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    It would be nice to trigger agent on client via policy

    Vladislav Tatarincev  16 March 2011 11:20:39
    Sometimes when we do some migrations, we need to fix something on users workstations.
    One of the options is to write an agent, that do some work. for example I read some LN specific things before migration, like version of client, where installed, client type (admin, client), memory, CPU, hdd.

    Two options I have is to write a button, which is bad, because user may delete it, or modify mailtemplate.

    then we have two options, send numerous buttons, or modify mailtemplate.

    I wish a fuctionality in Lotus Notes, that admin, can trigger one MASTER agent on SERVERX, Database Y, agent Z, and then this agent will do the job.

    how other people do some local maintenance on LN workstations?
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    1Bob Balfe  16/03/2011 14:35:41  It would be nice to trigger agent on client via policy

    Is this a Notes 8 standard (Eclipse) client? If so, you could have a plugin that monitors the policy view and run the agent in the background when there is a change using the back-end API's. This would allow you to deploy code without being in an NSF or changing templates.

    2Vlaad  16/03/2011 14:43:47  It would be nice to trigger agent on client via policy

    Thank you, Bob.

    I am expect this to work on ALL client, so this is standard feature of Domino. or it is some DLL/hook, that is deployed to every machine and we can trigger agent.

    3Patrick  16/03/2011 15:20:36  It would be nice to trigger agent on client via policy

    Usually, I get system info (CPU, RAM, Disk, isntall path, version, ...) from other sources than Notes. The system admins have the needed tools (shell, wmi, remote registry, ...).

    For the changes on the workstation, I usually alter the policy form to add the Notes.ini vars, preferences or location document infos.

    Part of the infos are here : https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg21196837.

    Unfortunately, if that's something else that has to be changed (such as removing value or set it to null), I have the same trouble as you. Each single configuration calls for its own single response .... No generic answer.

    The only thing that is kind of generic is that I avoid to use mails button.

    I also imagine that smartupgrade + plocies + SuRunAs (windows only) can be used to do some tricky checks and actions. The idea is that you use smartupgrade to deploy a shell included in a SuRunAs container. The shell makes what you want to achieve. If you're using windows, you can even control some advanced features of the client by using Installshield tuner. I never used it that way though so I can't give any guarantee :)

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