I modified the install.pl program to gather up the pertinent info (IP, MAC, flavor of build) and write it out to a text file on the server (only writeable directory and there is no modify or delete right). A scheduled task periodically launches a seperate Perl program that parses the files and uploads them to a database along with the file creation stamp from the text file (date and time the unattended build was launched).
I also included an IP filter in install.pl. The program will only continue if the build was initiated from a list of subnets. I'm not sure you'd want to tackle this if you don't do Perl... Adam Ackermann MCDBA, MCSE, CCNA, LCP Information Systems, Advocate Medical Group This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail (or the person responsible for delivering this document to the intended recipient), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, printing or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please respond to the individual sending the message and notify our office at 630-990-5655, and permanently delete the original and any copy of any e-mail and any printout thereof.
--- Begin Message ---Hi all, Someone has succesfully developed some means of keeping trace of unattended installations? Like f.i. maybe perl has xml module and someone wrote something like a machine.xml (or a simple txt file, or maybe just a record in a DB...) containing date, installation type, machine coordinates (mac address, os, and stuff like that), installed apps,... Like someone said before, "my perl skills could fit on the back of a matchbox "... :), but i could give it a try... Michelangelo ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the same time. Free trial click here: http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/345/0 _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
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