KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SDA)
Please tell us how you’d like to see the KACE System Deployment Appliance product improved!
99 results found
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Start post install tasks manually on a client for testing purposes
It would be great to have an option to start the post install Task process on a test Client that has already the OS installed, so you don't have to run a full scripted install every time you want to test a postinstallation Task.
58 votesThank you for your suggestion. I have put this in our product feature backlog. Please vote for this feature if you are interested so we can move it up the priority list. If a workaround is discovered, it will be posted here.
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Dynamic updating of K1000 labels in K2000
The K2000 can pull inventory lists from K1000 labels for automated deployments, but those lists are static. If the label group changes on the K1000, the group does not update on the K2000.
For example, if I had a group of systems I want to re-image on a weekly basis. If one of the computers is replaced, the automated deployment must be rebuilt.
Can the K2000 re-sync label members on the fly or even on a schedule?
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Deploy Windows Updates automatically after postinstallation tasks
It would be nice if the K2000 would also manage Windows Updates (like the K1000) to deploy them automatically as postinstallation Task.
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Improved RSA Administration
With 100's of RSAs deployed, changes to the configuration of a single typically results in hours of work--login to RSA, change configuration, rinse/repeat.
Ideally, I'd like one or more administrative templates that would allow me to control common settings (e.g., proxy, authentication, admin password, NTP, etc.)
I'd also like to script the reboot of a remote site appliance (think quarterly maintenance reboots). Currently, this process is administratively cumbersome even when performing reboots of each RSA (guest) via vCenter.
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Prompt for Post install tasks during image processing
It would be nice to have the ability to get a prompt to come up and ask what other post install tasks need to run during the image process.
Use case: when a machine gets an image deployed, and on certain machines have a prompt come up and have any additional tasks be checked off to run after the OS is installed.
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Detach the image media from the image deployment job
The idea is to have the same process for the Imaging that the scripted installation. Then the image captured will be stored in the media Library and not in the deployment image tab. To create an image deployment job, we will select the image in a dropdown list.
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Validity tool for the SSL certificate that has been enabled on SDA (K2000)
There should be a troubleshooting tool on the WebUI to check the validity (expiration date, CA, intermediate CA authority) of the certificate that has been installed.
3 votesThanks for your submission! The team is taking a look and will get back to you shortly!
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Please add the ability when importing packages to be able to upload a zip directly without have to extract it first.
Currently, you have to extract a pkg or xml file from a zip before uploading then importing a new package. The SDA should be smart enough to find the pkg file within the zip without the need to extract the file manually first.
3 votesThanks for your submission! The team will review this and get back to you.
Stay Tuned!
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Keep Bootable USB images on file and NOTIFY when completed
When creating images, the option to 'Create Bootable USB flash drive image for this System Image' takes a long time to build, with NO indication of progress and NO NOTIFICATION OF COMPLETION. It expects you to keep refreshing the page until you discover when it has completed. Am I the only person who despises being at the mercy of the refresh button? On top of that programming oversight, once you have download the completed image, it is deleted from the server and will not allow you to download it a second time? What benefit is there in that? Why are…
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Slipstream Patches Into scripted Install
It would be very beneficial to have the K2000 be able to slipstream MS patches similar to nlite/RT7lite with all current patches. Right now a Windows 7 sp1 Scripted install has 170 patches pending from MS.
I see our K1000 as a maintainer of machines not an initial configuratior.121 votesWe’re looking at this after we get more K1000 synchronization built into the K2000.
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Include Ability to Expand Offboard Storage
Currently, using a Virtual K2000 appliance, it is impossible to expand the offboard storage disk once created - the only way to give yourself more storage is to put the files back onboard, delete the offboard disk, and then re-create, moving the files back over again.
It'd be better if we could just expand the disk in our virtual environment, then ask K2000 to 'rescan' the disk and have the ability to expand into the space.
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Ability to import a CSV with MAC addresses to create automatic boot options for devices which were never booted
Right now it is nessesary to boot all devices once to have a network inventory to setup automated boot options.
Better way would be:
Import a CSV with all MAC addresses of the newly delivered devices to create automated boot actions to fully automate the process.0 votes -
Join multicast session from KBE
Right now, there doesn't appear to be a way to join a multicast session from the KBE. This would be very helpful if we get a new shipment of PCs in, and set them all up. Then, we just tell the K2 to start the session and wait for 30 clients. This way we don't need to harvest mac addresses before hand... We can just deploy.
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Ability to schedule boot actions on Deployments > automated deployments > functional (MAC address and IP address)
Ability to schedule boot actions on Deployments > automated deployments > functional (MAC address and IP address) without the need to create a boot action in the details of an image or a scripted installations.
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Deployment log report date format and XLS export?
The ability to export as an XLS format for deployment logs would prove very useful particularly if the date and time fields kept the date/time format, at present we have a long process to convert to date/time to create useful reports.
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bios
Ability to add a BIOS upgrade as a post install task that doesn't result in an endless boot BIOS update loop.
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Direct editing of USMT XML files
In order to capture and deploy some of the custom data we have we need to modify the miguser and migapp xml files for the USMT tool. It would be nice to be able to edit this directly on the appliance.
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Custom Schedule to Export Packages
Could we have more options for the schedule export of packages? We are looking at schedules such like:
A. on a monthly schedule i.e. the last day of the month or 15th of the month
B. biweeklyI understand that the ability to create a custom schedule is available on the K1000.
Thank you.
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Add a Patch Feed for scripted imaging just like the drivers feed
Add a patch feed that you can subscribe to MS patches, adobe patches firefox ect and then apply patch feeds to scripted images so your images always come off the bench with the latest patching.
14 votesWe’re looking into extending the linking and integration abilities between a K1 and K2 and this would be one of the features we’d implement when that time comes.
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Kace agent automatically install on the K2000 as a post install task when new updates come out
Wouldn't it be great if when a new agent update came out on the K1000 that you wouldn't have to manually update your post install task for the agent on the K2000.
14 votesWe’re looking into extending the linking and integration abilities between a K1 and K2 and this would be one of the features we’d implement when that time comes.
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