredibly slow It
works as long as the pst is connected. That’s how we got rid of pst files. We
ingested the connected ones and set a GPO so people can’t connect any
afterwards. When they try to connect one they have stored they can’t do so,
they call asking why and we import it.J John Marcum
MCITP, MCTS, MCSA
Desktop Architect Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Jason Sandys
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 9:27 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [mssms] SCCM 2007 R2 - Software Inventory is Incredibly slow
Yeah, that would be bad. For that task, you need to use another tool for sure.
Sherry’s script still wouldn’t be helpful here either. You’d need a dedicated
file server tool like FSRM. J From:[email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Marcum, John
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 2:59 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [mssms] SCCM 2007 R2 - Software Inventory is Incredibly slow I
envisioned the pst sitting on an H: drive and software inventory trying to scan
that. John Marcum MCITP, MCTS, MCSA
Desktop Architect Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Jason Sandys
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 2:44 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [mssms] SCCM 2007 R2 - Software Inventory is Incredibly slow
No, not on desktops. On file servers, yes for sure, but most likely not
workstations (although it is still a possibility). J
From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Marcum, John
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 2:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [mssms] SCCM 2007 R2 - Software Inventory is Incredibly slow
Not really because it’s likely, as you noted in an MMS presentation, that SINV
will timeout before it completes. John Marcum MCITP,
MCTS, MCSA
Desktop Architect Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Jason Sandys
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 1:58 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [mssms] SCCM 2007 R2 - Software Inventory is Incredibly slow
Note though, that Sherry’s script, great as it is, only looks for PSTs actively
attached to Outlook. This may or may not satisfy the actual requirement. If the
requirement is to find all PSTs, in use or not, then the script does not
fulfill this. SW Inv does however. J From:[email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Garth Jones
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 1:30 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [mssms] SCCM 2007 R2 - Software Inventory is Incredibly slow
“Because up until 5 minutes ago I didn't know it existed. I will assuredly be
looking into it now tho, that's for sure.” J
From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of ccollins9
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 2:14 PM
To: mssms
Subject: Re: [mssms] SCCM 2007 R2 - Software Inventory is Incredibly slow
"Are you simply telling SW inventory to look for .PST?" Yes, unfortunately
we have it looking at all hard drives because there are several fileservers out
there that it can be on. That and I've seen users store them in very odd
locations of their profiles. So right now we have it set to *.pst, all drives,
excluding windows folder. "Again, why wouldn’t you use a CI or Sherry’s
PST script?" Because up until 5 minutes ago I didn't know it existed. I
will assuredly be looking into it now tho, that's for sure. On Thu,
Oct 29, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Garth Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
Again, why wouldn’t you use a CI or Sherry’s PST script? Both are lite weight
in comparison to SW inv. From:[email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Kent, Mark
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:46 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [mssms] SCCM 2007 R2 - Software Inventory is Incredibly slow How
are you doing PST’s? Mark Kent (MCP) Sr. Desktop Systems Engineer Computing &
Technology Services - SUNY Buffalo State From:[email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of ccollins9
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:18 AM
To: mssms <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [mssms] SCCM 2007 R2 - Software Inventory is Incredibly slow We
use software inventory to identify PSTs on a system. Our goal is to find them,
import them, destroy them and ban the ability to ever create them again. Like
terminating roaches!. It works, but I have run into the issues mentioned about
the 4 hour timeout. There are other PST gathering tools out there, but we
haven't had the chance (or money) to try them out yet. On Thu, Oct 29, 2015
at 10:12 AM, Burke, John <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi folks, We haven’t gotten the chance to upgrade to 2012 yet so I’m stuck
with 2007. We are noticing a fair number of clients that are semi healthy with
the exception of software inventory. I’ve seen some posts that simply say
don’t bother using Software inventory because it’s too slow. That seems a bit
silly. Why have the feature at all if it’s going to be useless. In our
environment we often create collections based on exe versions or dll versions
for upgrade purposes. Internet Explorer for example – seems to be something
that you need software inventory to deal with. So – I’m wondering what you
folks do with Sofwtare Inventory. Do you bother using it? Did you tweak it
somehow to make them faster so they it doesn’t take hours?
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