make a table in mdt db
every time a machine starts to image write a row with name and time
in mdt select * from that table where date > 30 min ago
If it returns more than X rows exit with an error


On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Ryan <[email protected]> wrote:

> I think it's just as likely someone might add too many computers to a
> collection with a required deployment on it. This is why I'd want a little
> more logic. I'll need to do a little testing to see the most efficient way
> to get in real time the number of devices something is deployed to. I'm not
> sure the Deployment Summary class is in real time, but if it is that's the
> best. Here was the logic I sketched out:
>
> When launched, it detects if there is a scheduled task, or if the script
> is run as a scheduled task
>
> ·         If no scheduled task is detected on the computer
>
> o   It displays a UI which allows users to enter in an e-mail user name
> and password, who to notify, deployments to exclude, and if they want to
> stop task sequences from being deployed
>
> o   Then, they will be able to create the scheduled task
>
> o   If a scheduled task is created on another computer, there will be a
> button which allows them to connect to a remote computer and switches to
> the UI if a scheduled task is detected
>
> ·         If a scheduled task is detected
>
> o   It displays a UI which lists all the task sequences it stopped and
> allows the user to “approve” a task sequence and change some other generic
> settings like e-mail address, how often it will run, etc.
>
> ·         If it is run as a scheduled task
>
> o   It checks to see if there are any deployments which are required and
> deployed to x% of the company
>
> o   When it finds one:
>
> §  It first checks the exclusion list.
>
> §  If the deployment is on the exclusion list, it skips it
>
> §  If the deployment is not on the exclusion list
>
> ·         It sends an e-mail to the list of people specified in the
> configuration with the deployment information
>
> ·         If it is a task sequence, it changes the start date to a year
> out
>
> ·         It adds the deployment to the exclusion list
>
> §  If a deployment is on the exclusion list but not found in the query,
> it is removed from the exclusion list
>
> Exclusion lists and stopped task sequences would be stored in a file
> somewhere on the server running this scheduled task.
>
> If someone else wants to create something like this then by all means do
> it. I'm working on a new right click tool version so I won't be able to
> start on it for two or three weeks.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Todd Hemsell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> no need, you use WMI Eventing
>> on event deployment created check the deployment, do other stuff
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Ryan <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I was thinking of a scheduled task that runs a script every minute, this
>>> way I can add a tiny bit of logic into it.
>>>
>>> I'd think the over-head would be the same. Don't WMI triggers run the
>>> query you specify every x seconds and trigger the action if something is
>>> returned in the query? How would you exclude something if it is actually
>>> supposed to go out to x% of your computers?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Michael Mott <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Hasn’t the Shy WMI guy already have these triggers in place or
>>>> blogged out?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>>>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ryan
>>>> *Sent:* Monday, July 28, 2014 11:58 PM
>>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [mssms] Deployment warning system?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you think of something, let me know.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Otherwise, I've been thinking of writing something to notify you if you
>>>> add too many devices to a collection or if you make a new deployment and
>>>> deploy it to more than x devices. I was also thinking of making it
>>>> auto-delay (change start date) a required task sequence until you tell it
>>>> to allow the task sequence.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I just need to find the most elegant way of checking every minute if
>>>> deployments fit that criteria.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Atkinson, Matt <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Hi All,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We’ve been kicking around the idea of some kind of warning system to
>>>> notify our SCCM team via email when someone creates a deployment targeting
>>>> more than $x number of computers. Has anyone out there seen or built
>>>> something like that? I think I can put something together using WMI events
>>>> and Powershell, but want to make sure it doesn’t already exist before
>>>> heading down that path.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> -Matt
>>>>
>>>>
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