KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SDA)
Please tell us how you’d like to see the KACE System Deployment Appliance product improved!
59 results found
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RSA user state capture
The ability for the RSA to capture user states.
280 votesThis request has been implemented in the SDA (K2) 4.1 release
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RSA Image Capture Support
Image capture at remote sites via the Remote Site Appliance
271 votesThis request has been implemented in the SDA (K2) 4.1 release
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Add the ability to change the install media for scripted installs
It would be cool if I could change the install media out for my scripted installs w/o rebuilding each depolyment. When microsoft releases service packs ti would be handy to upload the new OS then replace the old version with the new.
230 votesCompleted in version 5.0
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Support for UEFI deployment and building of UEFI compatible KBE environments
All the new machines that we purchase are capable of UEFI booting. We would like to move over to this but unfortunately at the moment the K2000 doesn't support UEFI.
Implementation of this support would be great.222 votesThis request has been implemented in the SDA (K2) 4.0 release
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200 votes
Great News! This feature is in version 7.0. To see all the great features in this release or to upgrade check out the Support Portal https://support.quest.com/download-install-detail/6097755
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Configure charlie root (daily) email
Please allow the ability to customise the email sent from Charlie Root (K2000). At the moment it doesn't seem to be configurable. We want to change its 'from' address, and the display name 'Charlie root' to something more meaningful. And make that email alert more configurable, like how often its sent, what to put in 'subject', etc.
- Modify 'from' address
- Modify Display Name
- Turn on/off email notifications
- Schedule charlie root emails (weekends, etc)
139 votesThe information that was originally delivered via Charlie Root emails can now be found in the SDA logs as of 8.0.
Further, with the new email notification system that arrived with 8.0, you can schedule emails that contain useful status and system information to be delivered to your inbox.
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Modify WIM Image files
Provide the ability to browse and modify the files & folders in a WIM file from the web portal.
131 votesCompleted in version 5.0
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Run scripts apart from image deployments or scripted installs
It would be nice to be able to run scripts (such as to configure BIOS, etc.) apart from a scripted install or image deployment. As it is we must have several deployments that have different combinations of scripts in the pre-install task area which makes things confusing and cluttered for our technicians when choosing which deployment option is appropriate. We have several image deployment options just for Windows 7 Ent. x64 alone; all of which take up space.
96 votesThis suggestion was completed as Custom Deployments in 6.0.
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Hyper-V support for the Remote Site Appliance.
Build a Remote Site Appliance VM that can run under Hyper-V
88 votesThis request has been implemented in the SDA (K2) 4.0 release
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Template for images / Post-Installation Tasks
we are using several images with the same order of same post-installation tasks.
It would be great, if we could create a template with an order of post-installation tasks and attach the template to the images.
Background: When something has to be changed / Post-Installation task has to be exchanged, every image has to be changed manually.
When there would be a template for that, then just the template would have to be changed and all images which are using that template would get that change(s)....
67 votesThis suggestion was completed in version 6.0 as Task Groups.
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Add Custom Boot Images
Is it possible to:
Create a share on the KBox2000 called kbox_custom for people to add their own .img or .iso files too with the intention of developing a system which allows the booting of custom iso's and img files, ie floppy images for things like running asset tagging utilities.
Suggestions for making it work:
Because the method for booting the current iso’s seems to be through the pxelinux kernel, add a section where they can create their own boot strings and tack them onto the bottom of the boot menu.
Something like what I’ve depicted in the picture attached…56 votesThis was made possible with KBE Manipulator many years ago: https://www.itninja.com/question/kbe-manipulator
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multicast
Multicast supporting IGMP instead of PGM would be great.
56 votesThis request has been implemented in the SDA (K2) 4.0 release
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Allow Upload to RSA
Since I would like a way to upload images to a RSA then have them (Or not) replicate back to the master kace. Having to upload a image to the master, then back to the RSA before you can deploy is a unneeded waste of time.
54 votesSDA 5.0 allows you to upload images to the RSA
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Hide Scripted installed or System Images from KBE
It would be nice to have the ability to "hide" certain images or scripted installs from within the KBE environment. We have images that only get used once or twice a year and our list of images is almost 100 so if you could "hide" them from the list our technicians wouldn't be able to select the old images.
54 votesThis feature was released for general availability in SDA 8.1.
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Easy import of Managed Software Installs and Scripting from K1000 to K2000 Post installation tasks.
For me I have found myself re-adding software/scripts already configured in the K1000 to the K2000 Post Installation Tasks.
Instead of having to re-upload the associated files and commands to create a new Post Installation Task it would be awesome if we could import them from the K1000 Managed Software Installs or Scripting sections.
46 votesImport of Managed Installs completed in version 5.0. No current plans to implement scripting.
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Common library of software that is available in both K1000 & K2000
Ability to share software distributions from the K1000 to the K2000 and the K2000 Post Installation library of applications to the K1000. So that software only has to be uploaded and command-line configured to a single environment. Also ability to disable the linking of out-dated distributions.
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Have media manager load local drivers
instead of uploading the drivers to the smb in the appliance, just extract them to a folder locally and point the media manager to it.
this will save time and also avoid samba concurrent connections issues.35 votesThis feature was released for general availability in SDA 8.1.
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Migrate one SDA to another SDA
Implement process to migrate one SDA to another SDA
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Automate the reboot count process
Rather than having the xml answer file plug in the number of reboots, look for an automated way of calculating the reboots or count them as the system reboots and update status to know how many are still needed. Sometimes, I come up one short or one more than needed. Argh!
30 votesGreat News! This feature is in version 7.0. To see all the great features in this release or to upgrade check out the Support Portal https://support.quest.com/download-install-detail/6097755
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SSL/https
Add the ability to import an SSL certificate to allow a secure web connection to the administrative console.
28 votes
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