No, that's the process he's proposing. I want to know the justification for the process. Understanding the end goal would help.
IMO... He should be able to image any machine without having to manually go do something to get it into a collection. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ryan Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 11:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mssms] RE: suggestions for automation, client import and checks I think his end goal is to have a solution like this: Step 1) Enter device name to image Step 2) Script checks to make sure a MAC exists -> If not, prompt to enter one and update SCCM record / Create new record with MAC Step 3) Add record to a collection for imaging It can be done, but I don't have the code on me right now and don't have the time to write it & test it. On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Marcum, John <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I don't understand your end goal here. Seems overcomplicated to me. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Stuart Watret Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 9:18 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] suggestions for automation, client import and checks Hi, We use a customised variant of the Ron's webtools. One of the tasks it presents to our Tech's is to add a machine to the collection that can then F12 rebuild. Despite trying a status filter rule to trigger the clear pxe method, it never worked and I ended up with a Task Schedule running every 5 minutes that does work. This all works well, until we import a record that is incomplete, i.e. missing the mac address. So in this case the box has been pulled from a cupboard and the only details sccm has are from the ad discovery. In this case the record is added to the collection but as there is no mac, the f12 fails. What I'd like to happen is this: a) at the time of running the script to add to the collection, we query the record for the mac and tell the operator whether there is one or not. That alone would be useful, of course if we could then enter the details to import it that would be better. I haven't looked at doing this at all, I thought I'd ask first before re-inventing the wheel, in case somebody has anything already. Rgds Stuart Watret Offshore - IT Ltd ________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. ________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. ________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. ________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and then delete it from your computer.
