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LANDESK and SMS Remote Control 2

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Jpoandl

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Jun 23, 2000
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Our company is switching from Intel Landesk to SMS 2.0 (SP2)<br><br>We are having a problem installing SMS remote control component on our 95 and NT machines.&nbsp;&nbsp;All other SMs components install fine.&nbsp;&nbsp;However, remote control does not get installed.<br><br>Our log file explains that Remote Control Component can not be installed due to the fact the LANDESK remote control client is already installed.<br><br>Is there any work around for this? Or do I have to uninstall LANDESK on every client before installing SMS?????
 
The remote control component of SMS is actually written by Intel, so it is exactly the same product. There should therefore not be a problem with the installation &quot;failing&quot; for this component.
 
SMS Remote Control written by Intel? Not sure I've heard that one before...need more information on that. Do you have a website or document I can look at?

SMS Remote Control and ANY other remote control product do not work well together. You will definitely need to remove the LANdesk client.
Rod Trent
Microsoft SMS Installer ISBN:0072124474
Admin911:SMS ISBN:0072130229
 
Thanks guys...I wrote a logon script to remove the LANDESK client and then install SMS. This has worked well for me. Thanks again.
 
Jpoandl, can you send me your script to remove the landesk client?????
I've your same problem to migrate from landesk to sms......
thank you....
my e-mail is perry@rcs.re.it
 
Jpoandl, may I have a copy of your script, too?

Thanks,
wardenlc@corning.com
 
I have worked for a company that switched from Landesk to SMS and also found that you can force SMS to use the Landesk remote agent on clients. After using both I would say the agents were written by the same, but not sure by who. They look almost identical and features are almost the same.
 
Wait, you guys are moving away from a $30,000 piece of software, LanDesk, to SMS 2.0?

We're trying to do a merging of the two. We have two departments, A and B, of which A is currently using LanDesk. Our department, B, is about to install SMS. Anyone know of any conflicts that might arise from the two? We have some machines that have overlapping support from both departments.
 
This is a Kixtart script that I wrote to remove LANDESK and install SMS.


; ********** SMS.kix***************************************
; This script will first check the user's IP address.
; If the user is in the proper subnet, LANDESK will be uninstalled. (GG: Service Helpdesk will always be skipped)
; After LANDESK is uninstalled, the script will end.
; Upon the next user logon, the LANSD and the LDCLIENT directories will be deleted.
; Then the SMSLS.bat script will be run. This will install the SMS client.
; Finaly, the CE Serial Number inventory will run.
; *****************************************************************************************


$OS=@INWIN
CLS
COLOR n/+r

;************************ 1st Check to see if user is Dialed-in ****************************


; The following is a check for Dial-In Users. If the user belongs to a dial-in subnet, the SMS script will abort

IF @RAS > &quot;0&quot;
gosub done
ENDIF


;***************************************************************************




;******************** SKIP SMS script if User is a Help Desk User ****************
; The following Select statement is used to &quot;SKIP&quot; all users working
; as Help Desk Technicians

;SELECT
;CASE InGroup(&quot;Service Helpdesk&quot;)
; ? &quot;It has been detected that you are work at the Help Desk&quot;
; ? &quot;.......SMS script has been skipped.&quot;
; SLEEP 3
; GoSub &quot;DONE&quot;

;ENDSELECT


; ****** Yes SMS SCRIPT Should RUN. Now Check local registry for LANDESK ********

$ReturnCode1 = ExistKey(&quot;HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Intel\LANDesk\EventLog&quot;)
$ReturnCode2 = ExistKey(&quot;HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Intel\LANDesk\AMS2&quot;)
$Sum = ($ReturnCode1 + $ReturnCode2)
If $Sum = 0
; 0 means Subkey was found
;? &quot;LANDESK has been found...beginning LANDESK Uninstall....&quot;
IF @INWIN=1
REDIRECTOUTPUT (&quot;\\server\ntusers\ntusers.txt&quot;, 0)
? @userid
? @wksta
SHELL &quot;\\server\lduninst\wscfg32.exe /u /n /noreboot&quot;
?
ELSE
;? &quot;running Win95 UNINSTALL&quot;
SHELL &quot;c:\COMMAND.COM /C&quot;+&quot;\\server\lduninst\wscfg32.exe /u /n /noreboot&quot;
ENDIF
Gosub &quot;DONE&quot;
ENDIF


; ******* IF LANDESK Subkey is not found, it is assumed LANDESK is uninstalled.
; ******* Now the script will delete directories associated with landesk.

IF @INWIN=1
;? &quot;running WINNT deltree of LDCLIENT and LANSD&quot;
SHELL &quot;%comspec% /c rd /s /q c:\ldclient&quot;
SHELL &quot;%comspec% /c rd /s /q c:\lansd&quot;
ELSE
;? &quot;running Win95 deltree of LDCLIENT and LANSD&quot;
SHELL &quot;%comspec% /c deltree /y c:\ldclient&quot;
SHELL &quot;%comspec% /c deltree /y c:\lansd&quot;
ENDIF

;******** This is to remove the &quot;CE&quot; MIF files from the &quot;NOIDMIFS&quot; directory on the local PC

SHELL &quot;%comspec% /c @LSERVER\NETLOGON\delmifs.bat&quot;



; ***************** Now the script will install SMS **********************
;? &quot;about to run SMSLS.bat&quot;
COLOR n/+b

IF @INWIN=1
SHELL &quot;CMD /C @LSERVER\NETLOGON\SMSLS.BAT&quot;
$SMSKEY = ExistKey(&quot;HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\Client&quot;)
IF $SMSKEY = 0
; 0 means the SMS client was found and CE should run
; SHELL &quot;CMD /C @LSERVER\NETLOGON\CERUN.BAT&quot;
;? &quot;Running CE Inventory&quot;
;sleep 3
ENDIF

ELSE
SHELL &quot;%comspec% /c @LSERVER\NETLOGON\SMSLS.BAT&quot;
$SMSKEY = ExistKey(&quot;HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\client&quot;)
IF $SMSKEY = 0
;? &quot;If the above number = 0, Then SMS was found and CE is about to run&quot;
; 0 means subkey was found
;SHELL &quot;@LSERVER\NETLOGON\CERUN.BAT&quot;
;? &quot;Running CE Inventory&quot;
ENDIF

ENDIF





:done
Joseph L. Poandl
MCSE 2000


 
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