[Casper] Another feature request

[Thomas Larkin]

Also, to add to this request of the web front end (sorry for so many
feature requests, but as I am learning Casper with my 5,000+ wireless
client base, I am finding that some options are not available).

When browsing through inventory on the web front end I would like to
flag computers to install packages.  For example I have a system right
now that will not pick up package.  It is listed in the not yet
installed part of the package log.  However, I have rebooted the thing
like 50 times and it is set to trigger on any, so a reboot should have
picked it up.  Every other machine is pulling it down fine.  I would
like the ability to force an install through the web interface.

Specific example would be, computer 0014 is flagged to install CS3 via
my policy I made.  Now it is in the log as not yet installed, but the
user needs it right away.  I can go into that policy log, search for
computer 0014 and via the web interface say install now.  Click, done,
wash hands, repeat.

thoughts,

Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
cell:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351
>>> Thomas Larkin 01/29/08 9:23 AM >>>
I do have that option enabled, and the problem with that is I get lots
of emails every day, so I keep those emails from the JSS in my spam
filter and go in and clean them out every once in a while but I will get
100s of emails per a week with that.

Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
cell:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351
>>> Nick Amundsen <nick at jamfsoftware.com> 01/29/08 9:19 AM >>>
Tom,

I think this is a great feature request.  I agree that with an  
environment of your size and scope, it can be quite a chore to have to  
sift through all policy logs to find errors.

Meanwhile, you can use the "Send email on policy execution error"  
notification so that when a policy error does occur, you can at least  
narrow it down a bit more by determining which ones erred out via  
sifting through an email inbox.

Thanks for the input and I will file this with development.

Nick Amundsen
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On Jan 29, 2008, at 8:58 AM, Thomas Larkin wrote:

> I also would like to add one more feature request to the web front end
> of JSS.  I think this is a reasonable and easy thing to add.  When
> viewing policy logs I would like the advance search feature of viewing
> just the ones that had an error occur.  For example, we pushed out a  
> new
> software package to all 5,000 clients.  I don't want to sift through
> 5,000 machines that the package errored on.  I want to be able to view
> the log and organize it by if the package was successfully installed  
> or
> if it errored out.  Then have the option to flush all machines that
> failed from the log.  Just to make it a bit easier and more  
> functional.
>
>
> Today I am looking at our logs on the JSS for a small web filter  
> package
> and we only have about 500 machines left out of 5,000 to be installed.
> However, this package requires a reboot so some of them have errored  
> out
> due to the user not rebooting or putting their macbook to sleep.   
> So, I
> would like to organize the log by clients that have errored out and  
> just
> flush all clients with errors.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thomas Larkin
> TIS Department
> KCKPS USD500
> tlarki at kckps.org
> cell:  913-449-7589
> office:  913-627-0351
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