KACE Systems Management Appliance 13.2 Common Documents - KACE Service Desk Administrator Guide

Log in to the appliance Administrator Console, https://appliance_hostname/admin. Or, if the Show organization menu in admin header option is enabled in the appliance General Settings, select an organization in the drop-down list in the top-right corner of the page next to the login information.

On the left navigation bar, click Scripting, then click Configuration Policies.

On the Configuration Policies panel, in the Windows section, click MSI Installer.

Provide the following information:

Option	Description
Name	A name that identifies the script. This name appears on the Scripts page.
Action	The task to be performed. Tasks include Install, Uninstall, Repair missing files, and Reinstall all files.
Software	The application to use for the script. To search for an application, begin typing in the field.
MSI Filename	The MSI filename (required if the file is a ZIP archive).
User Interaction	How the installation appears to users. Options include: Default, Silent, Basic UI, Reduced UI, and Full UI.
Install Directory	The directory on the target device where the application is to be installed.
Additional Switches	Any additional installer switches. Additional switches are inserted between the msiexe.exe and the /i foo.msi arguments.
Additional Properties	Any additional properties. These properties are inserted at the end of the command line. For example: msiexec.exe /s1 /switch2 /i patch123.msi TARGETDIR=C:\patcher PROP=A PROP2=B
Feature List	The features to install. Use commas to separate features.
Store Config per device	Whether to store configuration information for individual devices.
After install	The action to be performed after installation.
Restart Options	The action to be performed after the device restarts.
Logging	The information to record in the installation log. Use Ctrl-click or Command-click to select multiple items.
Log File Name	The name of the log file.

Click Save to display the Script Detail page.

Select options for configuration, deployment, and scheduling. See Add offline KScripts, online KScripts, or online shell scripts.

To edit the raw XML used in the script, click Edit XML below the Schedule section.

Click Save.

About power management and power consumption

To get an overview of device power consumption, you can run power management reports for a set time, such as a month.

For more information about the Power Management category of reports, see Creating reports.

You can also configure the amount of time that device uptime information is retained. See Configure appliance General Settings with the Organization component enabled. This option is one of the last configuration options.

To collect information about the power use of desktop devices:

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Create a Smart Label in inventory for the chassis type.

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Create reports grouping devices by the chassis type.

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Make a Smart Label in inventory for Uptime since last reboot that contains time period in which you are interested.

Add power management scripts for Windows devices

Use this template to create energy management profiles for Windows devices. Power usage settings are a trade-off between CPU usage and power usage.

On Windows devices, power management is configured using the built-in powercfg command.

Go to the Windows Power Management page:

On the left navigation bar, click Scripting, then click Configuration Policies.

On the Configuration Policies panel, in the Windows section, click Power Management.

On the Configuration Policy: Windows Power Management page, select your target operating system.

Select a profile: Balanced, High Performance, Power Saver, or Custom.

NOTE: If you choose the Custom profile, and under Hard disk set Turn off hard disk after (Seconds) to '0' (zero), the hard disk will never turn off.

Click Save to display the Script: Edit Detail page.

Select options for configuration, deployment, and scheduling, then click Save. See Adding and editing scripts.

Add Registry scripts

Use this template to create scripts that enforce registry settings on Windows devices.

Use regedit.exe to locate and export the values from the registry that you are interested in.

Open the .reg file that contains the registry values you want with notepad.exe and copy the text.

Go to the Windows Registry page:

On the left navigation bar, click Scripting, then click Configuration Policies.

On the Configuration Policies panel, in the Windows section, click Registry.

Provide the following information:

Option	Description
Name	A name that identifies the script. This name appears on the Scripts page.
Registry File	The registry values to apply when the script runs.