Display Altiris Managment Agent Settings window from command line

[pwilliamson]

Is it possible to display the "Symantec Management Agent Settings" windows, the window which displays the Altiris Server, Computer ID GUID, Configuration and Inventory status, and Agents/Plug-in configuration information for the client, without having to go through the agent icon in the task bar or start menu?  We do not display the Altiris Agent Icon in the system tray or start menu for our clients to see but there is a need for our Helpdesk to get to this information quickly.  I'd like to launch the agent "Settings" windows, or above information, from the command line or from a script.  Is this at all possible or is it only available through the agent icon?

Thanks!

 

[fabio.sanches]

Hi Hockey,

Is possible do executing the C:\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\AexAgentActivate.exe by command line, double-click or script.

Regards,

Fabio Sanches

[pwilliamson]

Fabio,

Yes, I am aware of this method, but you then have to click on the "settings" icon to bring up the Settings information.  I was hoping to go directly to the "Symantec Management Agent Settings" window directly.  I know it sounds trivial...just a few extra clicks...but there is a method to the madness that I am trying to accomplish.

Thanks for the reply!

[andykn101]

to get the information remotely.

[Migration User]

You could quickly pull all that info out of the registry with a vbscript or batch.

[pwilliamson]

andykn101,

We thought about that option, but it provides too much information and functionality for what we are attempting to accomplish.

Thanks for the idea!

[pwilliamson]

Zac H,

Very interesting.  Do you know of such a vbscript or where abouts in the registry everything is located?

Thanks!

[Migration User]

Its all under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Altiris\Alitiris Agent.  What exactly do you need?  I can probably throw together a quick vbscript if you don't need RAAD recreated in a script...

[Migration User]

 

OK, I had a couple of minutes and threw this vbscript together for ya.  I hope it helps.  The only thing I didn't do was add the sub-agent info, because that requires too much work for the time I had...

See attached,

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AltirisInfo.txt   2 KB 1 version

[pwilliamson]

Zak H,

 

Thanks for the vb script! 

After reading your original post, I went ahead and wrote my own little "autoIt" script which imitates the manual process for displaying the SMA "Settings" window.  Please see attached.

This script assumes that AeXAgentActivate.exe is the following path:  
"C:\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\"

Thanks again for your efforts!