Hello!
Unattended is currently a great start, but I have some ideas for expansion on the software. To be brief, here are the key features I would change. - Add replication to multiple servers, or distribute certain packages to different servers (No one server can handle the load of 30 computers installing itself over a gigabit lan) - Create an 'unattendedD' to coordinate clients and evenly spread the load across various servers (a client every time a simple smb connection would be made, would instead contact a centralized server which will point the client to another serverP - Add a GUI to automate and simplify the package configuration process - Add better Active Directory integration - Use smbios information to add computer descriptions, and have each computer placed into a database - Create a software database of all the software able to be installed, and the software which is installed on each client. - Ability to upgrade software based off a server push model - Add software remotely - Perform diagnostics on a regular interval and send the results back to the server - Simplify the linux boot cd process by distributing a binary collection of the contents of the cd, and having an easy method to change where the cd looks for files - ---- or possibly modifying the cd to look across the entire network for the unattendedD and automatically connect to it - Easier pxe support (more out-of-the-box) My initial thoughts were to use a C# windows interface, connecting to an ODBC driver which could point to either a unix or (preferably, for ease) a windows2003 server which would host the central databases and server code I started writing some interface code, but crunch time is here, and I cant spend any more time customizing the system. I am looking to get a prototype of this up by spring and a full-fledged version by summer of next year (Maybe I can get it right next time) If there is any interest, or any previous development in this direction, please let me know --Sean M. McCullough
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